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Campus Outreach & Affiliations
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AIRO
Program at Montana State University
The Priscu Lab has provided
science research mentors for the Montana
Apprenticeship Program
(MAP) since 2002. The MAP program
provides a
six-
week, hands on summer research experience for
Native American and
disadvantaged high school students who want to pursue
careers in science,
technology, engineering, and math career fields.
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participants
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NSF Research Experience for
Undergraduates (REU)
Program
The
Priscu Lab has mentored undergraduate students through the REU
program
since 2002. The REU program supports active research
participation by
undergraduate students in any of the areas of research
funded by the National
Science Foundation,
and involves students in meaningful ways in ongoing research
programs or in research projects designed especially for the purpose.
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participants
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Lab and Field Opportunities for
Undergraduates
The
Priscu Lab offers many opportunities for undergraduates to gain
research
experience both in the lab at MSU, and in the field and lab in
Antarctica.
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participants
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Big Sky Institute (BSI)
at Montana State University
The Priscu Group,
in collaboration with the Big Sky Institute
and the MSU
Science and Natural History Filmmaking program,
produced the teaching video
“Living Ice” (filmed during the 2002-2003
Antarctic field season) and synergistic
classroom activity for high
schools to excite students about microbiology and
discovering life in Antarctica.
View information about the documentary
'Life in Ice'
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Thermal Biology Institute (TBI)
at Montana State University
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and Chemical Analysis Library (ICAL)
at Montana State
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Workshops
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Participant and discussion leader, National Science Foundation Workshop
“Emerging Research Questions for Limnology: The Study of Inland Waters.
December 2002. J.
Priscu.
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Participant and raporteur. American Society of Limnology and
Oceanography/
NSF funded workshop on Emerging Issues in Limnology. Boulder,
CO.
December 2002. J. Priscu. |
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Committees
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Advisory Committee for the United States Ice Core Drilling Services. 2002-
2008. J. Priscu.
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Convener for the
international Group of Specialists to plan the exploration of Lake
Vostok
and other subglacial lakes. 2000-present. J. Priscu.
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Organizing
Committee, Subglacial Antarctic Lake Exploration (SALE) Advanced
Science and
Technology Workshop, April 24-28, 2006. LGGE, Grenoble
France. J. Priscu.
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National Academy
of Sciences NRC Committee “Forward Contamination of
Mars.” 2004-2006. J. Priscu.
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United
States Biology representative to the Scientific Committee of Antarctic
Research (SCAR). 2000-2006. J. Priscu.
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Organizing
Committee, American Society of Limnology and Oceanography winter
meeting,
Salt Lake City. February 2003. J. Priscu.
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National Academy
of Sciences NRC Committee “Frontiers in Polar Research”.
2002-2003. J. Priscu.
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Organizing
Committee, NSF funded FASTDRILL workshop. October 2002. J.
Priscu.
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National Science
Foundation Office Advisory Committee for the Office of Polar
Programs.
2000-2002. J. Priscu.
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National Science
Foundation Advisory Committee for Environmental Research
and Education
2000-2002. J. Priscu.
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Review Committee,
Public Radio Documentary Series “The DNA Files”. 2000-
2001. J. Priscu. |
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Lectures and Presentations
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Plenary Lecture: "Earth’s polar regions as models for the microbiology of
other
frozen worlds." AMS. Philadelphia. 18-22 May 2009.
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Invited Essay by the National Science Foundation addressing Darwin’s
influence
on polar regions. “Origin and Evolution of Life on a
Frozen Earth.” 2008.
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Invited lecture. “The lost world beneath the Antarctic Ice Sheet.” POP-Tech
2008. Camden, Maine. October 2008. J. Priscu.
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Invited lecture. "What does polar science tell us about the evolution of
life?" IBM.
San Jose, California. 2008. J. Priscu.
● Plenary Lecture. "Subglacial Lakes and Rivers: Diversity in the
cold." Third
International Conference on Polar and Alpine Microbiology.
