Science and Environment

HUNTING FOR MICROBIAL DARK MATTER IN CANADA: 

The Remarkable Biodiversity of Our Most Extreme Natural Environments

Uncovering microbial dark matter is a new frontier of biodiversity research. In this talk I will describe some of the bacteria that live in extreme habitats such as hot springs, and describe how we use DNA-based techniques to understand what they do. 

Speaker: Dr. Peter Dunfield, Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at the University of Calgary

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Rosedale Community Hall, 901 - 11 Avenue NW