Application deadline: 5 September 2016!
The Linnaeus Centre for Marine Evolutionary (CeMEB) invite PhD students and postdocs from all over the world to gather for one week in a stimulating environment to discuss how climate change (including global warming, ocean acidification, hypoxia) affects evolutionary rules that shape ocean ecosystem structure.
The Questions
What determines species-sensitivity to future environmental stressors and how does it relates to species recent evolutionary history? What life-history strategies will be selected in future ocean? How can we assess a species adaptation potential? What is the role of phenotypic plasticity in species resilience? What will be evolutionary rules in future oceans? What is the role of ecological interactions in future ecosystem changes?
The aims
The most important aims with this course is to train young researchers in state-of-the-art research in marine climate change research with a special focus on evolutionary biology, to share theoretical and experiment approaches and to create new professional contacts among the participants.
Application
Your applications should include a short description of your research interest and why you would like to participate, max one A4 page, and CV with publication list. Deadline for registration: 5th September 2016. Send your application to: sam.dupont(at)bioenv.gu.se
The Teachers
The course is organised by Dr Sam Dupont, CeMEB, and Dr. Piero Calosi, Université du Québec à Rimouski (UQAR). Greg Puncher from University of Bologna and researchers from the CeMEB team will also participate as teachers.
The Venue
The course will be held at the Sven Lovén Centre for Marine Infrastructure – Kristineberg at Fiskebäckskil, University of Gothenburg, Sweden. The course is funded through the Swedish Royal Academy of Science and therefore free of charge, including food and lodging. Travel expenses are not included.
CeMEB
The Linnaeus Centre of Marine Evolutionary Biology focuses on evolutionary processes! and mechanisms in marine species and populations. A main goal is to increase our understanding of how marine organisms adapt to new environmental conditions, for example changing sea water pH, temperature and salinity.
Contacts
- Dr Sam Dupont, convener, sam.dupont(at)bioenv.gu.se
- Eva Marie Rödström, coordinator: eva.marie.rodstrom(at)gu.se
