ANNE E. DEKAS
473 Via Ortega, Y2E2 Room 140 650-736-1225 Stanford, CA 94305-4216 [email protected]
EDUCATION
2006 - 2012 CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLGY, Pasadena, CA Ph.D., Geological and Planetary Sciences, Geobiology. 2013. Thesis: Diazotrophy in the Deep: An analysis of the distribution, magnitude, geochemical controls and biological mediators of deep-sea benthic nitrogen fixation. Thesis advisory committee: Victoria Orphan, Alex Sessions, Dianne Newman, James Howard, Joe Kirschvink.
2000 - 2004 HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Cambridge, MA A.B., Earth and Planetary Sciences, Biogeochemistry, magna cum laude. 2004. Thesis: An Investigation of Anaerobic Methane Oxidation in sediments: Measuring isotopic and community change in prokaryotic biomass 13 during incubation with CH4. Advisor: Ann Pearson.
APPOINTMENTS / RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
2015-present STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Stanford, CA Assistant Professor, Department of Earth Systems Science
2013-2015 LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY, Livermore, CA Lawrence Postdoctoral Fellow, Chemical Sciences Division, Isotope Signatures Group. PI: Jennifer Pett-Ridge
2006 - 2012 CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLGY, Pasadena, CA Graduate Student, Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences. PI: Victoria Orphan
2005 - 2006 NASA JET PROPULSION LABORATORY, Pasadena, CA Technical Assistant, Biotechnology and Planetary Protection Group. PI: Kasthuri Venkateswaran
2003 - 2004 HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Cambridge, MA Undergraduate Researcher, Division of Earth and Planetary Sciences. PI: Ann Pearson
2003, Summer NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER, Moffett Field, CA, Research Assistant, Division of Space Sciences and Astrobiology, NASA Ames Summer Astrobiology Academy. PI: Tori Hoehler
2002, Summer NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER, Greenbelt, MD Research Assistant, Astrophysics Science Division. PI: Kenneth Carpenter
Anne E. Dekas • Page 1 of 9 TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2015 - 2016 STANFORD UNIVERISTY, Stanford CA • Instructor; EARTHSYS 36: Extreme Life: From the Deep Sea to Deep Space (2016) • Guest Lecturer; ESS 306: From Freshwater to Oceans to Land Systems: An Earth System Perspective to Global Challenges (2015, 2016, 2017) • Co-Instructor; ESS 208: Topics in Geobiology (2015) • Guest Lecturer; Hopkins Microbiology Summer Course (2015)
2008 - 2011 CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Pasadena, CA, • Teaching Assistant; Ge 170: Microbial Ecology (2008 - 2011). • Guest Lecturer; Ge 170: Microbial Ecology (2010 - 2011).
2009, Summer MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY, Woods Hole, MA • Teaching Assistant, Microbial Diversity Summer Course.
MENTORING/MANAGING EXPERIENCE
2016-present Bennett Kapili, Graduate Student 2016-present Nicolette Meyer, Graduate Student 2016-present Julian Fortney; Laboratory Manager 2016-present Alma Parada; Postdoctoral Research Fellow 2014-2015 Jessica Wollard; Biomedical Scientist 2011-2012 Grayson Chadwick; Undergrad Researcher (2011), Research Tech (2011-2012) 2010, Summer Aditi Dasgupta; Summer Undergraduate Research Fellow (SURF) 2010, Winter Michaela Musilova; Undergraduate Researcher 2007-2008 Aimee Gillespie; Undergraduate Work-Study Researcher 2007-2008 Amy Lifland; High School Term-Time Researcher
HONORS, FELLOWSHIPS and AWARDS
2016 Terman Award, Stanford University 2014 Outstanding Poster Presentation, LLNL Postdoctoral Poster Symposium 2013-2015 LLNL Lawrence Postdoctoral Fellowship 2011 ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting Student Travel Grant, $500 2009 Best Oral Presentation, Southern California Geobiology Symposium 2009 NASA Tech Brief Award, awarded for the isolation of a novel species of bacteria 2006-2009 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship 2003 Massachusetts Space Grant Consortium Grant Recipient, $3,000 2002, 2003 Harvard College Award, awarded for high academic standing 2001 John Harvard Award, awarded for high academic standing 2000 Valedictorian, Hastings High School
INVITED SEMINARS
2016 Montana State University, Thermal Biology Institute Seminar 2016 Carnegie Institute, Department of Global Ecology Seminar 2015 Stanford University, Bug Club Seminar 2015 San Francisco State University, Biology Department Seminar
Anne E. Dekas • Page 2 of 9 2015 UC Davis, Biology Department Seminar 2014 University of Chicago, Geophysical Sciences Department Seminar 2014 UC Santa Cruz, Ocean Sciences Department Seminar 2014 USGS Menlo Park, Water Seminar Series 2013 UC Berkeley, Center for Isotope Geochemistry (CIG) Isotope Geochemistry Seminar 2012 Cal St. Fullerton Biology Department Seminar 2011 MIT Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences Division Lecture Series 2010 Caltech Geological and Planetary Science Division Geoclub Lecture Series
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS Presentation titles and co-authors can be found at the end of the CV.
