Hedlund Lab News Archive

June 1, 2022
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July 27, 2021
Horizontal gene transfers and potential symbioses in Ca. Aenigmarchaeota
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July 20, 2021
Thermal adaptation and metabolic diversity in hot spring Ca. Bathyarchaeia
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June 8, 2021
Nancy Nou wins NASA presentation award
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May 19, 2021
Do bacteria control respiration/fermentation cycles in desert fish?
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May 5, 2021
The Wood-Ljungdahl pathway in Actinobacteria
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May 3, 2021
A systems approach expands on metabolic activity of Thermoflexus
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April 3, 2021
Ariel Friel wins UNLV GPSA presentation award
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February 16, 2021
Legume root nodule-associated bacteria along an elevation gradient
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January 8, 2021
New thermophilic ammonia-oxidizing archaea
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November 12, 2020
A new thermophilic virus family infecting Aquificae
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November 9, 2020
A genomic catalog of Earth's microbiomes
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November 9, 2020
New collaborative study increases known microbial diversity by 44%
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November 5, 2020
Climate change impacts deep-sea Archaea
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August 23, 2020
Important microbial lineages can't breathe
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August 17, 2020
Fermentative metabolism in DPANN and Patescibacteria
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July 14, 2020
Horseshoe crab microbiome paper with Shark Reef at Mandalay Bay
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July 1, 2020
New paper on hydrogeology of Panamints
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June 8, 2020
Hedlund and Palmer weigh in on microbial taxonomy of uncultivated microbes
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June 8, 2020
Opinion on microbial nomenclature in Nature Microbiology
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May 19, 2020
New paper suggests microbiome role in fish physiology
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April 17, 2020
Hedlund lab helps fight Covid-19
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April 3, 2020
Marike Palmer weighs in on different ANI methods
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February 14, 2020
Hedlund lab and Chinese Academy of Sciences team up on endophyte research
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February 11, 2020
Paper probing effects of host diet on Clostridioides difficile infection in murine models published in mSystems
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November 21, 2019
Paper uncovering cellulose-degrading bacteria using a novel function-driven approach published in ISME
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October 8, 2019
Paper exploring mcr-containing thermophilic archaeal genomes published in Nature Communications
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September 18, 2019
Paper describing physiologies of numerous Thermus isolates from US Great Basin published in Extremophiles
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July 5, 2019
Paper analyzing community carbon metabolism at high temperatures published in Frontiers in Microbiology
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April 25, 2019
Muneeba Ahmed recognized for her outstanding poster presentation at the 2019 AZ-NV ASM meeting
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April 12, 2019
Brian Hedlund is honored by the NSHE Board of Regents with the Regents' Researcher Award
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April 8, 2019
New paper describes the ecological role of a novel deltaproteobacterial order, Candidatus Acidulodesulfobacterales
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February 5, 2019
Collaborative Nature Communications paper about Aigarchaeota physiology and ecology highlighted by UNLV
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July 19, 2018
Nature Communications paper describes physiological and ecological roles of Aigarchaeota from hot springs in China
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November 8, 2018
Brian Hedlund and Ariel Friel featured in NBC MACH documentary
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May 9, 2018
New paper describes antimicrobial activity of endophytes
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May 2, 2018
UNLV hosts ASM Regional meeting; Chrisabelle Mefferd receives award for oral talk
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April 25, 2018
Hedlund lab featured in Illumina Adventures in Genomics
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December 13, 2017
Metagenomic study of Marine Group II archaea in Pearl River Estuary reveals niche adaptions
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November 24, 2017
Reno Gazette Journal discusses research at Great Boiling Spring and new NASA grant
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November 20, 2017
"Weird" microbes in Great Boiling Spring explored in LVRJ
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November 17, 2017
Dafhney Ferrer wins first place at UNLV OUR Research SLAM
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November 1, 2017
Brian Hedlund receives $900k grant from NASA
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October 31, 2017
Genomic comparison of NAG1 archaeal groups from two hot springs demonstrates disparity within lineage
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October 31, 2017
Degradation of pharmaceuticals and endocrine-disrupting compounds in association with microbial communities examined
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August 23, 2017
