Microbial natural products are an evolved resource of bioactive small molecules, which form
the foundation of many modern therapeutic regimes. Ribosomally synthesized and …

Microbial communities in the world ocean are affected strongly by oceanic circulation, creating
characteristic marine biomes. The high connectivity of most of the ocean makes it difficult …

The Arctic Ocean is being impacted by warming temperatures, increasing freshwater and
highly variable ice conditions. The microalgal communities underpinning Arctic marine food …

Lake Vostok, the 7 th largest (by volume) and 4 th deepest lake on Earth, is covered by more
than 3,700 m of ice, making it the largest subglacial lake known. The combination of cold, …

In an effort to better understand the diversity of genes coding for nitrogen (N) uptake and
assimilation pathways among microalgae, we analyzed the transcriptomes of five …

Lake Vostok is the largest of the nearly 400 subglacial Antarctic lakes and has been
continuously buried by glacial ice for 15 million years. Extreme cold, heat (from possible …

Sexuality in the marine araphid diatom Tabularia involves an unusual type of gamete, not
only among diatoms but possibly in all of nature. The non-flagellated male gamete is free and …

The Hennings building is located at 6224 Agricultural Road on the UBC Vancouver campus.
The building can be found at the intersection of Agricultural Road and East Mall. The main …

Why are some young children consistently willing to believe what they are told even when it
conflicts with first‐hand experience? In this study, we investigated the possibility that this …

Species formerly included in the genus Notodanthonia Zotov are transferred to Rytidosperma
Steudel, an earlier name. Three new species are described for New Zealand. Australian …