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.
LABORATORY PRACTICALS
Students will learn basic research techniques and analytical approaches in fish physiology including; basis surgical techniques, measurements of blood flow and ventilation, metabolic measurements using closed and flow through respirometry, blood gas measurements, and analysis of ions and pH.
FACULTY
- Mark Bayley, PhD; Zoophysiology, Dept. Biosciences, Aarhus University, Denmark
- Colin Brauner, PhD; Dept. of Zoology, Univ. of British Columbia, Canada
- James Hicks, PhD; Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California Irvine, USA
- Atsushi Ishimatsu, PhD; Graduate School of Fisheries Science and Environmental Studies, Nagasaki University, Japan
- Bill Milsom, PhD; Dept. of Zoology, University of British Columbia, Canada
- Do Thi Thanh Huong, PhD; College of Aquaculture & Fisheries, Can Tho University, Viet Nam
- Nguyen Thanh Phuong, PhD; College of Aquaculture & Fisheries, Can Tho University, Viet Nam
- Tobias Wang, PhD; Zoophysiology, Dept. Biosciences, Aarhus University, Denmark
APPLICATION DEADLINE: 15-July-2014
Send application (cover letter indicating why the course will be relevant to your graduate work and CV) to Dr. Mark Bayley:This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Website: iaqua.ctu.edu.vn
iAQUA Project (Interdisciplinary Project on Climate Change in Tropical Aquaculture)
Address: College of Aquaculture and Fisheries, Campus 2, Can Tho University 3/2 street, Xuan Khanh ward, Ninh Kieu dist. Can Tho City.
Tel: +84710 3830931; Fax: +84710 3830323;
Contact person: A/Prof. Dr. Do Thi Thanh Huong;
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