AlaskaX: Hibernation Science

Presented by the University of Alaska Fairbanks, this free two-week introductory course explores hibernation science as a model for long-duration space travel. Participants study wood frogs, Arctic ground squirrels, and bears to understand strategies like metabolic suppression, freeze tolerance, and damage-free inactivity. Through this lens, the course examines how insights from animal hibernation research are informing emerging technologies and biomedical strategies for inducing synthetic torpor in humans, with implications for spaceflight, critical care medicine, and human adaptation to extreme environments.

• Registration: Aug 13, 2025 – Aug 4, 2026

• Certification option available: $49

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