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We are proud to support the following projects aligned with
C-DEBI goals and themes.
Research Grants
- NEW!
Carol Arnosti, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Measuring microbial extracellular enzymes
that hydrolyze deeply buried organic matter: An analytical
challenge and opportunity
- NEW!
Jennifer Biddle, University of Delaware
The deep biosphere of the Iberian Margin:
microbiological studies for IODP Expedition 339, Mediterranean
Outflow
Associated with Mediterranean Outflow Expedition 339
- Brian Glazer, University of Hawaii
Chemical
sensor development for microbially-relevant scales of concentration
gradients
Associated with Juan de Fuca Ridge and North Pond CORKs
- Gerardo Iturrino, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Development
of telemetry system for the Deep Exploration Biosphere Investigative
Tool (DEBI-t)
Associated with Mid-Atlantic Ridge Microbiology Expedition
336
- NEW!
Karen Lloyd, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Using
single cell genomics to determine the roles of uncultured
microbes in the deep subsurface carbon cycle
Associated with Baltic Sea Basin IODP Expedition
- Heath Mills and Brandi Reese, Texas A&M University
Expedition
329: Expanding metabolic potential by characterizing anaerobic
lineages
in aerobic sediments
Associated with South Pacific Gyre Expedition 329
- NEW!
Craig Moyer, Western Washington University
Zetaproteobacteria and Associated Microbial
Communities from the Okinawa Trough Subsurface Biosphere
Associated with Deep Hot Biosphere Expedition 331
- NEW!
Beth Orcutt, Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, and
Peter Girguis, Harvard University
Primary productivity in young, oxic
oceanic crust: Rates of activity and autotrophic groups
in subsurface and seafloor-exposed basalts from North Pond,
Mid-Atlantic Ridge
Associated with Mid-Atlantic Ridge Microbiology Expedition
336
- Victoria Orphan, California Institute of Technology (Joshua
Steele, Anne Dekas)
Microbe-mineral
interactions in oligotrophic subseafloor habitats
Associated with South Pacific Gyre Expedition 329
- Adina Paytan, University of California, Santa Cruz
Phosphorous
sources and cycling in the deep biosphere - fueling life
in the dark
Associated with Juan de Fuca Expedition 327
- Radu Popa, Portland State University (Amy Smith, Gilberto
Flores, Martin Fisk)
Genetic
diversity and distribution of microbes colonizing igneous
minerals and glasses incubated in IODP Hole 1301A on the
eastern flank of the Juan de Fuca Ridge
Associated with Juan de Fuca Expedition 301
- Michael Rappé, University of Hawaii (Sean Jungbluth)
Metagenomics,
metatranscriptomics, and single-cell genomics of microbial
communities inhabiting Juan de Fuca Ridge flank borehole
fluids
Associated with Juan de Fuca CORKs
- Alberto Robador, University of Hawaii
Temperature
and pressure as microbial physiological variables in low-energy
deep subseafloor habitats
Associated with Mid-Atlantic Ridge Microbiology Expedition
336
- Matt Schrenk, East Carolina University, and D'Arcy Meyer-Dombard,
University of Illinois-Chicago
Development
of a stable isotope probing-metagenomics approach to elucidate
physiological traits associated with thermophilic chemolithoautotrophy
Associated with Juan de Fuca Expedition 327
- NEW!
Alfred Spormann, Stanford University
Genomic biology and population structure of dehalogenating
Chloroflexi in deep sea sediments
> See more on our research
grants program.
Education & Outreach Grants
- Sharon Cooper and Leslie Peart, Ocean Leadership
Linking
transformational science, education, outreach, and communication
as part of a C-DEBI "core" project on the eastern
flank of the Juan de Fuca Ridge
Associated with the Juan de Fuca summer 2011 CORK dive
program
NEW!
Associated with the Juan de Fuca 2012 R/V Thompson/Jason
expedition
- NEW!
David Fike and Jen Houghton, Washington University
An interactive interface for deep biosphere models to promote
dialogue between scientists and the public
- NEW!
Samuel Hulme, Moss Landing Marine Laboratories
Documenting the installation of seafloor observatories at
North Pond, Mid-Atlantic Ridge
- NEW!
Sunshine Menezes, Sara Hickox, John Kirkpatrick, University
of Rhode Island
Insights into the marine deep biosphere: Tools and communication
strategies for science writers and journalists
- NEW!
Steven Moore, California State University Monterey Bay
Advanced platforms for undersea robotic educational activities
(A-PURE-A)
> See more on our education
and outreach grants program.
Research and Travel Exchanges
- Brandon Briggs, Oregon State University (Rick Colwell)
The
effect of methane on microbial community distributions in
the Ulleung Basin
DEBI-RCN Student Exchange: Learned and adopted
a new microarray technology (PhyloChip) for subseafloor
microbial ecology investigations in Eoin Brodie's lab at
the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
- Mark Friedman, Animo Leadership Charter High School
Attendance
at 2010 National Association of Biology Teachers (NABT)
conference
C-DEBI Travel Exchange: Presented workshop "Teach
marine biology in lieu of biology" for high school
students covering all California State Biology Standards.
- Brian Glazer, University of Hawaii
Participation
on AT18-07 Juan de Fuca Ridge expedition
C-DEBI Travel Exchange: As part of a collaborative
effort researching geochemistry and microbiology of subsurface
fluids obtained from CORK observatories, conducted in
situ electrochemical and optical oxygen measurements
during real-time fluid sampling on ROV Jason-II, recovered
and redeployed an in situ electrochemical analyzer
on a time-series instrument sled (GeoMICROBE).