Oral, *Invited 2016 International Conference on the Marine Microbiome, Germany* 2015 International Congress on Nitrogen Fixation* 2014 International Society for Microbial Ecology (ISME) Biannual Meeting 2014 Stanford University Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry (SIMS) Workshop 2014 Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Lawrence Fellow Symposium 2013 Gordon Research Conference: Applied and Environmental Microbiology 2012 American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting* 2011 American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting* 2011 Gordon Research Conference: Archaea: Ecology, Metabolism & Molecular Biology 2011 Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO) Aquatic Sciences Meeting 2009 Southern California Geobiology Symposium* 2008 American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting
Poster, *Invited
2016 Center for Deep Energy Biosphere Investigations Annual Meeting* 2016 Gordon Research Conference: Marine Microbes 2016 Ocean Sciences Meeting 2015 Gordon Research Conference: Applied and Environmental Microbiology 2014 Goldschmidt Conference 2014 Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Postdoctoral Poster Symposium 2013 Gordon Research Conference: Applied and Environmental Microbiology 2013 Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Postdoctoral Poster Symposium 2013 Southern California Geobiology Symposium 2012 International Society for Microbial Ecology (ISME) Biannual Meeting 2011 Southern California Geobiology Symposium 2010 International Society for Microbial Ecology (ISME) Biannual Meeting 2010 Southern California Geobiology Symposium 2008 International Society for Microbial Ecology (ISME) Biannual Meeting 2008 Southern California Geobiology Symposium 2006 American Society for Microbiology (ASM) Annual Meeting
Anne E. Dekas • Page 3 of 9 FIELD WORK
Sample Collection
2016 R/V Atlantis, DSV Alvin, AOV Sentry, WHOI, off-coast MA; methane seeps. • Co-Chief Scientist • Port Observer (dive scientific lead), Alvin Dive #4835 2014 R/V Yellowfin, Southern California Marine Institute, San Pedro Bay, CA; water column. • Chief Scientist 2013 R/V Yellowfin, Southern California Marine Institute, San Pedro Bay, CA; water column. 2013 Pacific Ocean, San Francisco, CA; coastal water accessed via Pacifica Pier. 2011 R/V Atlantis, ROV Jason, WHOI, Hydrate Ridge, OR; methane seeps. 2010 R/V Western Flyer, ROV Doc Ricketts, MBARI, Monterey Canyon, CA; whalefalls. 2010 R/V Atlantis, DSV Alvin, WHOI, Hydrate Ridge, OR; methane seeps. • Port Observer (dive scientific lead), Alvin Dive #4634 2010 R/V Atlantis, DSV Alvin, WHOI, Costa Rica; methane seeps. 2009 R/V Western Flyer, ROV Doc Ricketts, MBARI, Monterey Canyon, CA; whalefalls. 2009 R/V Atlantis, DSV Alvin, WHOI, Costa Rica; methane seeps. • Starboard Observer, Alvin Dive #4501 2009 Lake Mahoney, British Colombia, Canada; meromictic lake accessed via row boat.
Educational
2012 Hawaii, HI; volcanology. 2007-11 R/V Yellowfin, SCMI, San Pedro Bay, CA; pelagic and benthic fauna. 2010 Exuma, Bahamas; carbonate chemistry of modern stromatolites and ooid shoals. 2008 Baja, California, Mexico; sedimentology and geobiology. 2007 Death Valley, CA; sedimentology and geobiology of the Johnnie Formation. 2006 Owens Valley, CA; structural geology. 2004 Banff, Canada, Canadian Rockies; sedimentology, geobiology. 2003 Banff, Canada, Canadian Rockies; structural geology.
