Welcome to the Dark Energy Biosphere Institute (DEBI) Research Coordination Network (RCN), a National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded Research and Coordination Network that exists to help coordinate and support deep biosphere research, and to aid in the transfer of information regarding the deep biosphere's role in the global Earth system. The DEBI-RCN is co-directed by Katrina Edwards and Jan Amend, University of Southern California.
 


Worldwide distribution of DEBI RCN participants
 
Our Community

2009 meeting hands on demo photo by UHH-CC
 
Annual Meetings

2009 School of Rock photo by Ocean Leadership
 
Opportunities

What's New

C-DEBI Newsletter
February 1, 2012 Issue

Science on MSNBC, OurAmazingPlanet
Cold, 'Dead' Deep Sea Vents Are Anything But Dead

Science Daily
Scientists Look to Microbes to Unlock Earth's Deep Secrets

ScienceNews
Deep Sea Battery Comes to Light

Conrad's Corner
Interview with Katrina Edwards

Wired Magazine
Observatory Safely Studies Deep-Sea Life


Upcoming Expeditions

April 11 - May 10, 2012
Mid-Atlantic Ridge (North Pond) Microbiology

July 29 - August 11, 2012
Juan de Fuca Ridge Flank Hydrogeology

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Next DEBI RCN Meeting

June 6-8, 2012
Ocean Crust Processes and Consequences for Life
Bremen, Germany
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General Calendar

February 20-24, 2012
Ocean Sciences Meeting
Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

March 29 - April 1, 2012
National Science Teachers Association Conference
Indianapolis, Indiana, USA


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