Recent and selected past events
Upcoming events in 2022
Hatzenpichler Environmental Microbiology Lab
99% of microbes cannot be grown in the lab. We seek to understand what this "uncultured majority" is doing and how its activity shapes Earth's biogeochemical cycles and life on our planet.
If you are a highly motivated prospective grad student or postdoc candidate, please contact Roland by email. Prospective graduate students interested in microbiology, astrobiology, ecology, molecular biology, and biochemistry are encouraged to apply to both the Chem-Biochem and Molecular Biosciences Program.
Jan 3, Roland is elected to the User Executive Committee
of the DOE Joint Genome Institute (JGI)
Dec 22, George's correlative microscopy image of multicellular magnetotactic bacteria was voted to be the cover image of The ISME Journal in 2022! Thanks to all ISME members for voting for this image!
Dec 10, New paper by Viola: Microbial community response to polysaccharide amendment in anoxic hydrothermal sediments of the Guaymas Basin published! PDF
Nov 29, Roland presents on Next Generation Physiology approaches in seminar at the Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Germany
Oct 21, George gives short talk on correlative microscopy at the New Lineages of Life symposium, hosted by the Joint Genome Institute Watch it here
Oct 15, the lab says fare well to Dr. Viola Krukenberg, who will start her new group leader position at the University of Jena, Germany today!
Sep 23, Anthony gives short talk on Culexarchaeales at the New Lineages of Life symposium, hosted by the Joint Genome Institute Watch it here
Sep 16, George presents his research at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, MA
Sep 1, Hatzenpichler lab and collaborators receive "Most Impactful Science" Poster award at the Joint Genome Institute User Meeting for our poster entitled "Methanogenic archaea and aerobic methane-synthesizing bacteria from diverse Yellowstone habitats"
Aug 9, Anthony, Paige and Roland are awarded a research seed grant by MSU's Vice President’s Office of Research, Economic Development and Graduate Education and the Thermal Biology Institute to support Paige's work on hot spring Crenarchaeota. Congrats!
Aug 1, The lab says fare well to newly minted Dr. Nick Reichart! Nick is the first PhD graduate from our lab. He will soon start a postdoc position in the lab of Aaron Wright at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory!
Aug 1, New collaborative study on correlative microscopy analyses of active cells and their association with minerals in intact sediment cores published in Environmental Microbiology. Spatially-resolved correlative microscopy and microbial identification reveals dynamic depth- and mineral- dependent anabolic activity in salt marsh sediment. Congrats to first author Jeff Marlow! PDF
Jun 18, New collaborative paper led by Wang and McDermott published in PNAS. Aerobic bacterial methane synthesis. Congrats Qian and Tim and thanks for involving us in this exciting new research area! More exciting results will come soon! PDF MSU press release
Jun 10, Congrats to Anthony and Paige on receiving summer research fellowships by MSU's Thermal Biology Institute!
May 28, Network for Life Detection (Nfold) White paper for the Planetary Science and Astrobiology Decadal Survey 2023-2032. Schmid B et al., Roland co-authoring PDF
Apr 22, Nick's new paper High potential for biomass-degrading enzymes revealed by hot spring metagenomics is published in Frontiers in Microbiology. Thanks to Bob Bowers and Tanja Woyke for collaborating & congratulations on your second paper, Nick! PDF
Behind the paper: Watch video on Nick's XP working at the JGI
Mar 1, New book chapter Counting mRNA Copies in Intact Bacterial Cells by Fluctuation Localization Imaging-Based Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization (fliFISH). This work is a result from our collaborative FICUS project with Galya Orr and Dehong Hu at EMSL. PDF