center for genomic and evolutionary studies on microbial life at low temperatures
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Michigan State University became a member of NASA's Astrobiology Institute in July 2001. With a five million dollar grant from NASA, the Center for Genomic and Evolutionary Studies on Microbial Life at Low Temperatures was established at Michigan State University to study the genetic mechanisms which bacteria have evolved enabling them to inhabit cold, inhospitable environments. Studies to be performed include genomic analysis of bacterial strains retrieved from the Arctic and Antarctic permafrost; some of which come from soils that have been frozen for more than three million years!

The Life at Low Temperatures Project is a large collaborative effort that includes scientists from several departments at Michigan State University as well as other universities here and abroad.

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Director: Dr. Michael Thomashow, Distinguished Professor, MSU-DOE Plant Research Laboratory and Department of Crop and Soil Sciences

Associate Director: Dr. James Tiedje, Distinguished Professor, Department of Crop and Soil Science and Director of the Center for Microbial Ecology

Congratulations to Drs. Thomashow and Tiedje for being elected to the National Academy of Sciences, May 2003! (see article)

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