Networked Speaker Series

This series was superseded by our C-DEBI Virtual Meeting Series in 2021-2022.  These virtual events were held monthly during the first week of each month, with a regular rotation of science workshops and professional development workshops.

C-DEBI is a “networked” Science and Technology Center, gathering expertise, ideas, and participation from institutions across the U. S. and around the world. C-DEBI is particularly interested in opening and developing communication between participants separated by thousands of miles. C-DEBI participants gather in person at meetings periodically, but we also link C-DEBI members using modern web tools. The Networked Speaker Series highlighted presenters capable of combining compelling visual materials with the ability to communicate effectively to a broad audience. We were particularly enthusiastic about giving young researchers a chance to present work to the C-DEBI community. Being selected to be a C-DEBI Networked Speaker is an honor.

C-DEBI hosted 29 speakers in the Networked Speaker Series from 2011-2021 as a means to enhance communication and the exchange of ideas among our community. Speakers were nominated by colleagues, mentors, or those mentored by C-DEBI participants; they could also self nominate. Speakers made their presentations online, using video conferencing tools, with assistance from the C-DEBI main office at USC. Presentations were about 30 minutes in length, with time allocated for questions and discussion. Presentations were recorded for later online playback by participants or those who could not “attend” the live web event.

Previous Speakers

2020-2021 Networked Speaker Series

September 10, 2020 Dr. Rose Jones, University of Minnesota
Menu for a deep microbe: attempts in understanding microbe-mineral interactions in the deep marine seafloor
November 5, 2020 Dr. Julia McGonigle, Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences
Formate metabolism by Chloroflexi is key in unlocking deep carbon for the Lost City chimney ecosystem
January 14, 2021 Dr. Jesse Colangelo, Colorado School of Mines
Exploring the marine sediment environment’s influence on microbial sulfur isotope biosignatures using experimental evolution
March 18, 2021 Megan Mullis, Texas A&M Corpus Christi
Outwit, Outplay, Outlast: A microbial tale of survival within the marine deep subsurface

2019 Networked Speaker Series

May 30, 2019 Dr. Jeanine Ash, Rice University
Making and Breaking Molecules
September 5, 2019 Taylor Royalty, University of Tennessee
Quantitatively partitioning microbial genomic traits among taxonomic ranks: implications for subsurface microbial communities
October 3, 2019 Dr. Jessica Labonté, Texas A&M Galveston
You are what you eat: a geochemical and microbial study of a 3000-year old stratigraphic sediment succession
November 7, 2019 Dr. James Bradley, Queen Mary University of London
The power of microbial life in marine sediments

2018 Networked Speaker Series

May 31, 2018 Dr. Alma Parada, Stanford University
Evaluating the diversity and distribution of novel microbes across physical and geochemical gradients in deep-sea sediments
September 20, 2018 Dr. Nagissa Mahmoudi, McGill University
Uncovering microbial species-specific effects on organic matter transformation in marine sediments
September 27, 2018 Dr. Jackie Goordial, Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences
Microbial activity and ecology through sorted cell -omics of Mid-Atlantic ridge oceanic crust and sediments
October 18, 2018 Dr. Rosa León Zayas, Willamette University
Description of the microbial community composition and metabolic potential of a depth profile in the Tonga Trench from 400m in the water column to 2m below the seafloor

2017 Networked Speaker Series

March 9, 2017 Dr. Annie Rowe, University of Southern California
Eating rocks! Investigating microbial energy conservation with microbes that utilize solid mineral electron donors
May 11, 2017 Dr. Drew Steen, University of Tennessee Knoxville
What Heterotrophs Want: Using extracellular enzyme assays to probe the lifestyle of heterotrophic microorganisms in subsurface sediments
September 7, 2017 Dr. Gus Ramirez, University of Rhode Island
Microbial Neter-Khertet: Life and death post-entombment
November 2, 2017 Dr. Emily Estes, University of Delaware
Organic carbon utilization and preservation in a carbon desert

2015-2016 Networked Speaker Series

KTwing_photo March 31, 2016 Dr. Katrina Twing, University of Utah
Microbial diversity and metabolic potential of the serpentinite subsurface environment
Nigro_2 April 28, 2016 Dr. Olivia Nigro, University of Hawaii
Viruses in the oceanic basement: An integral component of microbial life
Carr_headshot May 26, 2016 Dr. Stephanie Carr, Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences
Methanosaeta, are you my methanogen?

2013-2014 Networked Speaker Series

lever May 21, 2014 Luke McKay, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Approaching the high temperature boundary for life in the hydrothermally altered sediments of Guaymas Basin
Jason Sylvan June 18, 2014 Dr. Jason Sylvan, University of Southern California
Microbial life in old subseafloor basaltic crust
Julie Meyer August 13, 2014 Dr. Julie Meyer, University of Florida
Microbial life in cold, hydrologically active oceanic crustal fluids at North Pond

2012-2013 Networked Speaker Series

lever April 4, 2013 Dr. Mark Lever, Aarhus University
Evidence of Microbial Carbon and Sulfur Cycling in Buried Ridge Flank Basalt and General Implications for Life within Earth’s Oceanic Crust
Tim Engelhardt May 30, 2013 Tim Engelhardt, University of Oldenburg
Viruses in Marine Subsurface Sediments
Karen Lloyd July 25, 2013 Dr. Karen Lloyd, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Opening the Black Box of Carbon Degradation Pathways in Marine Sediments through Single Cell Genomics and Metagenomics

2011-2012 Networked Speaker Series

reese November 10, 2011 Dr. Brandi Kiel Reese, University of Southern California
Biogeography of Geochemical Characterizations and Molecular Communities within Shallow and Deep Subsurface Sediments
orcutt March 8, 2012 Dr. Beth Orcutt, Aarhus University
The Dynamics of Life Across the Sediment-Basement Interface
anderson June 15, 2012 Rika Anderson, University of Washington
Viral Manipulation of the Genetic Landscape of Deep Subsurface Microbial Communities

 

Other Related Seminar Series

  • The Ocean Discovery Lecture Series brings the scientific explorations and discoveries of the International Ocean Discovery Program to academic research institutions, museums, and aquaria.  Nominate a deep biosphere speaker or apply to host one at your institution.
  • The Ridge Seminar Series is an on-line multidisciplinary seminar series on and around mid ocean ridges and back-arc spreading centers. The series targets both the ridge community and a broader scientific audience, and in particular early career researchers.
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