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BASE Millennium Institute joins the SCAR 2026 international congress in Norway

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13/08/2026

BASE Millennium Institute joins the SCAR 2026 international congress in Norway

With a 16-member delegation, the BASE Millennium Institute is taking part in the 12th SCAR Open Science Conference, one of the leading international gatherings dedicated to Antarctic research. Scientists and professionals from the ANID centre of excellence travelled to Oslo to share research findings, experiences, and progress in the study and communication of the frozen […]

13/08/2026

Antarctica as a living archive of antibiotic resistance

Two studies published in 2026, with the participation of researchers from the University of Chile, combined environmental DNA analysis, protein structural modelling and in situ culture devices to explore the set of genes and mechanisms associated with antimicrobial resistance, known as the resistome, in Antarctic soils. The papers, developed through collaboration between the BASE Millennium […]

13/08/2026

Agreement with Editorial SurCiencia aims to expand the reach of Antarctic science outreach nationwide

The new partnership will seek to strengthen the dissemination of content on Antarctic and subantarctic research produced by the BASE Millennium Institute through the editorial’s lens, bringing excellent research closer to different groups of readers in Chile and around the world. The recent collaboration agreement signed with Editorial SurCiencia represents a new stage for the […]

13/08/2026

Antarctica now has its own free chatbot on WhatsApp

The new tool makes it possible to access information about the frozen continent, its ecosystems, scientific research and the role Chile plays in the development of polar knowledge. The project seeks to bring Antarctic science closer to the public using an everyday platform, available 24 hours a day. Getting to know Antarctica no longer requires […]

03/09/2025

Dr Peter Convey: Explorer of Polar Ecosystems and his close ties with Chile

Dr Peter Convey has forged a close relationship with Chile, working actively with national teams in the study of subantarctic biodiversity. Visiting the Molecular Ecology Laboratory (LEM) at the University of Chile, the terrestrial ecologist – with nearly 40 years of experience at the British Antarctic Survey (BAS)– reflects on scientific collaboration, Antarctic biodiversity, and […]

27/06/2025

A welcome from the North: From Finland, UArctic announces Chile’s BASE Millennium Institute as a new member

With over 130 participants gathered in Inari, Finland, UArctic held its annual assembly, hosted by the Sámi Education Institute. The event marked a milestone, welcoming the largest number of new members in the network’s 20-year history — with Chile’s Millennium Institute BASE standing out as the sole representative from both Chile and Latin America. The […]

13/06/2025

Call for Abstracts: 2025 SCAR Standing Committee on Humanities and Social Sciences (SC-HASS) Biennial Academic Conference

Antarctic humanities and social science scholars and stakeholders to the 2025 biennial academic conference of the Standing Committee on Humanities and Social Sciences (SC-HASS) of the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). The Antarctic Studies Program of the Universidad de Chile’s Law Faculty is very proud to host this conference for the first time. The […]

18/02/2025

Scientific Expedition reaches deep Antarctica to strengthen Avian Influenza surveillance and monitoring

As part of its participation in the 61st Antarctic Scientific Expedition (ECA61) of INACH, the team from the UC Molecular Biodiversity Laboratory, led by Dr. Juliana Vianna, crossed the Antarctic Circle to enhance the surveillance and monitoring of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (H5N1) in the frozen continent. Punta Arenas.—Under strict biosecurity measures and in coordination […]

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18/02/2025

International Collaboration in Subantarctic Research: Chile, New Zealand, and the Significance of Studying Macquarie Island

Aboard the French research vessel Le Soléal (Ponant Cruises) collaborative effort between PhD. Claudio González-Wevar (UACh/BASE/IDEAL) and Professor Hamish G. Spencer (University of Otago) combines expertise in molecular genomics, evolutionary biology, and biogeography to investigate the distribution, diversity, and evolutionary history of molluscs in the Southern Ocean’s unique and understudied ecosystems. The expedition aims to […]

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15/01/2025

OPENING: Call for postdoctoral fellowships in environmental DNA, metabarcoding and metagenomics

The Institute of Biodiversity of Antarctic and Subantarctic Ecosystems calls for a public competition for a postdoctoral position in Environmental DNA, Metabarcoding and Metagenomics for biodiversity research in Antarctic and sub-Antarctic areas. Chileans or foreigners may apply. The postdoctoral fellow will join the research team “Biodiversity Observatory”, along with providing transversal support to the research […]

