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Current and Past projects
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Enhancing expertise in bacterial taxonomy: Classical and molecular-based monographic research of the Aquificales-NSF-PEET
see the database at : Aquificales warehouse.
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Diversity and distribution of thermoacidophiles at deep-sea hydrothermal vent. (NSF-OCE-0728391) |
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Collaborative Research: Evolution of environments within black smoker chimney walls: microbial colonization as functions of temperature, chemistry and time. (NSF) Proposal summary
Deployments of 2003
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Genome sequencing and comparative analysis of the chemolithoautrotrophic Persephonella marina and it's terrestrial relative, Sulfurihydrogenibium azorense and Sulfurihydrogenibium yellowstonese
Closed genome sequence now available at: http://tigr.org. Please contact ALR for more informtion.
Teachers workshop
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Genome sequencing of Hydrogenivirga strain L3 and "Aciduliprofundum boonei", from deep-sea vents along the Eastern Lau Spreading Center.
Funded by the Moore Foundation.
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Metabolic Plasticity in Chemolithoautotrophic Thermophilic Aquificales: Models for the Evolution of Early Metabolisms on Earth?
NASA-Exobiology
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Collaborative Research: Sampling and Initial Characterization of Hydrothermal Fluids, Deposits, Microfauna and Megafauna at Vent Fields along the Eastern Lau Spreading Center (NSF)
Links: Lau basin vents
Cruise May 05 pictures:
Fun
Outreach
Science pics
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Other projects: microbial diversity -El Tatio-Chile |
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Past projects:
Interdependence of Microbial Activity and Rates of Geochemical Reactions: An Interdisciplinary Experimental Study Under Hydrothermal Conditions (NSF)
The Coupling of Biological and Geochemical Evolution in Earth's Earliest Ecosystems: Clues from Sulfur Isotope Biosignatures (NASA)
A tropical Microbial Observatory: Collaborative Research on Microbial Diversity in Caterpillars (NSF)
A microbial inventory of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem thermal features (NSF). In collaboration with Cristina Takacs-Vesbach, University of New Mexico
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Other projects: microbial diversity -Furnas-Azores |
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