Comparative Analysis of Gene Regulatory Networks in Extremophiles (Amy Schmid) // Minisymposium 2020

Dr. Amy Schmid is Associate Professor of Biology at Duke University. About: The Schmid lab studies microbial stress responses in extremophiles of the domain Archaea, which represent extreme examples of microbes surviving damage by multiple stressors. These organisms remain viable on the extreme end of the gradient of environmental stress (e.g. high temperature, saturated salt, nutrient starvation). However, extremophiles also adapt during wide variations in conditions and nutrients and therefore provide a study system for both constant and dynamic stress resistance mechanisms. 34th Annual Carnegie Embryology Mini-Symposium UNCONVENTIONAL MODEL ORGANISMS IN THE GENOMICS ERA From yeast to primates, model organisms have helped define our understanding of human biology and the world around us. Our 2020 mini-symposium spotlights exciting developments in species less familiar to the general public that are used to expand our knowledge of development and evolution. Other speakers: Laura Landweber (Columbia, Oxytricha) Phil Newmark (Morgridge Institute, flatworms) Mark Krasnow (Stanford, mouse lemurs) Craig Miller (UC Berkeley, stickleback fish) Ralph Greenspan (UCSD, moon jellyfish) Celina Juliano (UC Davis, Hydra) — Keynote –––––––––– The Carnegie Institution for Science, Department of Embryology Visit: https://emb.carnegiescience.edu/ Carnegie's Department of Embryology has become recognized worldwide as one of the premier research centers in cellular, developmental, and genetic biology. The department has a unique atmosphere and research style that have allowed a small enterprise to have a disproportionately large impact on science. We revere this atmosphere as the source of our inspiration and strive to further improve it as the department evolves within the current milieu of intensive activity, investment, and opportunity in the biological sciences.

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