Understanding the influence of acidity and water activity on microbial host-virus interactions in acid-brine lakes in Western Australia, Australia.
Aerial view of thousands of shallow, acidic briny lakes covering the landscape of Western Australia
Deep-Sea Hypersaline Anoxic Basin (DHAB)
Orca Basin
2023
Assessing microbial host-virus interactions across a redoxcline in a DHAB
SEA-VAP (SEAwater eVAPoration experiment)
2024
Understanding changes in microbial host-virus dynamics & assessing microbial evolution via viral-mediated horizontal gene transfer under increasing osmotic stress
Axial Seamount
Juan de Fuca Ridge, Pacific Ocean
2022 & 2023
Sample, isolate, and characterize microbial host-virus systems from a deep sea hydrothermal vent