Karen Lloyd
@archaearama
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Deep subsurface microbiologist, runner, laugher, wife and parent. She/her/hey-you
Knoxville, TN
Joined November 2012
I consulted for a Kurzgesagt cartoon about the Deep Subsurface Biosphere, and it turned out AMAZING! These guys must have had a blast putting all this together. Check it out here:
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Get to know our new faculty in the natural sciences! 🌏 Curious about the organisms thriving in Earth’s most remote regions? @archaearama is, too. 🦠 Want to know how microbes survive in extreme environments? @drdrewsteen is on the cutting edge ⤵️
dornsife.usc.edu
Scholars bring expertise in topics such as quantum field theory, low-energy microbes and mathematical data science
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The first isolate of Asgard archaea, MK-D1, now has an official name: Promethearchaeum syntrophicum. The new archaeal kingdom, Promethearchaeati, is also approved! Huge thanks to @masarunobu and JCM members (@skato_jcm) for their incredible efforts. https://t.co/R8MD9w77nM
microbiologyresearch.org
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I'm excited to announce that after 12 wonderful, supportive years at @UTKMicrobiology, I'm moving my lab to the Earth Sciences Dept. at U. Southern California @USC_earth @USCDornsif. I can't wait to join all you great geobiologists on the west coast!
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Another successful cruise on the RV Sharp getting in situ methanotrophy rates on the Atlantic slope! UROV helped us retrieve a lost lander - not bad-looking for sitting at the bottom of the ocean for a year. Great help from students Anna Hildebrand and Leland Wood too! @NSF
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Just published! An article using diatoms to trace particulate organic matter movement. This pub is special to me because it’s the final chapter of my PhD thesis. It was foundational for numerous later studies and I’m so happy it’s finally out there.
frontiersin.org
Flow pulses mobilize particulate organic matter (POM) in streams from the surrounding landscape and streambed. This POM serves as a source of energy and nutr...
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It's hard to do a global survey of the subsurface biosphere, because samples are hard to find. But with the Census of Deep Life, out of the Deep Carbon Observatory, we came pretty dang close! Kudos to @EmilRuff for herding all us cats and pulling this off! https://t.co/7JodW5thZJ
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Subsurface environments constitute one of Earth’s largest habitats for microbial life, yet differences between surface and subsurface microbiomes and between marine and terrestrial microbiomes remain...
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Big congrats to all, most especially the fabulous Ann Pearson at #Harvard
We are thrilled to announce the election of 120 members and 24 international members to the National Academy of Sciences in recognition of their distinguished and continued achievements in original research. Congratulations to our new #NASmembers and welcome to the Academy!
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We're still looking for a postdoc in metabolic modeling and culture-based validation. If it sounds like you, reach out to discuss! https://t.co/FrVb0AULGh
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A new preprint is out with @AshleyBulseco, @JulesDeep, and undergrad Wenzhou (Meg) Yang, where we look at how specific growth rate is distributed in natural microbial communities. Chemostats and models! https://t.co/gHmpe5XJQm
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There's picture of me in here! And Jacopo was so unobtrusive when he took this shot of me in the field in Chile, I didn't even notice him taking it!
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The podcast I made with @Radio3scienza is a finalist at the @NYFest Radio Awards, the only Italian podcast in this edition! I'm very happy for this recognition! Thank you all! You can find ABISSI also on @Spotify
Il podcast "Abissi. Diario dai fondali del Pacifico" è finalista ai New York Radio Awards @NYFestivals e noi siamo felicissimi😍 unico podcast italiano selezionato. Per una vera immersione sonora, ascoltatelo qui👉 https://t.co/JZLGjNdAvB
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Congratulations to Gage Coon @thecagedgoon , a microbiology undergrad researcher in the Lloyd lab @archaearama , on receiving the prestigious NSF Graduate Research Fellowship (GRFP)! Next fall, he joins Dr. Tanja Bosak’s lab at MIT pursue his PhD on microbial carbon capture.
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Once again, @kathywall75 is my favorite photographer of all time. A colander in an eclipse. What a great idea!
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This is awesome. Being able to measure per-cell respiration rates (rather than dividing bulk-measured rates by the total number of cells) in a low energy natural, anoxic setting is unprecedented!
Species-resolved, single-cell respiration rates reveal dominance of sulfate reduction in a deep continental subsurface ecosystem
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Just published! Large dataset for the BioScales project began 2020 at the height of COVID w/ one time funding. Designed to be a multi-omic, open-data, feature project for what was then the new National Microbiome Data Collaborative @MicrobiomeData (1/3)
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The Astrobiology Graduate Conference (@AbGradCon) is now accepting abstracts for their 2024 meeting! This year's conference will be held at Cornell University, located in upstate New York. To learn more about the conference and submit an abstract, visit https://t.co/KuTefIMFRo
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Oh this is so sad. Craig was such an inspiring person to work with on a project when I was a grad student. I learned so much from him. I'm so sorry for your loss.
Professor Craig Cary tragically passed away yesterday. A brilliant scientist who wrote many influential papers in both Antarctic and hydrothermal microbiology. An even greater mentor, who uplifted so many with his relentless enthusiasm, creativity, and encouragement. 1/2
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My new book, "Microbes: The Unseen Agents of Climate Change" is now out. https://t.co/0jXOSPIwi5
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WATCH: “It’s ridiculous we’re moving with more urgency to ban COLD BEER 🍺 than to ban weapons of war from our streets.” @brotherjones_ @RepJoeTownsJr & the @TNDemocrats blast Republicans for fast-tracking a bill over Rep. Gant’s accident, yet ignoring rampant gun violence.
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