Advanced Course Offering
"Integrative Biology and Adaptation of Antarctic Marine Organisms"
National Science Foundation
4 January - 4 February 2006
McMurdo Station, Antarctica
Application Deadline: 1 September 2005
For further information and to apply, please go to:
http://antarctica.usc.edu/
This National Science Foundation sponsored course will be held in
Antarctica at the United States' McMurdo Station for one month, starting
January 2006. This is an international course, open to all
nationalities. Applications are invited from graduate students,
postdoctoral fellows, and other research scientists who are interested
in the study of extreme environments and the biology of Antarctic
organisms. The course will accommodate up to 20 students. Full
scholarships are available to each student accepted into the course to
cover the cost of travel from his or her home institution to Antarctica,
and room and board while in Antarctica.
The emphasis of the Antarctic Biology Course is on integrative biology,
with laboratory- and field-based projects focused on adaptations in an
extreme polar environment. A diverse teaching faculty will offer
students the possibility of working on a wide range of Antarctic
organisms (bacteria, algae, invertebrates, and fish), as well as working
at several different levels of biological analysis (molecular biology,
physiological ecology, species diversity, and evolution). The deadline
for receipt of completed applications is 1 September 2005.
For further information and to apply, please go to:
http://antarctica.usc.edu/