Special issue describing 3rd BISMIS meeting released
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August 10, 2017
Discussion of standards for single amplified genomes and metagenome-assembled genomes
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August 9, 2017
REX students present summer research
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June 11, 2017
Brian Hedlund makes cover story of The Sunday
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June 8, 2017
Dafhney Ferrer and Sara Gowin receive OUR SURF scholarships
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May 30, 2017
Devon Payne featured in Las Vegas Sun article
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May 3, 2017
Brian Hedlund interviewed at JGI User Meeting
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April 13, 2017
Scott Thomas places 1st at GPSA Research Forum for oustanding poster presentation
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April 9, 2017
Devon Payne receives prestigious Goldwater Scholarship
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March 17, 2017
Estrogen transformation by isolates from Las Vegas Wash examined in Journal of Environmental Quality
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November 2, 2016
Life in high-temperature environments described in chapter of Manual of Environmental Microbiology
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October 20, 2016
Paper describing genome of Thermocrinis jamiesonii GBS1T published
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September 28, 2016
Hedlund Lab partners with DuPont in search for industrially useful bacterial strains
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September 2, 2016
Scott Thomas highlighted as GPSA funding recipient
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April 28, 2016
Paper on genomes of Thermus caliditerrae and T. tengchongensis
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April 14, 2016
Scott Thomas recognized for outstanding poster presentation
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April 11, 2016
Brian interviewed in NY Times about microbial dark matter study
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April 5, 2016
Meg Lavoie selected for UNLV Microbiology REU Program
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March 23, 2016
Brian Hedlund featured in PBS documentary about Great Boiling Springs
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March 18, 2016
Collaborative paper on genome of Thermus amyloliquefaciens
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February 19, 2016
Brian Hedlund Appointed Board Member for Bergey's Manual Trust
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February 8, 2016
Chrisabelle Cempron, Carolyn Chang, and Ariel Friel receive Nevada Space Grant Scholarships for 2015-2016
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February 8, 2016
Scott Thomas receives Nevada Space Grant Fellowship for 2015-2016
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February 5, 2016
NSF-PIRE team conducts fieldwork in China
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February 5, 2016
UNLV News covers Kryptonia discovery
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January 27, 2016
Department of Energy announces story on Kryptonia
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January 27, 2016
Science Daily story on Kryptonia
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January 27, 2016
New candidate phylum Kryptonia published in Nature Communications
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December 19, 2015
Paper on Calescamantes genomes and novel metagenomic binning method published
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October 1, 2015
Genome of Kallotenue papyrolyticum published
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September 29, 2015
Paper by Jeremy Dodsworth describes Thermocrinis jamiesonii sp. nov. isolated from Great Boiling Spring, NV, USA
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September 9, 2015
New NSF grant to disentangle tectonic and climatic controls on Great Basin spring hydrology and biology
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June 26, 2015
Phys.Org on Hedlund lab Atribacteria paper
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June 24, 2015
Paper on the status of uncultivated thermophiles and the 'Aigarchaeota' lineage
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June 19, 2015
Collaborative paper on the phylogeny and physiology of candidate phylum 'Atribacteria'
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May 26, 2015
Exploring microbial dark matter to resolve the deep archaeal ancestry of eukaryotes
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April 28, 2015
Collaborative paper on carbon monoxide dehydrogenase diversity in geothermal springs
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April 2,2015
Review on systematics and the changing landscape of microbial diversity
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March 5, 2015
Kevin Tamadonfar is awarded the 2015 Regents' Scholar Award
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Feburary 27, 2015
Collaborative paper on Aquificales isolates in Tengchong, China
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December 12, 2014
$3.25M NIH grant led by Abel-Santos funded to work on C. difficile prophylactics
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November 16, 2014
Paper links archaeal lipid and phylogenetic composition in Chinese springs
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October 24, 2014
Possible link between branched tetraether lipids and denitrification
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August 14, 2014
Extremophiles paper reviews progress on extremophile "dark matter"
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August 1, 2014
REU students present summer research
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April 24, 2014
Mandy Williams earns award from the International Union of Soil Science
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April 17, 2014
