New Study Shows Microbes Trap Massive Amounts of Carbon
A new study involving Associate Professor Karen Lloyd finds a new microbial ecosystem thriving in violent conditions.
Microbiologist Karen Lloyd Awarded $2.5M Grant for Permafrost Research
As permafrost thaws, microbes break down the newly available carbon in the soil, possibly resulting in a flux of greenhouse gases to the atmosphere.
Microbes Could Influence Geological Processes as Much as Volcanoes
By acting as gatekeepers, microbes can affect geological processes that move carbon from the earth’s surface into its deep interior, according to a study published in Nature and coauthored by microbiologists at UT.
Science Minute: Tiny Microbes, Major Impact
As much as 70 percent of all earth’s bacteria live underground; that is almost twice as much the volume of all oceans in our planet.
Underground Life Has a Carbon Mass Hundreds of Times Larger Than Humans
Microorganisms living underneath the surface of the earth have a total carbon mass of 15 to 23 billion tons, hundreds of times more than that of humans, according to findings announced by the Deep Carbon Observatory and coauthored by UT Professor of Microbiology Karen Lloyd.
Study: Microbial Dark Matter Dominates Earth’s Environments
Research led by Karen Lloyd says that uncultured microbes could be dominating nearly all the environments on earth except for the human body.
Mic/Nite: Spend a Few Minutes Learning about Faculty Research
Seven minutes is all it takes to learn about the diverse research happening on campus.
PBS Features UT Microbiologist on What’s Under the Sea
PBS recently featured Karen Lloyd’s research about microbes living beneath the sea floor.
Faculty Member Continues Research Project with New Jersey Youth
Faculty member Andrew Steen will travel to Pennsylvania this month to continue a research project that allows inner-city New Jersey teens to experience hands-on science.
Faculty Member Continues Research Project with New Jersey Youth
UT faculty member Andrew Steen will travel to Pennsylvania this month to continue a research project that allows inner-city New Jersey teens to experience hands-on science. This is the third year of the project, which started when Steen learned from a friend—Patrick Murray, a teacher at Malcolm X Shabazz High School in Newark, New Jersey—about
Karen Lloyd Receives Prestigious Award for Ocean Science Work
Karen Lloyd’s work with subsea floor mud and frozen Siberian soil has earned her an extraordinarily competitive award. The assistant professor of microbiology at UT has been selected as a 2015 Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow in Ocean Sciences.
Cross-Country Science: UT Faculty Mentor Inner-City New Jersey Youth
When faculty members Karen Lloyd and Andrew Steen saw an opportunity to introduce a group of inner-city New Jersey high school students to science, they made it happen. Lloyd, an assistant professor of microbiology, and her husband, Steen, an assistant professor of earth and planetary sciences, just completed their second summer program with students and