C-DEBI is a “networked” Science and Technology Center, gathering expertise, ideas, and participation from institutions across the U.S. and around the world. Our Networked Speaker Series is a means to enhance communication and the exchange of ideas among our community separated by thousands of miles via live online presentations with time for questions and discussion with remote participants. The series is also recorded and available on the website for those unable to “attend” the live events.
2018 Networked Speaker Series
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May 31, 2018, 12:30pm PT, Dr. Alma Parada, Stanford University Evaluating the diversity and distribution of novel microbes across physical and geochemical gradients in deep-sea sediments |
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September 20, 2018, 12:30pm PT, Dr. Nagissa Mahmoudi, McGill University Uncovering microbial species-specific effects on organic matter transformation in marine sediments |
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September 27, 2018, 12:30pm PT, Dr. Jackie Goordial, Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences Microbial activity and ecology through sorted cell -omics of Mid-Atlantic ridge oceanic crust and sediments |
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October 18, 2018, 12:30pm PT, Dr. Rosa León Zayas, Willamette University Title TBD |
How To Connect To The Live Broadcast
To join the meeting:
http://usccollege.adobeconnect.com/cdebiremote/
The Networked Speaker Series is broadcast as an Adobe Connect videoconference run through your internet browser (Firefox is recommended) via Adobe Flash player and thus may require a small add-in (test your connection beforehand). The presentation will be recorded and available on the website for those unable to “attend” the live web event.
Previous Speakers
2017 Networked Speaker Series
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March 9, 2017 Dr. Annie Rowe, University of Southern California Eating rocks! Investigating microbial energy conservation with microbes that utilize solid mineral electron donors |
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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 |
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September 7, 2017 Dr. Gus Ramirez, University of Rhode Island Microbial Neter-Khertet: Life and death post-entombment |
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November 2, 2017 Dr. Emily Estes, University of Delaware Organic carbon utilization and preservation in a carbon desert |
2015-2016 Networked Speaker Series
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March 31, 2016 Dr. Katrina Twing, University of Utah Microbial diversity and metabolic potential of the serpentinite subsurface environment |
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April 28, 2016 Dr. Olivia Nigro, University of Hawaii Viruses in the oceanic basement: An integral component of microbial life |
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May 26, 2016 Dr. Stephanie Carr, Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences Methanosaeta, are you my methanogen? |
2013-2014 Networked Speaker Series
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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 |
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June 18, 2014 Dr. Jason Sylvan, University of Southern California Microbial life in old subseafloor basaltic crust |
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August 13, 2014 Dr. Julie Meyer, University of Florida Microbial life in cold, hydrologically active oceanic crustal fluids at North Pond |
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October 30, 2014 Sean Jungbluth, University of Hawai’i at Manoa Aging mid-ocean ridge flanks support a distinct microbial ecosystem |
2012-2013 Networked Speaker Series
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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 |
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May 30, 2013 Tim Engelhardt, University of Oldenburg Viruses in Marine Subsurface Sediments |
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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
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November 10, 2011 Dr. Brandi Kiel Reese, University of Southern California Biogeography of Geochemical Characterizations and Molecular Communities within Shallow and Deep Subsurface Sediments |
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March 8, 2012 Dr. Beth Orcutt, Aarhus University The Dynamics of Life Across the Sediment-Basement Interface |
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June 15, 2012 Rika Anderson, University of Washington Viral Manipulation of the Genetic Landscape of Deep Subsurface Microbial Communities |
Call for Nominations
Check out the Ocean Discovery Lecture Series which 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.
PDF version of the nomination request
C-DEBI seeks nominations for three speakers for the 2018 program year. Potential speakers can be nominated by colleagues, mentors, or those mentored by C-DEBI participants; they may also self nominate. Selected C-DEBI Networked Speakers will make a presentation online, using video conferencing tools, with assistance from the C-DEBI main office at USC. Presentations are to be about 30 minutes in length, with time allocated for questions and discussion. Networked viewers can participate in Q&A via their own web camera and speaker/microphone or by chat. We would like to have three presentations during the 2018 academic year, ideally one in the winter, one in spring and one in summer. No travel will be required either to make a presentation or to listen/participate in a presentation. Presentations will be recorded for later online playback by participants or those who could not “attend” the live web event. Nominated C-DEBI Networked Speakers should be capable of combining compelling visual materials with the ability to communicate effectively to a broad audience. We are 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. Once speakers are selected, presentation dates and times for presentations will be determined and announced, along with instructions for connecting over the web.
Please forward nominations comprising a single PDF packet containing the following information:
- A brief cover letter describing potential presentation topic(s) and evidence that the nominee can make a suitably broad and compelling presentation
- Nominee CV (short format, 1-2 pages)
Please name the PDF nomination file, “NSS-Nom_Lastname.pdf” and email to Rosalynn Sylvan (rosalyyl@usc.edu) using the subject line: “C-DEBI Networked Speaker Series Nominee”. Speaker selection will begin immediately and will continue until all 2018 slots are filled.