Institute of Arctic Biology
University of Alaska Fairbanks
902 N. Koyukuk Drive
P.O. Box 757000
Fairbanks, Alaska 99775-7000
Tel:907.474.7640
Fax: 907.474.6967
www.iab.uaf.edu
Specialized programs and facilities
Institute
of
Arctic
Biology
(www.iab.uaf.edu/programs.php)
Alaska Geobotany Center - dedicated to understanding northern ecosystems through GIS, remote
sensing, and field experiments.
Alaska Basic Neuroscience Program - seeks to expand, facilitate, and stimulate neuroscience research as
part of the human health research initiative at the University of Alaska Fairbanks.
Center for Alaska Native Health Research - investigates weight, nutrition, and health in Alaska Natives
from genetic, dietary, and cultural-behavioral perspectives.
Resilience and Adaptation Program - NSF-sponsored graduate traineeship program which explores the
links among cultural, economic, and ecological conditions of the North to address sustainability.
Robert G. White Large Animal Research Station - provides colonies of muskoxen, caribou, and reindeer
for nutritional, physiological, and behavioral research; educational programs for schools and the public.
Spatial Ecology Lab - provides spatial analyses of ecological data; development, testing, and application
of spatially explicit models on climate change research.
Toolik Field Station
- Year-round Arctic climate change research station on the North Slope of Alaska.
IAB Research Greenhouse - provides four separate zones and three climate-controlled growth chambers
for year-round research and education projects.
IAB Animal Quarters and Veterinary Services
services for animal health and research.
- provides safe, sanitary, and regulated facilities and
Core Facility for Nucleic Acid Analysis - provides nucleic
support of molecular instruments.
Studying Life at the extremes
acid sequence analysis; maintenance and
IAB and Biology & Wildlife Computer Lab - located in room 202 Irving I and available to faculty, students,
and staff hosts 13 workstations, 2 flatbed scanners, 1 slide/film scanner, and a laser printer.
Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) program - The Bonanza Creek LTER focuses on understanding
long-term consequences of changing climate and disturbance in the boreal forest.
UAF is an AA/EO employer and educational institution.
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University of Alaska Fairbanks
www.iab.uaf.edu
Research
Wildlife
Our Mission
The Institute of Arctic Biology (IAB) advances basic and applied knowledge of highlatitude biological systems through the integration of research, graduate student
education, and service to the nation and state of Alaska.
About IAB
IAB was established by the Alaska Legislature and the University of Alaska Board of
Regents in 1962 to support faculty research and graduate education in biological,
wildlife, and health sciences at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. IAB is Alaska’s
principle research and educational unit for investigating high-latitude biological
systems and providing the public and Alaska policy makers the necessary knowledge
to interpret, predict, and manage biological systems in the face of uncertainty.
IAB faculty deliver the entire curriculum for undergraduate majors in Biology and
Wildlife Biology, an increasing component of Chemistry and Biochemistry majors, and
provide UAF undergraduates with opportunities for hands-on research experiences
in the field and laboratory.
Administrative Services
The IAB director’s office oversees faculty support services in pre-award proposal
coordination; outreach, publicity and Web content; mail and shipping, and special
event and visitor coordination.
The IAB business office oversees services in human resources, post-award grant
administration, travel, computer and Web support, purchasing, laboratory safety,
animal services, vehicle rental, and work orders.
Research in Wildlife includes
predator-prey
behavior
and
ecology, migration ecology and
evolution, wildlife diseases and
effects of contaminants; nutritional
physiology and ecology; stochastic
population processes; quantitative
ecology, particularly development
and application of capturerecapture estimators; endangered
species management and planning;
remote sensing; habitat and
landscape processes; conservation
biology; avian ecology; and
behavioral,
population,
and
community ecology of insects,
birds, and mammals.
Ecology & Ecosystems
Ecology and Ecosystem research
includes
climate
change
modeling; tundra and boreal
ecosystem structure and function;
biogeochemistry,
ecosystem
nutrient cycling and fine-root
dynamics; species diversity and
ecosystem
processes;
plantmicrobe
interactions;
CO2
flux in terrestrial and aquatic
ecosystems; evolutionary and
population ecology of insect-plant
interactions; and insect behavioral
and chemical ecology.
Physiology
Physiology research includes stress
endocrinology and physiological
ecology of birds; physiological
ecology,
neurobiology,
and
molecular genetics of hibernation
in mammals; biological rhythms
and sleep; overwintering biology
of animals including insects;
evolutionary
and
ecological
immunology; neural regulation of
thermoregulation, and behavioral
and physiological mechanisms by
which animals cope with arctic
environments.
Biomedical
Biomedical research programs
include the Center for Alaska
Native Health Research, which
investigates weight, nutrition,
and health in Alaska Natives from
genetic, dietary, and culturalbehavioral perspectives; the Alaska
Basic Neuroscience Program, which
strives to expand and stimulate
basic neuroscience research with
a focus on neuroprotection, and
the IDeA Networks of Biomedical
Research Excellence, which focuses
on infectious wildlife diseases and
effects of contaminants, especially
in subsistence species.
Genetics & Evol. Biology
Genetics and Evolutionary Biology
research
include
population
genetics of plants, animals, and
fungi; molecular systematics;
population structure and adaptive
evolution of sex and sex ratios in
plants; and the genetic basis of
obesity in humans.
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IAB ~ studying life at the extremes