Department of Arctic Biology - UNIS

Here is the link to the great talk on environmental threats in the Arctic by Geir Wing Gabrielsen (in Norwegian) at the birthday to Dr. Fridtjof Nansen, 10th October, in The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters. https://dnva.no/detskjer/2024/08/miljoutfordringer-i-arktis
Even the Norwegian King and Queen were present! We are so proud of you Geir, Senior scientist at the Norwegian Polar Institute and adjunct at UNIS for three decades! Your research and teaching are highly appreciated by many 🥰

Check out next week in Tromsø or follow online www.npolar.no/nyhet/sudarco-forskerne-deler-nye-funn what master student Sara Widera, PhD student Rebecca Duncan, Prof. Janne E. Søreide and Anna Vader, all from UNIS, together with researchers from Norwegian Polar Institute, UiT the Arctic University of Norway, Akvaplan-Niva ++ so far know about plankton biodiversity in the deep Arctic Ocean and the pack ice. Studies part of the ongoing large SUDARCO project https://framsenteret.no/forskning/forskning-for-god-forvaltning-av-polhavet-sudarco/
Here images from July this year - RV Kronprins Haakon - crossing the Amundsen and Nansen basins in the Arctic Ocean!🥰

Hot from the press! Phytoplankton communities and production in Arctic fjords: Svalbard, Northern Norway and Greenland. Data from the Isfjorden time series station in Adventfjorden (IsA) sampled every month year-round since 2011 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S007966112400123X?via%3Dihub
Congratulation Cheshtaa Chitkara and Tobias Vonnahme who led this synthesis work! And thanks to the many students helping out with the sampling!

Watch up for this new interesting paper in Scientific Report on sea ice algae conducted in Van Mijenfjorden, Svalbard over six weeks combined with novel analyses at the Australian Synchrotron lab in Melbourne https://rdcu.be/dMtyQ

As part of the ongoing development work of creating virtual field guides to improve field learning we now also dive into the possibilities to include marine sites in our VFG platform. Here is a small video from yesterdays field work in Billefjorden which will be our first site for this!

Fostering Academic Excellence: An Interview with Merle Scheiner in SCOPE Today is the kickoff of the annual student-led conference SCOPE, and we had a talk with one of the organizers, Merle Scheiner. Full Program Live Stream The event's main purpose, according to her…

Vi er klar for åpen dag på UNIS for 260 elever ved Longyearbyen skole - bioceed and Escape boxes here we come😊

Unique opportunity! We are hiring an Associate Professor in Arctic Marine Biology! UNIS - the world northernmost University at 78 degrees North - provide great opportunities within research and teaching! Deadline 15th October 2023.
https://www.jobbnorge.no/en/available-jobs/job/249136/associate-professor

The taxonomic course AB-206 is up and running again introducing biology students to the variety of plants, invertebrates, and birds that exist on Svalbard. In totally we identified 62 plants during the first days of the course. Here are a selection of pictures showcasing the plant part of the course.

In the last episode of The ColdCast we talk to department leaders in geology and biology at Unis, Maria Jensen and Steve Coulson. They are involved with two Centres for Excellence in Education, iEarth and bioCEED ( bioCEED - Centre of Excellence in Biology Education ).

The Norwegian Centres for Excellence in Education is a prestigious scheme that gives Norway's leading educational communities the resources to further develop their programs and practices.

Learn more here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/1siFApm8IN3riK3dDtUSNl
📷 Steve Coulson