Carla GRECO (Natural History Museum, UK)
Metagenomic insights into diversity, community function and stromatolite formation in microbial mats of perennially ice-covered Lake Untersee, Antarctica
2021
Roger COLOMINAS-CIURÓ (Institut Pluridisciplinaire Hubert Curien, CNRS, France)
Interspecific and intraspecific associations between diet, antioxidants, and oxidative status: the unkown role of endogenous antioxidants in the wild
Chloe KACZVINSKY (University of Oxford, UK)
Diseases and Microbiome in Gentoo Penguins. Report here.
Balaji SENAPATI (IIT Kharagpur, India)
Influence of wavenumber-4 pattern on Antarctic Sea ice using SINTEX-F2 model
Mathieu CASADO (University of Heidelberg, Germany)
Dating profiles in a trench to study post deposition processes in Antarctica
Jack BUCKINGHAM (University of Hull, UK)
Combining scat-based molecular metabarcoding diet analysis with quantification of ingested microplastics in higher predators from South Georgia
Flore VAN MALDEGHEM (Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium)
Comparison of Antarctic and Arctic sediment traps in the search of cosmic mineral grains
Julia MARKS-PETERSON (Oregon State University, USA)
Investigating links between total organic matter in ice cores and CO2 reconstructions
Devi VEYTIA (University of Tasmania, Australia)
Immaculate conception: observations of second year krill following a zero-recruitment year?
Joey VOERMANS (University of Melbourne, Australia)
Energy transfer from wind to waves in the Antarctic Marginal Ice Zone. Report here.
Chelsey BAKER (National Oceanography Centre, UK)
Exploring the roles of turbulence and transparent exopolymer particles on particle transformation in the Southern Ocean
2020
Natalia SERVETTO (Institute of Diversity and Animal Ecology, National Scientific and Technical Research Counci, IDEA – CONICET, Argentina)
Effects of multiple environmental stressors in Southern Oceans: calcifiers vs non-calcifiers benthic species. Report here..
Julie SCHRAM (University of Oregon, USA)
Seasonal variation and trophic modification of Antarctic benthic macroalgal fatty acid trophic biomarkers. Report here.
Sarah ANDREW (University of North Carolina, USA)
Can Antarctic diatoms use Proteorhodopsin to generate energy instead of photosynthesis?
Lydia BACH (Glasgow University, UK)
Coralline algal responses to multiple stressors associated with anthropogenic climate change: does natural variability predict future response?
Jasmin McInerney (University of California Davis, USA)
Micro conductivity measurements beneath the Nansen Ice Shelf for high resolution water mass mapping and interaction study
Nicole BENAUD (University of New South Wales, Australia)
Structural elucidation and bioactivities of natural products synthesised by Antarctic desert Actinobacteria. Report here.
Rita FRANCO-SANTOS (University of Tasmania, Australia)
Insights into year-round mercury levels in Antarctic Krill and its relationship with environmental and biological factors
Danielle BUSS (British Antarctic Survey, UK) and Sarah LAMPERT (University of Cape Town, South Africa)
Discovering the genetic identity of historic baleen whale populations on a southern hemisphere breeding ground during the early whaling period. Report here.
Jane YOUNGER (University of Bath, UK)
Evaluating pathogen and parasite diversity in sub-Antarctic populations of penguins