Institute of Arctic Biology

The Institute of Arctic Biology or IAB of the University of Alaska Fairbanks, is located in Fairbanks, Alaska, USA. The institute was established in 1963 by the Board of Regents of the University of Alaska, with Laurence Irving serving as its founding director. The mission of IAB is to advance basic and applied knowledge of high-latitude biological systems through research, education, and service. The Institute supports faculty, post-doctoral, and graduate research in wildlife biology and management, ecology, evolutionary biology, physiology, genetics, biomedicine, bioinformatics, and computational biology. IAB faculty hold joint appointments within other departments at UAF in the College of Natural Science and Mathematics and the School of Natural Resources and Agricultural Sciences.

Important facilities and research programs that the Institute of Arctic Biology supports are:

The Toolik Field Station, part of the LTER network, is a world-renowned Arctic climate change research station located in the northern foothills of the Brooks Range, Alaska, USA.
The Center for Alaska Native Health Research
The Alaska Basic Neuroscience Program
Center for Molecular and Genetic Studies of Hibernation
The Alaska Geobotany Center
The Resilience and Adaptation Program
The Bonanza Creek Long-Term Ecological Research Site
The Alaska Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, administered by IAB, began in 1950 and is part of a nationwide cooperative program to promote research and graduate student training in the ecology and management of fish, wildlife, and their habitats.

External links

The University of Alaska System

Statewide	President: James R Johnson Media: University of Alaska Press The Limestone Press

Anchorage	Chancellor: Tom Case Academics: College of Education Consortium Library Merrill Field Athletics: Alaska Airlines Center Great Alaska Shootout Buckner Fieldhouse Sullivan Arena Seawolves men's ice hockey Sullivan Arena Media: Alaska Quarterly Review KRUA Northern Light Outlying area services: Kenai Peninsula College Kachemak Bay Campus Kodiak College Mat–Su College Research: NBMDC

Fairbanks	Chancellor: Brian D. Rogers Academics: CTC Native Art Center Rasmuson Library Alaska Film Archives SFOS Athletics: Alaska Nanooks men's ice hockey Carlson Center Media: AlaskaOne/KUAC KSUA Permafrost Sun Star Outlying area services: Bristol Bay Campus Center for Distance Education Research: AFES Botanical garden Alaska Native Language Archive/Center ARSC CIFAR/IARC Geophysical Institute Alaska Volcano Observatory Poker Flat Research Range SuperDARN Institute of Arctic Biology Museum of the North Smith Lake

Southeast	Chancellor: John Pugh Facilities: Egan Library Ketchikan Campus Sitka Campus

Community colleges	Prince William Sound College

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