Research Projects

Gene Expression in Extreme Environments: Extending Microarray Technology to Understand Life at its Limits

PI: Alison Murray

Project Period: March 2001 - February 2004

Funded by: National Science Foundation, Life in Extreme Environments Program

Right: View of Palmer Station, the RV Lawrence M. Gould, and adelie penguin colony from Torgesson Island.

Keywords: gene expression, Antarctic microbes, DNA microarray, genomics

Project Description

This project has aimed to develop the technology for studying global gene expression in microorganisms sampled directly from the environment, our study area was Antarctic Peninsula coastal waters, where temperatures are constantly cold (-2 to -1^o C) . We are working on characterizing the diversity of the coastal Antarctic marine bacterioplankton, and have sequenced a number of environmental genomic DNA fragments cloned directly from the environment.

For more information: visit the project website at http://genex2.dri.edu/LExEn.

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