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Stable Isotope Mixing Models Using SIBER & MixSIAR (SIMM12)

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Join our live online course *Stable Isotope Mixing Models Using SIBER &
MixSIAR (SIMM12)* and gain practical skills in applying stable isotope
mixing models in R.

https://prstats.org/course/stable-isotope-mixing-models-using-siber-siar-mixsiar-simm12/

Instructors - Prof. Andrew Parnell and Prof. Andrew Jackson, authors of the
SIBER package - who better to learn from than the package authors
themselves!

This year we have a guest speaker, Dr Bernd Freymann, Director of ?
https://isolife.nl/ ? He will talk about isolife and their work. Isolife
develop, produce and sell depleted, partially, and uniformly 13C-labelled
(0.1 to >97 atom %13C) compounds derived from food plants, trees, herbs,
algae, and fungi. These intrinsically labelled compounds are used as Stable
Isotope Tracers and Internal Standards in research and diagnostics in the
Life Sciences. Isolife delivers their products to private companies and
public research organisations worldwide.

*More about the course* - This hands-on training provides a structured
introduction to the theory and implementation of mixing models used to
quantify source contributions in ecological and biogeochemical studies.
Participants will work through practical examples using widely adopted R
packages, learning how to fit, compare, and interpret models appropriately.

The course covers:

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   Foundations of stable isotope ecology and mixing model theory
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   Preparing and structuring isotope datasets
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   Implementing models in SIBER, SIAR, and MixSIAR
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   Understanding assumptions, uncertainty, and diagnostics
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   Interpreting outputs for ecological research

Delivered live online, this course allows for real-time interaction with
the instructor, opportunities to ask questions, and discussion of your own
datasets. All participants receive course materials, example datasets, and
post-course support.

*Course details*
Dates: 27-30 April 2026
Duration: 4 days (approximately 7 hours per day)
Format: Live online (with recorded access afterward)
Fee: ?480

This course is suitable for postgraduate students, researchers, and
professionals working in ecology, conservation, fisheries science, or
environmental research who want to apply isotope mixing models confidently
and rigorously.

Full details and registration:
https://prstats.org/course/stable-isotope-mixing-models-using-siber-siar-mixsiar-simm12/

Email oliver at prstats.org with any questions