Integrative Biology and Adaptation of Antarctic Marine Organisms

马纳汉该项目是一个国际高级研究生培训班，将于南极洲夏季期间在南极洲组织和教授一个月。这门课程的目标是向学生介绍南极极地地区生物的多样性，并研究在这种极端环境中允许生命存在的生物学的独特方面。有关南极生物生物学的长期存在的进化和生态学问题(如冷适应和食物限制)将通过生物生理实验、分离细胞和组织的研究、蛋白质结构和功能实验以及遗传系统的分子分析来研究。讲座将强调生理、生化和分子生物学方法，以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相互交织的主题。学生们将对这些方法的威力有一个严谨的了解，但同时也会受到生理、生化和分子生物学方法的限制，因为它们目前被用来回答环境科学和生物适应方面的研究问题。课程将在位于南极洲麦克默多站的克拉里科学与工程中心举行。这个现代化的研究设施提供最先进的实验室设施，距离海洋和淡水环境很近，在那里将进行生物观察和材料收集。课程将分四个单元讲授：南极生物多样性：进化和分子系统学；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；以及鱼类：生化适应。这门课程将吸引一群极具竞争力的年轻科学家，将向南极洲介绍新的研究人员，并将教会学生使用现代研究方法来研究南极洲独特的生物学机制。

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.