International Graduate Course
Acid base and ion regulation in a hypercapnic world
December 5-16, 2016
The College of Agriculture and Fisheries, Can Tho University, Can Tho, Vietnam
COURSE DESCRIPTION
An innovative graduate level course taught by an international team of experts in comparative physiology. The tropical environment is frequently both deeply hypoxic and hypercapnic, which on an evolutionary scale has led to numerous appearances of vertebrate air-breathing. In addition, waterlogged tropical delta regions often house acid sulphate soils with very low pH (<3.5) waterways at the onset of the rainy-season. This course will examine the integrative physiology of air-breathing fish with particular focus on the challenges to acid and ion regulation encountered in the transition from aquatic to terrestrial habitats. The course will run from Monday, December 5 until Friday December 16, 2016 at the College of Agriculture and Fisheries, Can Tho University, Can Tho, Vietnam, and consist of lectures (see topic list below) and mini-projects. A wide variety of local fish species will be available for the projects including some living at below pH 4. Enrollment on the course will be limited to a maximum of 24 students. Organizers anticipate some level of travel support for all international students accepted into the course.
Training Course on STEREOLOGY
Agust 1st to 3rd, 2015
Phu Quoc, Kien Giang Province, Vietnam
COURSE DESCRIPTION
This stereology will be organzed by the iAQUA project (Interdisciplinary Project on Climate Change in Tropical Aquaculture). Design-unbiased quantification of biological structure using contemporary stereological techniques is increasingly being used as an essential research tool. The techniques can be applied efficiently if built into the overall study design. The course is a general and intense 3-day learning experience with a mixture of lectures and hands on exercises during the day. The course can be used in all medical and biological research areas and the examples span from brain to bone. In the breaks and evenings, participants have ample opportunity to discuss their individual projects with the instructors.
INTERNATIONAL GRADUATE COURSE
Physiology of Air-Breathing Fish in the Mekong Delta, Viet Nam: Basic, Applied and Conservation
December 1-12, 2014,
College of Aquaculture and Fisheires, Can Tho University, Viet Nam
COURSE DESCRIPTION
An innovative graduate level course taught by an international team of experts in comparative physiology. This course will focus on the integrative physiology of air breathing fish in the Mekong Delta. The effects of environmental factors on adaptive traits, as well as application of fundamental physiology to aquaculture and conservation issues will be stressed. The course will run from Monday, December 1 until Friday December 12, 2014 at the College of Agriculture and Fisheries, Can Tho University, Can Tho, Viet Nam, and consists of lectures (see topic list below), practicals and minprojects. Enrollment in the course will be limited to a maximum of 24 students. Organizers anticipate some level of travel support for all international students accepted into the course.