Kimball Lecture Series – Hazel Barton, PhD
April 2 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Hazel Barton, Loper Professor of Geological Sciences at the University of Alabama, will present this year’s Grace Kimball Memorial Lecture, “Cave Microbiology: It’s Wild Down There,” at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, April 2, in Stark Learning Center 105. The lecture is free and open to the public.
Caves, by their nature, lack light and are isolated underground. Yet, it is the isolated, nutrient-limited nature of these environments that make them so fascinating to study. Caves contain remarkable and varied microbial communities, driven by the varied interactions and processes that allow survival from near-entrance conditions, influenced by sunlight and animals, to extremely low-nutrient conditions which have been in equilibrium for thousands of years. The results reveal microbial communities with novel biotechnological properties that may influence the formation of caves themselves, and provide clues to life on other planets or around other stars. The lecture will run about 50 minutes with a 10-minute Q&A session to follow.
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