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Living microorganisms can be found in the many million years old sediments of the sub-surface seabed - and even in the underlying oceanic crust of basalt. At the Center for Geomicrobiology we explore life deep down in the seabed. We study which energy sources maintain life down there and we develop methods to analyze the diversity of the deep biosphere and its role in the marine element cycles.

NEWS

  • Bente Lomstein, Alice Th. Langerhuus and Bo Barker Jørgensen have developed a new method for measuring slow life deep down in the seabed. Read mention here, the article "Det langsomme liv på havets bund" in Weekendavisen, the news article on videnskab.dk and ScienceNordic, and the article Life in the Slow Lane in Astrobiology Magazine (23.03.12).
  • "Livet under isen": Interview with Bo Barker Jørgensen in Jyllands-Posten (04.03.12).
  • Bo Barker Jørgensen and Lars Peter Nielsen receive two ERC Advanced Grants. Read the mention here (26.01.12).
  • Bacteria are vital in recycling nutrients and sustain life. Read interview with Hans Røy in the article "Uden bakterier dør vi alle sammen" on videnskab.dk (17.01.12).
  • Newsletter from the Danish National Research Foundation.

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NEW PUBLICATIONS

  • M.P. Waldrop, J.W. Harden, M.R. Turetsky, D.G. Petersen, A.D. McGuire, M.J.I. Briones,
    A.C. Churchill, D.H. Doctor, L.E. Pruett / Bacterial and enchytraeid abundance accelerate soil carbon turnover along a lowland vegetation gradient in interior Alaska. Soil Biology & Biochemistry, 50, s. 188-198, 2012.
  • Lomstein, Bente Aagaard ; Langerhuus, Alice Thoft ; D'Hondt, Steven ; Jørgensen, Bo Barker ; Spivack, Arthur J. / Endospore abundance, microbial growth and necromass turnover in deep sub-seafloor sediment. Nature, Vol. 484, 18.03.2012, s. 101-104, 2012.
  • Mitsunobu, Satoshi ; Shiraishi, Fumito ; Makita, Hiroko ; Orcutt, Beth ; Kikuchi, Sakiko ; Jørgensen, Bo Barker ; Takahashi, Yoshio / Bacteriogenic Fe(III) (Oxyhydr)oxides Characterized by Synchrotron Microprobe Coupled with Spatially Resolved Phylogenetic Analysis. Environmental Science & Technology (Washington), Vol. 46, Nr. 6, s. 3304-3311, 2012.

List of publications from the Center

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CALENDAR

  • Guest: Laura Piepgras, International Max Planck Research School of Marine Microbiology, April 24 - May 31.
  • Seminar: Professor Ian Snowball, Department of Geology, Lund University: "Bacterial magnetosomes in Baltic Sea sediments: implications for IODP expedition 347, May 30, 16:00 in 1540-116.
  • ISME14, The Power of the Small, August 19-24, Copenhagen, Denmark.
  • PhD-course onboard the research vessel DANA (Reykjavík to Hirtshals), September 24-30. Application deadline is June 1st. Read more here.

UPCOMING EXPEDITION

Chikyu

  • Postdoc Mark Lever participates from July 6-September 15 in the IODP Expedition 337 onboard the Japanese deep-sea drilling vessel Chikyu. Mark will coordinate the molecular biology group during the investigation of the Deep Coalbed Biosphere off Shimokita.
  • Postdoc Hans Røy participates in a pre-cruise from June 18-28.