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ICY INVERTS
Antarctic Research Expeditions

The Mission

Cruise NBP20-10
Our team of 20 scientists who study the biology of marine invertebrate animals (i.e., animals without backbones) boarded the R/V Nathaniel B. Palmer in San Francisco, California on 24 September 2020 and embarked on a 14-week voyage to Antarctica ending in Punta Arenas, Chile on 18 December 2020. During the expedition, we sampled and studied marine invertebrates living in some of the most remote but fastest changing seas on the planet. The team explored the biodiversity, evolution, and biogeographic patterns of animals living in the Weddel Sea and Bransfield Strait. Now, back in the lab, morphological and molecular tools are being used to assess Antarctic invertebrate biodiveristy, unrecognized genetic variation, and patterns of relatedness between populations of marine Antarctic species.

The next Icy Inverts cruise (NBP 23-03) is planned for 4 March 2023 to 1 May 2023. Stay tuned for more updates!

Our Laboratories & Institutions

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Molette Laboratory for Environmental and Climate Change Research (Halanych Lab)

Auburn University

Department of Biological Sciences

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Kocot Lab

The University of Alabama

Department of Biological Sciences



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Mahon Lab & Learman Lab

Central Michigan University

Department of Biology
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Gerken Lab

The University of Alaska Anchorage

Department of Biological Sciences

Funding

This research is funded by:
NSF OPP 1916661
Collaborative Research: Have transantarctic dispersal corridors impacted Antarctic marine biodiversity?

PI: Ken Halanych & Co-PI: Andy Mahon


NSF DEB 1846174
CAREER: Revolutionizing Biodiversity and Systematics Research on Aplacophora (Mollusca) and Training the Next Generation of Invertebrate Systematists
PI: Kevin Kocot


NSF OPP 2031442
RAPID: Meta-genomic and Transcriptomic Investigation of Complex Organic Matter Degradation in Antarctic Benthic Sediments
PI: Deric Learman

NSF OPP 2032029
RAPID: Monographing the Antarctic and Subantarctic Cumacea
PI: Sarah Gerken

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