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Three PhD positions are now open for applications with a deadline of April 25th.

PhD Fellow in the Archaeogenomic potential of The Arctic University Museum collections

PhD Fellowship in Marine sedaDNA of Northern Ecosystems

PhD in invertebrate ancient DNA in northern ecosystems

Monday, March 7^th, 2022: Thanks to our volunteer transportation specialist from Vågnes, we quickly reached the lake and got an early start to our sediment coring operations. Through holes in the ice, we used a hand-held piston corer (see photo) suspended by a cable in the water above the sediment to hammer our way gently (yet effectively!) into the precious environmental archive. At Kulivatnet, we were able to collect over 5 m of sediments, which we expect represent up to 12,000 years of slowly accumulated environmental history. Through a range of techniques including radiocarbon dating and ancient environmental DNA analyses of the sediments, ArcEcoGen will explore change in the lake and terrestrial ecosystems (WP2) and peopling (WP4) over this period. Furthermore, the associated project PolarCH₄ives will determine climate factors influencing the release of methane (CH₄), a potent greenhouse gas, from the lake.

Thank you to our team from the UiT Department of Geosciences (PhD candidate Sofia Kjellman, postdoc Alexandra Rouillard and professor Anders Schomacker) for a most productive and fun day on the ice!