PUBLICATIONS
Peer-Reviewed Publications
2016 Dekas, Anne E., Stephanie A. Connon, Grayson L. Chadwick, Elizabeth Trembath-Reichert and Victoria J. Orphan. Activity and interactions of methane seep microorganisms assessed by
parallel transcription and FISH-NanoSIMS analyses. ISME Journal (10) 678-692.
2016 Eloe-Fadrosh, Emiley A., David Paez-Espino, Jessica Jarett, Peter F. Dunfield, Brian P. Hedlund, Anne E. Dekas, Stephen E. Grasby, Allyson L. Brady, Hailiang Dong, Brandon R. Briggs, Wen-Jun Li, Danielle Goudeau, Rex Malmstrom, Amrita Pati, Jennifer Pett-Ridge, Edward M. Rubin, Tanja Woyke, Nikos C. Kyrpides, Natalia N. Ivanova. Global metagenomic survey reveals a new bacterial candidate phylum in geothermal
springs. Nature Communications (7) 10476-10486.
2014 Dekas, Anne E., Grayson L. Chadwick, Marshall W. Bowles, Samantha B. Joye, and Victoria J. Orphan. Spatial distribution of nitrogen fixation in methane seep sediment and the role of the ANME Archaea. Environmental Microbiology 16(10) 3012-3029.
2013 Green-Saxena, Abigail, Anne E. Dekas, Nathan F. Dalleska and Victoria J. Orphan. Nitrate-
Anne E. Dekas • Page 4 of 9 based niche differentiation by distinct sulfate-reducing bacteria involved in the anaerobic oxidation of methane. ISME Journal (8) 150-163.
2013 Tocheva, Elitza I., Anne E. Dekas, Shawn McGlynn, Dylan Morris, Victoria J. Orphan and Grant J. Jensen. Polyphosphate storage during sporulation in the Gram-negative bacterium Acetonema longum. Journal of Bacteriology (195) 3940-3946.
2011 Dekas, Anne E., and Victoria J. Orphan. Identification of Diazotrophic Microorganisms in Marine Sediment Via Fluorescence in situ Hybridization Coupled to Nanoscale Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry (FISH-NanoSIMS). Methods in Enzymology (486) 281-305.
2009 Dekas, Anne E., Rachel Poretsky and Victoria Orphan. Deep-Sea Archaea Fix and Share Nitrogen in Methane Consuming Microbial Consortia. Science. (326) 422-426.
2009 Newcombe, David, Anne Dekas, Shanmugam Mayilraj, and Kasthuri Venkateswaran. Bacillus canaveralius sp. nov. an alkali-tolerant bacterium isolated from a spacecraft assembly facility. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology (59) 2015-2019.
2008 Pernthaler, Annelie, Anne E. Dekas, C. Titus Brown, Shana K. Goffredi, Tsegereda Embaye, Victoria J. Orphan. Diverse syntrophic partnerships from deep-sea methane vents revealed by direct cell capture and metagenomics. PNAS (105)19: 7052-7057.
2008 Osman, Shariff, Myron T. La Duc, Anne Dekas, David Newcombe and Kasthuri Venkateswaran. Microbial burden and diversity of commercial airline cabin air during short and long durations of travel. ISME Journal. 2(5): 482-497.
2008 Pearson, Ann, Kimberly S. Kraunz, Alex L. Sessions, Anne E. Dekas, William D. Leavitt, and Katrina J. Edwards. Quantifying Microbial Utilization of Petroleum Hydrocarbons in Salt Marsh Sediments by Using the 13C Content of Bacterial rRNA. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 74(4): 1157-1166.
2007 Moissl, Christine, Shariff Osman, Myron T La Duc, Anne E. Dekas, Eoin Brodie, Tadd Desantis, and Kasthuri Venkateswaran. Molecular bacterial community analysis of clean rooms where spacecraft are assembled. FEMS Microbial Ecology 61(3):509-521.
