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 with…

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…

18/02/20250Comments

ByBenjamin Groff

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

ByConstanza Barrientos

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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 the…

24/05/20230Comments

ByConstanza Barrientos

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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…

03/05/20230Comments

ByConstanza Barrientos

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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

ByConstanza Barrientos

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Researchers from the Millennium Institute BASE teach a course on Antarctic ecosystems at the UdeC

Aimed at undergraduate, master's and doctoral students, this year the course has researchers from the Millennium Institute for Biodiversity of Antarctic and Subantarctic Ecosystems (BASE), and seeks to address different subjects related to Antarctic sciences. April 20, 2023.- Since 2016, the Faculty of Natural and Oceanographic Sciences of the University of Concepción (UdeC) has the elective…

20/04/20230Comments

ByConstanza Barrientos

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Marine Observatory is installed in Antarctica to monitor biodiversity

With the aim of long-term monitoring of the biodiversity of the Southern Ocean, within the framework of the LIX Antarctic Scientific Expedition (ECA 59) of the Chilean Antarctic Institute (INACH), the Marine Observatory project of the BASE Millennium Institute was completed. April 14, 2023.- With the installation of a Marine Observatory, the Millennium Biodiversity Institute of…

14/04/20230Comments

ByConstanza Barrientos

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Important collection of yeasts associated with lichens was published on the GBIF Chile platform

A work carried out by researchers from the Millennium Institute BASE and the Microbial Ecology Laboratory (LEMi) of the University of Chile and which seeks to contribute to the description and conservation of the biodiversity of the ecosystems associated with lichens in the Aysén region and the Magellan region. April 6, 2023.- The largest collection of…

06/04/20230Comments

ByConstanza Barrientos