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DESCRIPTION:MEB noon seminar \n\nFeb 24\, 2022\n\nZoom:    https://usc.zoom
 .us/j/91097733636?pwd=TnlPMlU2OXRYQWlBTzVCYXJ5RXJ4Zz09\n\n \n\nDr. John Pa
 ul Balmonte\n\nPostdoc\, Dept. of Biology\, Nordcss and HADAL\n\nhttps://w
 ww.sdu.dk/en/forskning/hadal/people/phd-postdoc/john+paul+balmonte\n\n \n\
 nRavenous\, reserved\, or restricted: Microbial structures and transformat
 ions of organic matter in environmental transitions\n\nThrough their heter
 otrophic activities\, microbial communities play key roles in regulating t
 he balance of organic carbon stored in aquatic systems and the carbon stor
 ed as carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Microbial roles in organic carbon 
 remineralization ranges from the initial enzymatic degradation of macromol
 ecules\, to their final respiration to inorganic carbon. However\, critica
 l questions remain regarding these biogeochemical functions among microbia
 l communities in environmental transitions—both along natural gradients 
 and due to climate-induced changes. This research talk will present new in
 sights into the following questions: How do rates of microbial enzyme-cata
 lyzed transformations of organic matter vary from surface to deep oceans\,
  and how does increasing hydrostatic pressure affect microbial enzymatic a
 ctivities? To what extent do biotic (i.e.\, virus-host) interactions influ
 ence aquatic microbial structures and biogeochemical cycling\, in both dis
 solved and particulate size fractions? How resistant\, sensitive\, or resi
 lient are aquatic microbial community composition and function in response
  to environmental perturbations (e.g.\, sea-ice and glacial melt\, permafr
 ost thaw\, pulses of organic matter)? Investigating microbial communities 
 adapting to environmental transitions helps characterize controls on – a
 nd the future of – biogeochemical cycles\, and will be the research focu
 s of a potential Microbial and Environmental Transitions Laboratory at USC
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