Looking for lowlifes: Exploring the geomicrobiology of the subsurface

Friday, October 12, 2012: 10:15 AM-11:45 AM
619 (WSCC)
Chair:
Everett Salas, PhD, Senior Scientist, Photon Systems Inc

Description: The microbial ecology of the deep ocean subsurface remains one of the last unexplored frontiers in microbiology. Indeed, more is known about the moon than about the ocean bottom. Speakers will discuss results from recent expeditions to detect and understand life in the deep marine subsurface.



10:15 AM
Introductory Remarks
10:20 AM
They Might be Giants: Dimorphism in Methane Seep-Dwelling Ecotypes in the Largest Known Bacteria
Jake Bailey, PhD , Assistant Professor , University of Minnesota
10:40 AM
Life Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Living Under Pressure and Supercritical CO2
Hector Hernandez, PhD , Assistant Professor , Masdar Institute of Technology
11:00 AM
Meet the Floccers: In Situ Enrichment Strategies for the Deep Subsurface
Beth Orcutt, PhD , Senior Scientist , Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences
11:20 AM
What lies beneath: Characterizing Subsurface Microbial Habitats in Igneous Oceanic Crust
Jason Sylvan, PhD , Postdoctoral Fellow , University of Southern California