2007 La Duc, Myron T., Anne Dekas, Shariff Osman, Christine Moissl, David Newcombe, and Kasthuri Venkateswaran. Isolation and Characterization of Bacteria Capable of Tolerating the Extreme Conditions of Clean Room Environments. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 73 (8): 2600-2611.
2005 Evans, Nancy Remage, Kenneth G. Carpenter, Richard Robinson, Francesco Kienzle, Anne E. Dekas. High-Mass Triple Systems: The Classical Cepheid Y Carinae. The Astronomical Journal. 130:789-793.
Additional Publications
2017 Dekas, Anne E. and Adam Skarke. Early Career Scientists Explore Newly Discovered Methane Seeps. Eos (in press).
SYNERGISTIC ACTIVITIES AND OUTREACH
Additional Education: Workshops and Summer Courses
2016, August UNOLS Early Career Scientist Deep Submergence Training Cruise 2015, September DSV Alvin Early Career User Workshop 2015, August Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL), Strategies and Techniques for Analyzing Microbial Population Structures (STAMPS) Summer Course 2015, March Consortium for Ocean Leadership, Marine Geosciences Leadership Symposium
Anne E. Dekas • Page 5 of 9 2010, February UCLA, Ion Microprobe Student Workshop 2004, Summer USC Wrigley Institute for Environmental Science, Geobiology Summer Course
Departmental/Institutional Service
2017 Faculty guest, Bechtel International Center Student Lunch 2016-17 Member, ESS Graduate Admissions Committee 2016 Member, ESS Curriculum Committee 2016 Coordinator, ESS Department Seminar, winter and spring quarters 2016 Panelist, ESS Department Professional Development Seminar: Navigating the job market, the job talk, and negotiating a faculty offer 2014-2015 Founder and discussion leader, LLNL Geobiology Reading Group (biweekly meetings) 2009-2010 Co-founder and member, Caltech Geobiology Reading Group (weekly meetings) 2007-2009 Member, Women Mentoring Women, Caltech 2008 Treasurer, Organizing Committee, GPS Division Geoclub Lecture Series, Caltech 2007 Member, Organizing Committee, GPS Division Annual “Zilchbrau” Event, Caltech 2006 Member, Organizing Committee, GPS Division Social Hour, Caltech
Professional Service
2017 Session convener and chairperson at American Society of Microbiology (ASM) Annual Meeting: “Geomicrobiology” (upcoming) 2017-present Editorial Board, Geobiology Journal 2014-2016 American Geophysical Meeting Outstanding Student Paper Award (OSPA) Judge 2010-2016 Reviewer, manuscripts: Nature Geoscience, Nature Microbiology, Nature Scientific Reports, ISME Journal, Environmental Microbiology, Biogeosciences, PLOS ONE, Organic Geochemistry, Frontiers Microbiology, Microorganisms Journal, Antonie van Leeuwenhoek Journal of Microbiology. 2013-2016 Reviewer, proposals: NASA Exobiology, NASA Postdoctoral Program, DOE Joint Genome Institute (JGI), DOE Biological & Environmental Research, NSF Geobiology and Low-Temperature Geochemistry Program, NSF Ocean Sciences Postdoctoral Fellowship, Center for Dark Energy Biosphere Institute. 2015 Session convener and chairperson at AGU Fall Meeting: “Bridging Microbial Ecology to Geochemistry: Insight from Environmental and Experimental Studies.” 2015 Invited Participant, “Peering into the lives of microbes: A workshop on how we may advance our understanding of the microbial world.” Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study. 2014 Session convener and chairperson at Goldschmidt Conference: “Images and Isotopes: Understanding the Biogeochemistry of Microbial Metabolism and Interactions.” 2011 Grant Review Panel Assistant, NASA Exobiology 2010 Co-Chairperson, Organizing Committee, Southern California Geobiology Symposium 2007-2010 Advisory Board, JournalFire Inc., an online scientific discussion and journal club tool
Community Outreach
2016 Guest Lecturer, Stanford Young Investigators (35 high schooler students) 2015 Guest Lecturer, Payne Lab summer intern research program (19 high school students) 2013 Host and Tour Guide of LLNL, NASA Ames Academy (14 college students) 2012 Organizer, Shadow-A-Graduate Student Week (2 HYPE* high school students) 2012 Host, day of lab activities at Caltech (2 HYPE* high school students) 2011 Host, day of lab activities at Caltech (12 HYPE* middle school students) 2003, 2010 Guest Mentor, Sally Ride Science Camp for Girls, Stanford (’03), Caltech (’10) 2008 After-School Tutor, Salvadorian Association of LA (ASOSAL) Community Center
Anne E. Dekas • Page 6 of 9 2005 Guest Instructor for LA’s BEST, Los Angeles Sereno Elementary School 2003-2004 Reading and Math Tutor, House and Neighborhood Development (HAND), Morse Elementary School, Cambridge, MA
*HYPE = Helping Young People Excel, an LA-based non-profit organization helping talented low-income students.
