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Molecular mechanisms of extremophile adaptation
The broad theme in our lab is extremophiles and adaptation to extreme environments, and our main foci are cold adaptation in Antarctic archaea and low nutrient adaptation in marine oligotrophic ultramicrobacteria. A commercial arm of the work has developed technologies for generating unique extremozymes, called UnikZymes, which have enhanced properties useful in a broad range of industries. We also have interests in astrobiology and the origin of life, and the perplexing questions surrounding the lack of pathogenic archaea.
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