Fabiana CANINI (University of Tuscia, Italy)
Assessing the distribution of chemosynthetic microorganisms in Victoria Land soils
2022
Edith FILIPPINI (University of Cordoba, Argentina)
Potential production of polyhydroxybutyrate PHB in cyanobacteria isolated from microbial mats from James Ross Archipelago. Report here.
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.
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
Faradina MERICAN (Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia)
Understanding antibiotic resistance in eukaryotic algae: Possible competitive mechanism for survival in natural extreme environments?
Lisa HERBERT (Rutgers University, USA)
Benthic Iron Fluxes and Cycling in the Amundsen Sea. Report here
Ben FISHER (University of Edinburgh, UK)
Is Southern Ocean dissolved organic matter export influenced by phytoplankton community composition?
Jack DEVLIN (University of Kentucky, USA)
Laboratory visit to learn microplastic detection techniques
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
2021
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
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
Balaji SENAPATI (IIT Kharagpur, India)
Influence of wavenumber-4 pattern on Antarctic Sea ice using SINTEX-F2 model. Publication here
Mathieu CASADO (University of Heidelberg, Germany)
Dating profiles in a trench to study post deposition processes in Antarctica. Report here.
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. Report here.
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. Report here