Tim Alba supported by prestegious Hermsen Fellowship
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April 16, 2014
Brian Hedlund earns UNLV COS Distinguished Researcher Award
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March 24, 2014
New research describes Thermoflexus hugenholtzii gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel class in the Chloroflexi
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March 24, 2014
PIRE High School Teachers featured in UNLV News
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March 21, 2014
Gisele Goertz selected for UNLV Microbiology REU Program
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March 20, 2014
Hedlund lab members present at JGI User Meeting
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January 30, 2014
UNLV welcomes Chinese visiting research scholars
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November 1, 2013
New research tracks seasonality in microbial communities of Tengchong hot springs
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September 14, 2013
Paper by Jessica Cole characterizes a novel cellulolytic Chloroflexi
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September 10, 2013
Eos publishes report from Tengchong PIRE meeting
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September 7, 2013
Hedlund lab welcomes Jen Newstead, former member of the Stedman lab at PSU
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August 28, 2013
Collaborative paper with Zhang lab on archaeal lipids in geothermal springs
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August 9, 2013
Brian speaks invited to Virginia Tech REU program "Microbiology in the Post-Genome Era"
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August 9, 2013
Virginia Tech advertises Hedlund seminar
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August 8, 2013
Hedlund lab paper focuses on membrane-spanning bacterial lipids in geothermal springs
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July 14, 2013
Nature paper featured in BBC
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July 14, 2013
Phys.org celebrates "microbial dark matter" research
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July 14, 2013
Press release highlights UNLV role in Nature paper
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July 14, 2013
Science Daily's take on single-cell genomics work
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July 14, 2013
PBS writeup on research on "microbial dark matter"
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July 14, 2013
DOE-led paper in Nature describes "microbial dark matter"
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July 9, 2013
Paper with Zhang lab demonstrates autochthonous bGDGTs in geothermal springs
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June 5, 2013
Hedlund lab work on phylum Atribacteria in the news
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May 24, 2013
Paper in Nature Communications "Single-cell and metagenomic analyses indicate a fermentative and saccharolytic lifestyle for members of the OP9 lineage"
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May 23, 2013
Collaborative paper with Lucigen describes complex evolution of thermophilic viral polymerases
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April 30, 2013
Hedlund lab paper focuses on Archaea in Armenian geothermal springs
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April 24, 2013
Paper led by Tara Edwards describes kinetics, biogeography of thermophilic Nitrospira
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April 16, 2013
Murphy paper featured in "AEM Spotlight"
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April 16, 2013
Caitlin Murphy paper in AEM reveals a diverse energy economy in Great Basin hot springs
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March 29, 2013
Paper by Joe Peacock describes pyrotag analysis of thermophilic, cellulolytic communities
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March 18, 2013
Hedlund lab paper details Thermus genomes, potential roles in C-, N-, and S-cycles
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March 2, 2013
Brian Hedlund accepts editor position at Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
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February 20, 2013
Brian Hedlund supported through Angel Network
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January 25, 2013
Paper by Senthil Murugapiran announces full genomes for Thermus strains with incomplete denitrification pathways
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January 9, 2013
PIRE paper describes extensive analysis of microbial community composition & structure in Tengchong springs
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December 13, 2013
Paper by Jessica Cole describes quantitative relationship between microbial richness and temperature
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November 13, 2012
UNLV Innovation features Hedlund's NSF Career grant
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November 13, 2012
Hedlund lab funded by DOE EMSL
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November 9, 2012
Hedlund lab welcomes Gavin Collins
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October 31, 2012
Tara Edwards defends thesis on nitrite-oxidizing bacteria
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October 22, 2012
"Too Hot to Trot" article in UNLV Magazine features risks of Hedlund lab research
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October 17, 2012
Jessica Cole defends thesis on natural and lignocellulose-enriched microbial communities
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September 26, 2012
Tom Schoenfeld presents at UNLV and NevBio
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August 23, 2012
Hedlund lab funded through DOE Joint Genome Institute
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August 7, 2012
Aaron Babbitt and Brandon Gieler present at UNLV research symposium
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August 2, 2012
