MGL News


 

Congratulations to Kerry on her successful defense of her Ph.D. thesis.   Kerry is moving on to a Postdoctoral position with Maria Dittrich at the University of Toronto Scarborough.

 


Welcome Evelyn, Sonu, and Lauren ... DSRA wonder students 2010!


 

This is the fourth year MGL is participating in the Deep River Science Academy (DRSA).  Three high school students attending the DRSA will be working with M.Sc. student Veronika Shirokova and Professor Ferris on the biogeochemistry of shallow glacial fluvial aquifers in the upper Ottawa valley.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Microbial Geochemistry Laboratory (MGL) was established in 1991 as one of the first dedicated geomicrobiology laboratories in Canada when Professor (F.G.) Grant Ferris joined the Department of Geology at the University of Toronto.  Research since then has extended from field studies on mineral precipitation by bacteria in terrestrial hot springs and deep sea hydrothermal vents to experimental laboratory work on the surface chemistry of bacterial cells.  Professor Ferris serves as the Chair of the Executive Board of the International Symposia on Environmental Biogeochemistry, is a founding member of the Canadian Space Agency Astrobiology working group and the InterRidge Biogeochemistry working group.  He has served as an associate editor for the Geomicrobiology Journal, Applied Geochemistry, and Geobiology.

 

 

    University of Toronto Department of Geology

Microbial Geochemistry Laboratory

                                                                                                            www.geomicrobiology.ca

 

 

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