Scientists Unveil New System for Naming Majority of the World’s Microorganisms
Scientists presented a new system, the SeqCode, that could help microbiologists effectively categorize and communicate about microorganisms.
Heading to the mountains? The Living Snow Project needs your help
Murray, Nieminen, Collins, Christopher, and Lundin at DRI are studying snow algae as part of the Living Snow Project – a collaboration between DRI and Robin Kodner and her team at Western Washington University.
Within an Antarctic Sea Squirt, Scientists Discover a Bacterial Species With Promising Anti-Melanoma Properties
New research has traced the production of palmerolide A, a key compound with anti-melanoma properties, to a suite of genes coded in the genome by a member of a sea squirt’s microbiome.
New study reveals key information about the microbiome of an important anticancer compound-producing Antarctic marine invertebrate
New study reveals key information about the microbiome of an important anticancer compound-producing Antarctic marine invertebrateRENO, NEV. JUNE 25, 2020Microbiology Melanoma AscidiansCould the cure for melanoma – the most dangerous type of skin cancer – be a...
International Consortium of Scientists Propose New Naming System for Uncultivated Bacteria and Archaea
International Consortium of Scientists Propose New Naming System for Uncultivated Bacteria and ArchaeaRENO, NEV.JUNE 8, 2020MicrobiologyNomenclatureTaxonomyThe long-standing rules for assigning scientific names to bacteria and archaea are overdue for an update,...
Alison Murray selected to co-lead NASA’s Network for Ocean Worlds
New initiative will guide search for life in ice-covered water worlds beyond Earth (Reno, Nevada – June 24, 2019) – Desert Research Institute microbial oceanographer and Antarctic researcher Alison Murray, Ph.D., has been selected to co-lead a new National...