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Awards > Travel Supports
Biogeography of functional genes in serpentinization-driven ecosystems
PI: Katrina I. Twing (East Carolina University)
Current Placement: Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Utah
Advisor: Matthew O. Schrenk (East Carolina University)
Amount: $1,500.00
Award Dates: June 24, 2012 — June 29, 2012

My attendance at the Gordon Research Seminar and Conference on Marine Microbes, which had a focus of metagenomic analysis of microbial communities, allowed me to learn more about how next generation sequencing techniques and data analysis is being used in the field of marine microbiology so that I may apply it to the subsurface serpentinite environment. At both the seminar and the conference, I presented a poster entitled “Biogeography of Functional Genes in Serpentinization-Driven Ecosystems,” in which I outlined the analysis methods used to identify and compare functional genes necessary for the metabolism of volatiles produced during the geochemical process of serpentinization. The conference was incredibly informative and allowed me to make contacts for potential future collaborations.

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Publications > Published Abstract
Published: July 1, 2013
Mineralogical Magazine
Goldschmidt Abstracts 2013: Microbial metabolism in serpentinite fluids
Authors: Melitza Crespo-Medina, William J. Brazelton, Katrina I. Twing, M. D. Kubo, Tori M. Hoehler, Matthew O. Schrenk
C-DEBI Contribution Number: 217

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