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“Valdivia is fundamental to Antarctic science”: PhD. Kristin O’Brien of the University of Alaska Fairbanks

The capital of the Los Ríos region becomes a crucial place for researching the resistance of Antarctic fish to hypoxia induced by climate change. Alaska researcher PhD. Kristin O'Brien and chilean researcher PhD. Luis Vargas-Chacoff are collaborating to find conservation responses and strategies to this challenge. PhD. Kristin O’Brien University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF). Photo: BASE…
18/06/20240Comments

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Franco-Chilean collaboration seeks to monitor exotic species on Antarctic and sub-Antarctic coasts

The project led by the BASE Millennium Institute of Chile and the University of Burgundy of Dijon, France, seeks to establish a coastal observation network to identify exotic species present in marine ecosystems and promote international collaboration and knowledge exchange. Patagonia, Kerguelen islands and the Antarctic peninsula are the regions whose coasts will be monitored by…
20/03/20240Comments

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BASE Millennium Institue opens public postdoctoral competition

The vacancy is available for chileans and foreigners with an academic degree of Doctor in accredited national programs or their foreign equivalents, in disciplines relevant to the required profile. Applications will be open until April 30, 2024. The Biodiversity Institute of Antarctic and Subantarctic Ecosystems (BASE) seeks to provide a postdoctoral scientific position in Niche Models…
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Chile detects positive cases of avian flu in penguins, shags and skuas in Antarctica

Punta Arenas, March 2024.- Earlier this week, Chile announced the detection of positive cases of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (H5N1) in Antarctica, during the LX Antarctic Scientific Expedition (ECA 60) organized by the Institute Chilean Antarctic (INACH). BASE Millennium Institute team in Antarctica, monitoring penguin colony. Photo: StudioPONANT / Morgane Monneret For the first time, positive cases…
15/03/20240Comments

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The Chilean Congress of Antarctic Research returns to Punta Arenas

From October 24 to 26, 2023, more than a hundred scientific teams will meet at the Teaching and Research Assistance Center of the University of Magallanes (CADI-UMAG). Human footprints in Antarctica, biotechnology, climate change and international Antarctic law are part of the event's themes. Punta Arenas, June 2, 2023.- With the motto "Interdiscipline, Science and Future…
02/06/20230Comments

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“The key role of marine algae”: prominent New Zealand researcher gives a talk to UACh students

In collaboration with PhD. Claudio González-Wevar, principal investigator of the Millennium Biodiversity Institute of Antarctic and Subantarctic Ecosystems (BASE), PhD. Hamish Spencer came to Valdivia to address the students of the Faculty of Sciences of the Austral University of Chile (UACh). PhD. Hamish Spencer and PhD. Claudio González-Wevar, at the UACh Faculty of Sciences. Photo: BASE…
29/05/20230Comments

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BASE Millennium Institute joins the Cape Horn International Center (CHIC) at its inauguration in Puerto Williams

Together with sub-Antarctic research teams, the alternate director of the Millennium Biodiversity Institute of Antarctic and Subantarctic Ecosystems (BASE), PhD. Julieta Orlando, participated in coordination, interdisciplinary and scientific collaboration sessions. In a meeting around international collaboration, scientific development and knowledge transfer, the Cape Horn Subantarctic Center inaugurated this Monday, May 15, its research center in Puerto…
17/05/20230Comments

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Researchers from BASE Millennium Institute join the GBIF Chile Node Governance Board

With the aim of developing initiatives for the study and conservation of biodiversity at the national level, based on scientific evidence and the use of data, the scientists from the BASE Millennium Institute PhD. Claudia Maturana and Melisa Gañán will add their knowledge of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic biodiversity. May 03, 2023.- Promote and encourage free access…
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Milestone for Chile: polar scientists will study Emperor penguin after unprecedented expedition to Antarctica

Researchers from the Millennium Institute of Biodiversity of Antarctic and Subantarctic Ecosystems (BASE), Dr. Juliana Vianna and Dr. Fabiola León, became the first Latin American group of scientists to obtain Emperor penguin samples after returning from an international Antarctic campaign that reached the remote Larsen B ice shelf. Santiago, April 25, 2023 - An international expedition…
25/04/20230Comments

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