CONFERENCE PRESENTATION TITLES/AUTHORS Dates and locations were summarized in a previous section.
2016 Dekas, Anne, Julian Fortney, Alma Parada. NanoSIMS and Nitrogen: Improving quantitative nanoSIMS analysis to better understand benthic diazotrophs. Center for Dark Energy Biosphere Institute Annual Meeting.
2016 Dekas, Anne, Alma Parada, Xavier Mayali, Jed Fuhrman, Peter K. Weber, and Jennifer Pett- Ridge. Single-cell measurement of microbial carbon assimilation in dark Pacific Ocean waters. Gordon Research Conference: Marine Microbes.
2016 Dekas, Anne, David Fike, Grayson Chadwick, Stephanie Connon and Victoria Orphan. Single- cell analysis of microbial activity in benthic marine environments. International Conference on Marine Microbiome, Germany.
2016 Dekas, Anne, Alma Parada, Xavier Mayali, Peter K. Weber, Jed Fuhrman, and Jennifer Pett- Ridge. Single-cell measurement of archaeal and bacterial carbon assimilation in dark Pacific
Ocean Waters. Ocean Sciences Meeting.
2015 Dekas, Anne, David Fike, Grayson Chadwick, Stephanie Connon and Victoria Orphan. Deep- Sea Benthic Nitrogen Fixation at Methane Seeps and Beyond. International Congress on
Nitrogen Fixation.
2015 Dekas, Anne, Xavier Mayali, Alma Parada, Jed Fuhrman, Peter Weber and Jennifer Pett- Ridge. Investigating Mixotrophy on the Single-Cell Level Using Dual-Label Stable Isotope Experiments. Gordon Research Conference: Applied and Environmental Microbiology 2014 Dekas, Anne, Xavier Mayali, Peter K. Weber, Alma Parada, Jed A. Fuhrman, Michael Morando and Jennifer Pett-Ridge. Investigating the activity and metabolic capabilities of planktonic marine archaea using Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry. International Society for Microbial Ecology (ISME) Biannual Meeting.
2014 Dekas, Anne. Investigating Climatically-Relevant Archaeal Metabolisms using Nanoscale Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry (NanoSIMS). Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry (SIMS) Workshop, Stanford University, Stanford, CA.
2014 Dekas, Anne, Alma Parada, Michael Morando, Jed Fuhrman, Xavier Mayali, Peter Weber, and Jennifer Pett-Ridge. Tiny cells, big impact: investigating climatically relevant archaeal metabolisms in the ocean. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Lawrence Fellow Symposium, Livermore, CA.
2014 Dekas, Anne, Xavier Mayali, Peter Weber, Alma Parada, Jed Fuhrman and Jennifer Pett- Ridge. Insights into the Activity and Metabolic Capabilities of Planktonic Marine Archaea Using NanoSIMS. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Postdoctoral Poster Symposium, Livermore, CA.
Anne E. Dekas • Page 7 of 9 2014 Dekas, Anne, Xavier Mayali, Peter Weber and Jennifer Pett-Ridge. Insights into the activity and metabolic capabilities of planktonic marine archaea using NanoSIMS. Goldschmidt 2014 Conference, Sacramento, CA.
2013 Dekas, Anne, Grayson Chadwick, Stephanie Connon, and Victoria Orphan. Investigating the activity and interaction of ANME-SRB aggregates and free-living cells in methane seep sediment via mRNA analysis and FISH-NanoSIMS. Gordon Research Conference: Applied and Environmental Microbiology. Mt. Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA.
2013 Dekas, Anne, Investigating Climatically-Relevant Archaeal and Bacterial Metabolisms. Annual Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Postdoc Symposium. Livermore, CA.
