Welcome
In the EDGElab, we explore the interactions between microorganisms and their habitats, specifically in ecosystems that present environmental challenges, and life at 'edges'. The edges between ecosystems or biomes offer unique views into how life operates in such habitats. These habitats include (but are not limited to), hydrothermal systems, high and low pH systems, systems that access the "deep, dark biosphere," and processes of biomineralization (biofilms, microbialites, microbial mats). New efforts are exploring relationships between microbes and local soil environments, and the impact of human activity on them. Edges in these contexts could include a boundary between chemosynthetic and photosynthetic zones of a hot spring, a place where the subsurface biosphere intersects the surface biosphere, or a more literal edge between a protected habitat and the outside world. We also think about Astrobiology and life in Early Earth environments, and how these relate to life on current Earth, and the role that extremophiles and polyextremophiles might have.
Please explore!
~ Lab PI, D'Arcy R Meyer-Dombard
Please explore!
~ Lab PI, D'Arcy R Meyer-Dombard
NEWS!!! NEWS!!! NEWS!!! NEWS!!! NEWS!!! NEWS!!! NEWS!!! NEWS!!! NEWS!!!
August 2024 -
Congratulations to Dr. Judy Malas!!! "DIVERSITY AND ADAPTIVE RESPONSES OF MICROORGANISMS
IN EXTREME ENVIRONMENTS." Well done Judy, we're proud of you!
Congratulations to Dr. Judy Malas!!! "DIVERSITY AND ADAPTIVE RESPONSES OF MICROORGANISMS
IN EXTREME ENVIRONMENTS." Well done Judy, we're proud of you!
May 2024 -
Sarah Khoury has successfully defended her M.S.! Congratulations Sarah :) We're really excited to see your hard work pay off.
Sarah Khoury has successfully defended her M.S.! Congratulations Sarah :) We're really excited to see your hard work pay off.
May 2024 -
Graduate student Yasaman Azizpour has received a grant from the Lewis and Clark Fund for Exploration and Field Research in Astrobiology to fund her research on sulfate reducers in Yellowstone National Park! Congrats Yasi!
EDGElab attended the 2024 AbSciCon in Providence, RI, with graduate student Jennifer Yeack presenting her first poster. Abstract link.
Graduate students Yasaman Azizpour, Jennifer Yeack, and Massie Jones will be attending AbGradCon later this summer! Conference link.
April 2024 -
Graduate student Yasaman Azizpour has received a NASA Planetary Science travel grant to attend the Goldschmidt Conference 2024!
Graduate student Yasaman Azizpour has received a grant from the Lewis and Clark Fund for Exploration and Field Research in Astrobiology to fund her research on sulfate reducers in Yellowstone National Park! Congrats Yasi!
EDGElab attended the 2024 AbSciCon in Providence, RI, with graduate student Jennifer Yeack presenting her first poster. Abstract link.
Graduate students Yasaman Azizpour, Jennifer Yeack, and Massie Jones will be attending AbGradCon later this summer! Conference link.
April 2024 -
Graduate student Yasaman Azizpour has received a NASA Planetary Science travel grant to attend the Goldschmidt Conference 2024!
Webpage last updated May 2024! (...ongoing...)
