The fifth edition of The Survivors’ Guide to Stable Isotope Ecology – SGSIE – sees our great team of lecturers from all over the world come together again – in-person, we hope – to unlock the secrets of stable isotopes for you. Stable isotopes are a powerful and ubiquitous tool in modern ecology. When used correctly, they can unlock the mysteries of food-webs, species interactions, ecophysiology, and migration patterns across the globe. However, incorrect use can result in expensively compiled, useless datasets. This course will give you the skills to maximise the benefit of the use of stable isotopes in your current or future research.
The course will be held on the scenic island of Ortigia, the historic centre of Siracusa in Sicily, Italy. Course instructors include leading experts in the application of stable isotopes of carbon, nitrogen, hydrogen, oxygen and sulphur to marine, freshwater and terrestrial ecology, in addition to expertise in the growing field of compound specific stable isotope analysis and the analysis of stable isotope data.
The course is tailored to postgraduate students and postdoctoral researchers with some or no experience. Mornings will be dedicated to field-activities, lab-work and data analysis, with lectures in the afternoons, combining to provide the students with a thorough understanding of the use of stable isotopes in ecology through hands-on experience. In-person participants will have time to work with the course tutors – and a little time to explore the beautiful island of Ortigia and savour the Mediterranean setting and the local specialties.
The course is tailored to postgraduate students and postdoctoral researchers with some or no experience. The course-programme includes a combination of lectures, field activities, lab-work and data analysis to provide the students with a thorough understanding of the use of stable isotopes in ecology through hands-on experience.
Dates ARR. Saturday 26 March- DEP. Sunday 3 April 2022
Program – 9 days/8 nights
Number of participants – 20 min-30 max
Prof. Chris Harrod, Universidad de Antofagasta, Chile
http://harrodlab.net/
Dr. Tamsin O’Connell, University of Cambridge, UK
https://www.arch.cam.ac.uk/directory/tco21
Prof. Seth Newsome, University of New Mexico, USA
sethnewsome.org/sethnewsome/Home.html
Dr Clive Trueman, Associate Professor in Marine Ecology, University of Southampton, UK
https://www.southampton.ac.uk/oes/research/staff/trueman.page
Dr. Brian Hayden, Science Manager, Stable Isotopes in Nature Laboratory, University of New Brunswick, Canada www.atomicecology.com
Dr. Alexia Massa-Gallucci, Exedra Mediterranean Center, Italy: Ocean Breath – Greentech solutions, Malta https://oceanbreath.eu/