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BIOtransformations of TRace elements in AquatiC SystemsBIOTRACS projects are all in the area of biogeochemistry, focussing on the interactions of microbiological and geochemical processes. Microbial organisms interact with trace element redox transformations in all aquatic systems ranging from glaciers to deep sea sediment pore-waters. These transformations have profound implications for the global carbon cycle and the fluxes of carbon dioxide within the Earth-Ocean system. Our detailed understanding of these bio-transformations is poor, but we know they are central to many key environmental processes and changes through time. An interdisciplinary approach is required to understand the links between microbiology and aquatic geochemistry. The Centres in BIOTRACS are all graded excellent for teaching and in the highest
bands for their international quality research. The BIOTRACS partners have extensive and
powerful laboratory facilities coupled to knowledge and experience that will allow many of the
questions about trace element transformations to be addressed in innovative and collaborative
ways. Training OpportunitiesAll BIOTRACS supervisors have extensive experience of early stage researcher training. Each Centre has a large graduate school with embedded additional training in essential knowledge and generic skills, tailored to individual career development. The 4 training centres have a significant fraction of overseas students and are attuned to effectively assimilating them into the postgraduate training programmes. The 4 Centres within BIOTRACS have developed a common training philosophy building on the best practice across the UK. The 3 Year Fellows are registered in the Graduate School of the lead supervisor and spend at least 1 year of the training period within the Graduate School of other members of the supervisory team. Our philosophy is to build on the core science skills of graduates and to generate interdisciplinary scientists by developing expertise in a range of skills. |
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BIOTRACS School of Ocean and Earth Science, Southampton Oceanography Centre, European Way, Southampton, SO14 3ZH, UNITED KINGDOM Email: Page last updated : |
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