The amazing Devin Drown from the University of Alaska Fairbanks presented at London Calling on “Evaluating the effects of the changing permafrost ecosystem through the lens of genomics.” Drown spoke about the rapid changes in permafrost, including nutrient and microbial community disturbances. The study investigated how permafrost-induced disturbances affect the active layer soil microbial communities. […]
Sarah Stahl-Rommel from NASA Health and Human Performance Contact & JES Tech in the USA presented at London Calling 2023 a session entitled “Unlocking the microbiome of the International Space Station.” Stahl-Rommel explained that NASA has been using culture-based approaches for decades. These assessments require samples transported back to earth. Now, they are preparing to […]