- NEW! Doug
LaRowe, University of Southern California (Jan Amend)
Environmental energy availability for sulfate-reducing
microorganisms in deep subseafloor basaltic fluids
C-DEBI Research Exchange: To train Alberto Robador
and Tina Lin (University of Hawaii) in quantitative modeling
of microbial reaction energetics for their projects on the
basement-hosted biosphere at the Juan de Fuca Ridge.
- NEW! Cassandre
Lazar, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill (Andreas
Teske)
Enumeration of microbial cells in sediments from
the Mediterranean Sea
C-DEBI Research Exchange: To train in marine sediment
cell counting in Fumio Inagaki's lab at the Kochi Institute
for Core Sample Research (JAMSTEC, Japan).
- Beth Orcutt, Aarhus University, Denmark, USC
Attendance
at 2010 American Geophysical Union (AGU) fall meeting
C-DEBI Travel Exchange: Presented invited talk
on the development and use of oceanic subsurface microbial
observatories and the "Adopt a Microbe" education
and outreach program.
- Brandi Kiel Reese, Texas A&M University (Heath Mills)
Bioprospecting
novel antimicrobials in the marine deep subsurface biosphere
DEBI-RCN Student Exchange: Trained in automated
direct cell count technology in Fumio Inagaki's lab at the
Kochi Institute for Core Sample Research (JAMSTEC, Japan).
> See more on our DEBI
RCN student exchange program and C-DEBI
research and travel exchange program.
Postdoctoral Fellowships
- NEW! Benjamin
Harrison, University of Minnesota (Jake Bailey)
Buried alive: microbial responses to sediment flux
with implications for the deep biosphere
Associated with Deep Coalbed Biosphere off Shimokita
Expedition 337, Gulf of Mexico Hydrogeology Expedition 308,
and Gas Hydrates (Cascadia Margin) Expedition 204
- Katherine Inderbitzen, University of Alaska (C. Geoffrey
Wheat)
Evaluating
fluid circulation and geochemical constraints in a sedimented
rift: Integrated data analysis
Associated with Juan de Fuca Expeditions 301 and 327
- Anne-Kristin Kaster, Stanford University (Alfred Spormann)
Studying
genomic and population biology of dehalogenating Chloroflexi
in deep sea sediments by single cell sorting and single
cell genome amplification
Associated with South Pacific Gyre Expedition 329
- John Kirkpatrick, University of Rhode Island (Steve D'Hondt)
Investigating
a mysterious ammonium flux and its relation to the microbial
community
Associated with the Indian National Gas Hydrate Program
(NGHP)
- NEW! Doug
LaRowe, University of Southern California (Jan Amend)
Bioenergetic profiles of microbial activity in the
marine subsurface
Associated with Juan de Fuca Expedition 327 and
Mid-Atlantic Ridge Microbiology Expedition 336
- Julie Meyer, Marine Biological Laboratory (Julie Huber)
Functional
gene diversity and expression in ocean crust microbial communities
Associated with Mid-Atlantic Ridge Microbiology Expedition
336
- William Orsi, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (Virginia
Edgcomb; Jennifer Biddle, UDel)
World-wide
exploration of microbial eukaryote diversity and activity
in the marine subsurface
Associated with IODP's Gulf Coast Repository samples
- Jason Sylvan, University of Southern California (Katrina
Edwards)
Metagenomic
insight from hydrothermally influenced rocks at East Lau
Spreading Center and Valu Fa Ridge using 454-pyrosequencing
and ion torrent sequencing
Associated with Louisville Seamount Chain Expedition 330
> See more on our postdoctoral
scholar program.
Graduate Student Fellowships
- Roman Barco, University of Southern California (Katrina
Edwards)
Proteomic
profiling of neutrophilic, iron-oxidizing Mariprofundus
ferrooxydans, strain PV-1, grown under different iron
sources
- NEW! Delphine
Defforey, University of California, Santa Cruz (Adina Paytan)
Nature of labile and refractory
phosphorus pools fueling life in deep sub-seafloor sediments
Associated with Juan de Fuca Expedition 327, South
Pacific Gyre Microbiology Expedition 329, and Mid-Atlantic
Ridge Microbiology Expedition 336
- NEW! Amanda
Martino, Pennsylvania State University (Christopher House)
Working around drilling contamination in deep cores:
Costa Rica Margin
Associated with Costa Rica Seismogenesis Project
(CRISP) Expedition 334
- NEW! Luke
McKay, University of North Carolina (Andreas Teske)
Constraints on microbial biogeography in hydrothermally
active sediments of Guaymas Basin: Energetic limits, physical
stressors, and upward compression of metabolic zones
Associated with Guaymas Basin Expeditions
- NEW! Joseph
Russell, University of Delaware (Jennifer Biddle)
Genomic analyses and microbial cultivations in unexplored
sub-seafloor ridge flank and continental margin environments
Associated with Mid-Atlantic Ridge Microbiology
Expedition 336 and Mediterranean Outflow Expedition 339
- Esther Singer, University of Southern California (Katrina
Edwards)
Metagenomic
signatures in seafloor rocks and subsurface sediments
Associated with Mid-Atlantic Ridge Microbiology Expedition
336
- Benjamin Tully, University of Southern California (John
Heidelberg)
Deep
phylogenetic and metagenomic analysis of microbial diversity
associated with ferromanganese nodules collected from the
South Pacific Gyre
Associated with South Pacific Gyre Microbiology Expedition
329 & Site Survey Cruise DSDP 595/596
> See more on our graduate
student fellow program.
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