2023 The Survivor’s Guide to Stable Isotope Ecology

SGSIE 2023

Siracusa, 25th March  – 2nd April 2023

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  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 time to explore the beautiful island of Ortigia and savour the Mediterranean setting and the local specialties.

Link to course info : SGSIE 2023 CourseSicily.docx 

 

Course ID
Stable Isotope Ecology
Department
Specialist
Campus
Palazzo Francica Nava
Level
Graduate
Instructor
Team Taught
Semester
Spring 2023
Credit
None
Method
Lecture, Seminar, Workshop

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 25 October – DEP. Sunday 2 April 2023

Program – 9 days/8 nights

Number of participants – 20 min-30 max

  • Course Fee
  • Regular registration by 15 February 2023 : euro 1750
  • Late registration after 15th February 2023 : euro 1900
  • Early Bird Registration with 10% discount by 1st January 2023 : euro 1575

Course Lecturers  2023:

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. Alexia Massa-Gallucci, Exedra Mediterranean Center, Italy: Blue EcoTech, Malta https://oceanbreath.eu/

Dr. Sarah Magozzi, Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn – Fano Marine Centre, Italy

Dr. Jose Canseco, Instituto Español de Oceanografía, España

Entry requirements

For PhD and Graduate Students, Researchers
Short letter of presentation
Letter of Support from tutor or supervisor
Letter documenting circumstances if applying for a bursary.

Course structure

The course will be a combination of

Morning: workshops, seminars, field-trips

Afternoons: lectures

How you study

Apart from the lectures, there will be group presentations and projects to complete and workshops for sample-preparation and data analysis.

Bursaries

Thanks to some generous sponsors, we have a limited number of bursaries of 500 euros. Participants who are not in receipt of any sort of funding to support their participation on the course are invited to send a letter outlining their circumstances and a statement from their tutor or supervisor confirming that the institution is not able to support them financially for this course.
The bursary will be deducted from the course fees.
Applications for bursaries should be made by 31st December 2022.

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