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18/06/2024

“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. With 25 years of experience in Antarctic science, PhD. […]

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20/03/2024

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 […]

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18/03/2024

BASE Millennium Institute 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 […]

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15/03/2024

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). For the first time, positive cases of avian flu have been detected in Adelie penguins (Pygoscelis adeliae) and […]

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27/11/2023

What happens in Antarctica does not stay in Antarctica

The alternate director of the Millennium BASE Institute, Julieta Orlando, emphasized the significance of the white continent for the planet, during a keynote talk organized by the Center for Research and Advanced Studies of the Universidad Católica del Maule. “Protecting Antarctic biodiversity is important for humanity”. With this statement, the alternate director of the Millennium […]

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04/09/2023

[SCIENTIFIC CHRONICLE] Marine ecology and Antarctic: the motivations of a young German scientist to study in Chile

“I came to Chile for an exchange with the Catholic University of Chile (UC), I wanted to live in a country with research networks in Antarctic science. When I arrived, I sent an email to the Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (APECS) of Chile and to my Edinburgh professors with contacts here, looking for […]

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10/08/2023

New Zealand: BASE Millennium Institute delegation present at XIII SCAR Biology Symposium 2023

Five researchers from Punta Arenas, Valdivia and Santiago from the Millennium Institute Biodiversity of Antarctic and Subantarctic ecosystems (BASE) and the Universities of Magallanes, University Austral of Chile, and University of Chile, presented their scientific advances at the prestigious SCAR Biology Symposium held until the 4 August in the city of Christchurch. More than 300 […]

02/06/2023

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 […]

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29/05/2023

“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). “The key role of marine algae as a raft”, was the keynote talk given […]

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24/05/2023

Podcast from Patagonia: “Bitácora antártica” invites to reflect on Climate Change and transdiscipline

The project promoted from the Magallanes region by the Patagonian Institute of Cultural Studies (INPAEC), in collaboration with researchers from the BASE Millennium Institute, is now available on Spotify, Ivoox and the INPAEC YouTube channel. “Bitácora Antártica” (Antarctic Logbook) is the name of the new scientific outreach podcast that seeks to reflect on Antarctica from […]

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Draft genome sequence of Aliihoeflea sp. strain PC F10.4, isolated from the Antarctic red alga Plocamium cartilagineum

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Draft genome sequence of Yoonia sp. strain MH D7 isolated from the Antarctic green macroalga Monostroma hariotii

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BASE Millennium Institute joins the SCAR 2026 international congress in Norway

Antarctica as a living archive of antibiotic resistance

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BASE Millennium Institute joins the SCAR 2026 international congress in Norway

Antarctica as a living archive of antibiotic resistance

Agreement with Editorial SurCiencia aims to expand the reach of Antarctic science outreach nationwide

Antarctica now has its own free chatbot on WhatsApp

Dr Peter Convey: Explorer of Polar Ecosystems and his close ties with Chile

A welcome from the North: From Finland, UArctic announces Chile’s BASE Millennium Institute as a new member

Call for Abstracts: 2025 SCAR Standing Committee on Humanities and Social Sciences (SC-HASS) Biennial Academic Conference

Scientific Expedition reaches deep Antarctica to strengthen Avian Influenza surveillance and monitoring

International Collaboration in Subantarctic Research: Chile, New Zealand, and the Significance of Studying Macquarie Island

OPENING: Call for postdoctoral fellowships in environmental DNA, metabarcoding and metagenomics

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

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

BASE Millennium Institute opens public postdoctoral competition

Chile detects positive cases of avian flu in penguins, shags and skuas in Antarctica

What happens in Antarctica does not stay in Antarctica

[SCIENTIFIC CHRONICLE] Marine ecology and Antarctic: the motivations of a young German scientist to study in Chile

New Zealand: BASE Millennium Institute delegation present at XIII SCAR Biology Symposium 2023

The Chilean Congress of Antarctic Research returns to Punta Arenas

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

Podcast from Patagonia: “Bitácora antártica” invites to reflect on Climate Change and transdiscipline

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Draft genome sequence of Aliihoeflea sp. strain PC F10.4, isolated from the Antarctic red alga Plocamium cartilagineum

Draft genome sequence of Yoonia sp. strain MH D7 isolated from the Antarctic green macroalga Monostroma hariotii

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