Until Monday, 30 September 2024 the application period shall be extended to Austral Summer Institute XXII (ASI XXII), traditional summer course organized by COPAS South-South Oceanographic Research Center and the Department of Oceanography of the Faculty of Natural and Oceanographic Sciences UdeC.
The course “Multidisciplinary Approaches for the Study of Harmful Algal Blooms” will take place between 6 and 17 January 2025 at the University of Concepcion, Campus Concepción, with some activities at the UdeC Marine Biology Station in Bádito; and consider the following contents:
1. General description of NAFs and their impact on human health and coastal ecosystems.
2. Exploration of phytoplankton diversity.
3. Using the Imaging Flow CytoBot (IFCB) for the detection of harmful microalgae.
4. Methods and techniques of cultivation of microalgae species.
5. Molecular tools used in the study of harmful microalgae.
6. Procedures for DNA and RNA extraction.
7. High performance sequencing techniques for environmental samples.
8. Applications of bioinformatics in the characterization of NAFs.
9. Analysis of genomic and metagenomic data.
10. Methods of analysis of phycotoxins.
11. Elution and extraction procedures SPATTT.
12. Use of statistical and multivariate tools for analysis of biological and oceanographic data.
The Southern Summer Institute (ASI) is a traditional training and knowledge update event in the area of the Sciences of the Sea, held every summer at the University of Concepción. It has the production of more than 20 versions that have gathered more than a thousand students and more than 170 visiting professors, coming from different countries of the world. This is an activity aimed at professionals, academics and students in the area of oceanography and related sciences.
Positions in: https://copas-coastal.cl/asi/application-form/
