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<font size=6 color="#FF0000"><b>Civil and Environmental Engineering<br>
Distinguished Seminar Series<br><br>
</font><font size=4 color="#000080">Jointly Sponsored by the Earth System
Initiative and the Biological Engineering Division<br><br>
</font><font size=6 color="#008080">Dr. Edward DeLong <br>
</font><font size=4 color="#008080">Monterey Bay Aquarium Research
Institute<br><br>
</font><font size=6 color="#000080">Integrating Perspectives on the
Natural Microbial World : <br>
From Nano-systems to Ecosystems<br><br>
</font>Microbial species and processes are remarkably diverse, complex,
and pervasive. A significant challenge for understanding ecosystem
processes involves the identification, quantification and modeling of
microbial interactions and dynamics, and the biogeochemical processes
they mediate. Just as individual macromolecules can serve as documents of
evolutionary history, the collective genomes within natural ecosystems
can provide deep perspective on environmental, evolutionary and
ecological processes and interactions. Recent results demonstrate that
defining microbial functional attributes, population biology, biological
interactions, and ecosystem processes in complex ecosystems is now
possible, using such genomics-enabled approaches. <br><br>
<font size=5 color="#FF0000">12 Noon, Thursday October 23, 2003<br>
MIT Building 16-160</b></font> <br><br>
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Matthew Gardner, Ph.D.<br>
Program Administrator<br>
Earth System Initiative, 16-177<br>
Massachusetts Institute of Technology<br>
Cambridge, MA, 02139<br>
617.253.6895<br>
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