2012 Dekas, Anne, David Fike, Stephanie Connon, Grayson Chadwick and Victoria Orphan. Investigating microbial activity in diazotrophic methane seep sediment via transcript analysis and single-cell FISH-NanoSIMS. American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting.
2012 Dekas, Anne, Grayson Chadwick, David Fike, Dwight McCay, Abigail Green-Saxena, NathanDalleska, Stephanie Connon and Victoria Orphan. Investigating Benthic N2 fixation at Diverse Deep-Sea Sites. 10th Annual Southern California Geobiology Symposium, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA.
2012 Dekas, Anne, Grayson Chadwick, David Fike, Dwight McCay, Abigail Green-Saxena, Nathan Dalleska, Stephanie Connon and Victoria Orphan. Investigating Benthic N2 fixation at Diverse + th Deep-Sea Sites Reveals Diazotrophy in the Presence of High Levels of NH4 . 14 Biannual Symposium, International Society for Microbial Ecology (ISME), Copenhagen, Denmark.
2011 Dekas, Anne, Grayson Chadwick and Victoria Orphan. Methane-Stimulated Benthic Marine Nitrogen Fixation at Deep-Sea Methane Seeps. American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting. Abstract #B33I-07.
2011 Dekas, Anne, Raymond Lee, Marshall Bowles, Samantha Joye. Archaeal symbioses and links between C, N and S cycling in marine CH4 seeps. Gordon Research Conference: Archaea: Ecology, Metabolism & Molecular Biology, Waterville Valley, NH.
2011 Dekas, Anne, Marshall Bowles, Samantha Joye, and Victoria Orphan. Diazotrophy in the Deep: Combining single cell and bulk geochemical techniques to understand the diversity and significance of benthic nitrogen fixing microorganisms. 8th Annual Southern California Geobiology Symposium, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA.
2011 Dekas, Anne, Raymond W. Lee, Marshall Bowles, Samantha Joye and Victoria Orphan. Widespread Benthic Nitrogen Fixation Detected at Diverse Deep-Sea Sites. Aquatic Sciences Meeting, Advancing the Science of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO), San Juan, Puerto Rico.
2010 Dekas, Anne, Aditi Dasgupta, Raymond W. Lee, Marshall Bowles, Samantha Joye, and Victoria Orphan. Investigating Benthic Nitrogen Fixation at Sites of Natural Carbon Loading Along the East Pacific Margin. 13th Biannual Symposium, International Society for Microbial Ecology (ISME), Seattle, WA.
2010 Dekas, Anne, Jake V. Bailey, Thomas F. Bristow, Sameer S. Walavalkar, and Victoria Orphan. Clay crust surrounds Microorganisms Mediating the Anaerobic Oxidation of Methane in Marine Sediments. 7th Annual Southern California Geobiology Symposium, Caltech, Pasadena, CA. 2009 Dekas, Anne, and Victoria Orphan. Evidence for Nitrogen and Cyanide Fixation in Marine Methane Seep ANME Species. 6th Annual Southern California Geobiology Symposium, UC Irvine, Irvine, CA.
2008 Dekas, Anne, Christopher H. House, and Victoria Orphan. Characterization of Microorganisms
Anne E. Dekas • Page 8 of 9 Involved in Nitrogen Fixation in Marine Methane Seep Sediment Using FISH-SIMS. 12th Biannual Symposium, International Society for Microbial Ecology (ISME), Cairns, Australia.
2008 Dekas, Anne and Victoria Orphan. Dinitrogen and Cyanide Fixation by Methane Seep Microorganisms Revealed by FISH-SIMS And Implications for AOM Productivity and Nitrogenase Evolution. Fall Meeting, American Geophysical Union (AGU), San Francisco, CA. Abstract #PP42A-05.
2008 Dekas, Anne, Shana Goffredi and Victoria Orphan. Nitrogen Fixation in Marine Methane Seep Sediment Revealed by FISH-SIMS Imaging. 5th Annual Southern California Geobiology Symposium, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA.
2006 Dekas, Anne, Christina Moissl, Shariff Osman, Myron T. La Duc, David Newcombe and Kasthuri Venkateswaran. The Spacecraft Assembly Facility: A Niche for Clean Room Extremophiles. 106th General Meeting, American Society for Microbiology (ASM), Orlando, FL.
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