Research Activities– 2022

2022

Sammie BUZZARD (Cardiff University, UK)

Coupling Antarctic Ice Shelf Flow-Flexure and Hydrology Models

Awarded £5000

Fabiana CANINI (University of Tuscia, Italy)

Assessing the distribution of chemosynthetic microorganisms in Victoria Land soils

Awarded £5770

Edith FILIPPINI (University of Cordoba, Argentina)

Potential production of polyhydroxybutyrate PHB in cyanobacteria isolated from microbial mats from James Ross Archipelago. Report here.

Awarded £5700

Fannie SHABANGU (Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, South Africa)

Effects of seismic survey and vessel traffic noise on the seasonal acoustic detectability of Antarctic blue and fin whales off the west coast of South Africa. Report here.

Awarded £5355

Rebecca NAGEL (Bielefeld University, Germany)

The immune profile of a wild Antarctic fur seal population. Report here. Publication here.

Nagel, R., Pohle, K., Jordán, L. et al. Life-history stage influences immune investment and oxidative stress in response to environmental heterogeneity in Antarctic fur seals. Commun Biol 7, 788 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-024-06499-6

Awarded £5743

Faradina MERICAN (Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia)

Understanding antibiotic resistance in eukaryotic algae: Possible competitive mechanism for survival in natural extreme environments?

Awarded £5613

Lisa HERBERT (Rutgers University, USA)

Benthic Iron Fluxes and Cycling in the Amundsen Sea. Report here

Awarded £5941

Ben FISHER (University of Edinburgh, UK)

Is Southern Ocean dissolved organic matter export influenced by phytoplankton community composition?

Awarded £5418

Jack DEVLIN (University of Kentucky, USA)

Laboratory visit to learn microplastic detection techniques

Awarded £6000

Ian ACUÑA-RODRÍGUEZ (University of Talca, Chile)

An invader holobiont: characterizing regional root-related fungal microbiomes of Poa annua in Antarctic, sub- Antarctic, and temperate ecosystems

Awarded £5258