Banff, Canada. May
2008. J. Priscu.
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Invited lecture. “Beyond Polar Bears and Penguins: What can we Learn
from
Polar Science?” University of Nevada, Las Vegas - 2008 BIOS
Lecture. April
2008. J. Priscu.
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Philip Hauge Abelson Advancing Science Seminar. "Emerging Polar
Frontiers."
Sponsored by the American Association for the Advancement of
Science
(AAAS). Washington, DC. October 2007. J. Priscu.
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Manion Lecture. "How Are Our Poles Changing?" Carroll College, Helena,
Montana. April 2007. J. Priscu.
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Invited Lecture.
“Climate and Ecosystem Response in Earth’s South Polar
Regions.” University
of Alberta, Canada and the Ecosystem Research Institute,
Alberta. April
2007. J. Priscu.
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Invited
Lecture. “What Can We Learn from Our Polar Regions”. Madrid, Spain.
Funded
by Fundacion la Caixa; CosmoCaixa (National Museum of Spain). April
2007. J. Priscu.
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Invited Lecture.
“Icy Earth as a Model for Extraterrestrial Ecology”. University of
California, Davis. October 2006. J. Priscu.
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Plenary Lecture.
“Subglacial Lake Exploration: From a Curiosity to Focus for
Scientific
Research." SCAR XXIX Open Science Conference, Hobart, Tasmania.
12-14 July
2006. J. Priscu.
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Plenary lecture
“Life on Mars and Europa”. Astrobiology Symposium.
Washington, D.C. March
2006. J. Priscu.
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Invited lecture
“Subglacial Microbial Systems”. International Society of Microbial
Ecology.
Vienna, Austria. August 2006. J. Priscu.
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Japanese
National Institute of Polar Research, Toyko, Japan. Three lectures
presented
on life in and under permanent ice sheets. February 2006. J. Priscu.
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Plenary lecture
“Is There a Deep Cold Biosphere?” Meeting of the international
society of
subsurface microbiology. Jackson Hole, Wyoming. August 2005. J.
Priscu.
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C.B. van Niel
Memorial Lecture, Stanford University, Hopkins Marine Station.
20 May 2005.
J. Priscu.
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Murdock
Charitable Trust Lecture “Partners in Science," National Conference on
Research Partnerships for High School Teachers, San Diego, CA. 16-17 January
2004. J. Priscu.
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Invited Lecture
“Earth’s Icy Biosphere,” Utah State University. 26 January 2004.
J. Priscu.
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Invited Lecture
“Live in a Deep Freeze.” University of Southern California. 10
February 2004.
J. Priscu.
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Plenary lecture
“Are Earth’s Ice Caps Alive?”. Canadian Society of
Microbiology, national
meeting. Edmonton, Canada. 20-23 June 2004. J. Priscu.
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Invited lecture
to the National Science Teachers Association “Pond Water
Popsicles.” 8 July
2004. J. Priscu.
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Lecture, “From Antarctica to Mars,” National Science Teachers Association.
August, 2004.
J. Priscu.
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Invited lecture
“Antarctic Subglacial Lakes”. Water and Ice, 20th Anniversary
Symposium,
Swiss Committee on Polar Research, Bern, Switzerland. 18
September 2004. J. Priscu.
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Plenary speaker
“Perennial Antarctic Ice: An Oasis for Life in a Polar Desert and
a Model
for Other Icy Worlds”. Russian Astrobiology Center, St. Petersburg,
Russia. March 2002. J. Priscu.
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Plenary speaker
“Is there a Deep-Cold Biosphere?”. AAAS annual meeting. San
Francisco,
California. 15-20 February 2001. J. Priscu.
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Plenary speaker.
American Society of Microbiology “Life in Extremely Cold
Environments”.
Orlando, Florida. 20-24 May 2001. J. Priscu.
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Plenary speaker.
Geosciences lecture series-May, Princeton University, New
Jersey. 2000. J. Priscu.
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Plenary speaker
“Life in Ice.” Cambridge University, England. 1999. J. Priscu.
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Invited speaker,
Sigma XI Research Society. Topic: "Antarctic Lakes and
Streams: Cold Desert
Ecosystems." 1985. J. Priscu. |
