Integrative Biology and Adaptation of Antarctic Marine Organisms

Manahan该项目是一个国际高级研究生培训班，将于南极夏季期间在南极洲组织和授课一个月。 该课程的目标是向学生介绍南极极地地区生物有机体的多样性，并研究允许在这种极端环境中生活的生物学的独特方面。将通过生物生理学实验、分离细胞和组织研究、蛋白质结构和功能实验以及遗传系统的分子分析，研究南极生物生物学在进化和生态学方面长期存在的问题（如冷适应和食物限制）。 讲座将强调生理，生物化学和分子生物学的方法来了解南极生物的生态和生物适应。学生的研究项目将遵循这些交织的主题。学生将获得的权力的严格理解，但也生理，生物化学和分子生物学方法的局限性，他们目前正在被用来回答环境科学和生物适应的研究问题。课程将在位于南极洲麦默多站的克拉里科学和工程中心举行。这一现代化的研究设施提供了最先进的实验室设施，距离海洋和淡水环境很近，将在那里进行生物观察和收集材料。该课程将分为四个模块：南极生物的生物多样性：进化和分子系统发育;紫外线辐射：对南极生物的影响;无脊椎动物：生理学，能量代谢和发育;鱼类：生化适应。该课程将吸引一批极具竞争力的青年科学家，向南极洲介绍新的研究人员，并将教学生使用现代研究方法研究南极洲生物学特有的机制。

ManahanThis project is an international, advanced-level, graduate training course that will be organized and taught in Antarctica for one month during the period of austral summer. The goals for the course are to introduce students to the diversity of biological organisms in Antarctic polar regions and to study unique aspects of biology that permit life in such extreme environments. Long-standing questions in evolution and ecology (such as cold adaptation and food limitation) concerning the biology of Antarctic organisms will be examined through physiological experiments with organisms, studies of isolated cells and tissues, experiments on protein structure and function, and molecular analysis of genetics systems. Lectures will emphasize physiological, biochemical and molecular biological approaches to understanding the ecology and biological adaptations of Antarctic organisms. Student research projects will follow these interwoven themes. The students will gain a rigorous understanding of the power, but also the limitations of physiological, biochemical and molecular biological methods are they are currently being used to answer research questions in environmental science and biological adaptation. The course will be held in the Crary Science and Engineering Center, located at McMurdo Station, Antarctica. This modern research facility provides state of the art laboratory facilities within a short distance from the marine and freshwater environments where biological observations and collections of material will be made. The course will be taught as four modules: Biological Diversity of Antarctic Organisms: Evolution and Molecular Phylogeny; Ultraviolet Radiation: Effects on Antarctic Organisms;I nvertebrates: Physiology, Energy Metabolism and Development; and Fish: Biochemical Adapations. The course, which will attract an extremely competitive group of young scientists, will introduce new researchers to Antarctica, and will teach students to use modern research methods to study the mechanisms that are unique to biology in Antarctica.