Hedlund lab funded by Amazon for cloud computing
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July 31, 2012
"New Research Reveals Desert Ecosystems Depend on Soil Crusts"
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July 15, 2012
"Inside the Microbiome" Las Vegas Sun publishes photo gallery celebrating UNLV microbiology
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July 12, 2012
Las Vegas Weekly: "More than human: Microbes are an essential part of our world - and us"
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June 1, 2012
Jessica Cole receives Urban Sustainability Fellowship for biofuels research
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May 14, 2012
Julienne Paraiso chosen for the 2012 McNair Scholars Summer Research Institute
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May 2, 2012
Paper by Robin Miller-Coleman describes ecological niche modeling for Korarchaeota
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April 29, 2012
Brian Hedlund receives Faculty Opportunity Award for collaborative research
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April 20, 2012
Jose de la Torre from SFSU gives student-invited lecture
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April 18, 2012
Paper by Jeremy Dodsworth describes alternative thermodynamic models
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March 26, 2012
Brian Hedlund presents at the Society for General Microbiology Spring Conference 2012 in Dublin, Ireland
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March 17, 2012
Mandy Williams wins campus-wide Outstanding Dissertation Award
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March 5, 2012
Dr. Hovik Panosyan joins the Hedlund Lab as a Visiting Research Professor
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March 3, 2012
Emma Murter (MSU) and Julienne Paraiso (UNLV) selected for summer REU at Tongji University, Shanghai
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February 23, 2012
Joe Peacock Introduces P.Z. Myers at 2012 White Lecture
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February 22, 2012
PIRE paper reviews microbiology of the Rehai Geothermal Field, China
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January 6, 2012
Brian Hedlund selected to LV Weekly's "12 to Watch in 2012" list
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December 7, 2011
Brian Hedlund speaks, chairs session, at "2011 International Conference on Microbial Life in Extreme Environments", hosted by BGI in Shenzhen, China
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November 9, 2011
Brian Hedlund speaks to ASU Astrobiology Institute
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November 4, 2011
NASA Exobiology grant featured by NASA Astrobiology
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October 17, 2011
PIRE paper in Geobiology describes high nitrous oxide flux at high temperature and possible link to the genus Thermus
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September 17, 2011
NASA Exobiology grant funded at $1M to support single-cell genomics project with collaborators at Stanford, Arizona State, and UC Merced
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September 14, 2011
Undergraduates Devon Heisler and Nicole Calica earn NSF EPSCoR fellowships for research
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September 7, 2011
REU researcher Maryknoll Palisoc moves on, future research featured in Las Vegas Review Journal
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September 2, 2011
Tengchong PIRE featured in Science: "Biological Dark Matter Exerts Irresistible Pull in Yunnan"
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August 29, 2011
Rebel Yell article "UNLV Researches Abroad" features undergraduate Nicole Calica
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August 26, 2011
Weekendavisen, Europe's longest continuously published paper features PIRE researchers Hailiang Dong, Eric Boyd, and Brian Hedlund
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August 14, 2011
PIRE undergraduates Joseph Peacock and Maryknoll Palisoc featured in Las Vegas Review Journal article about UNLV undergraduate research symposium
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June 16, 2011
PIRE researcher publications announce major advancements in high-temperature nitrogen cycling
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May 31, 2011
Four PIRE students win awards at the First International Conference on Geomicrobial Ecotoxicolgy in Wuhan, China
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May 28, 2011
Tengchong PIRE all-hands meeting and session in The First International Meeting in Geomicrobiological Ecotoxicology in Wuhan
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March 17, 2011
Three UNLV undergraduates selected for summer REU at CUGB
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February 16, 2011
NSF Builds More Partnerships for International Research and Education
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December 13, 2010
PIRE team members Hilairy Hartnett (ASU), Chuanlun Zhang (UGA), and Brian Hedlund (UNLV) host session entitled Geochemistry and Geobiology of Terrestrial Thermal Systems at the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting in San Francisco. The session featured presentations by Jose de la Torre (SFSU), Jeremy Dodsworth (UNLV), and Everett Shock (ASU) as well as several PIRE posters.
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November 4, 2010
PIRE research featured in UNLV Magazine
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October 26, 2010
KNPR State of Nevada: Studying Microbes in China. Twenty-minute feature on regional National Public Radio station on PIRE research with UNLV's Brian Hedlund and Jeremy Dodsworth
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September 30, 2010
ThinkGeoenergy: UNLV receives grant to lead group in geothermal research in China
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September 27, 2010
Rebel Yell: Grant funds Rebels' geothermal energy research in U.S., China
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