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TC Onstott Memorial Symposium
May 14, 2022
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Tullis Onstott, innovative geologist, explorer of subsurface life, and revered ‘gentle soul,’ dies at 66
Oct. 22, 2021
Devan Nisson
Devan Nisson receives 2021 Walbridge Fund Research Award
July 15, 2021
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Ph.D. candidate Devan Nisson awarded the 2020 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
July 13, 2020
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Zachary Garvin one of four recipients for a PEI Walbridge Fund Graduate Award for Environmental Research
July 10, 2020
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Scientific Teams Explore the Effects of Thawing Permafrost on the Environment
Feb. 19, 2020
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Do earthquakes stimulate subsurface life? A new W.M. Keck Foundation grant will address this question
Feb. 19, 2020
TC Onstott underground
60 Minutes Video: What lies at the bottom of one of the deepest holes ever dug by man?
Feb. 9, 2020
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AU researchers sequence genome of the 'devil worm'
Nov. 21, 2019
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Earth's Ancient Life Forms Are Awakening After 40,000 Years in Permafrost
July 8, 2019
dinosaur park
Fossilized Dino Bones Are Home to Diverse Microbial Communities
June 28, 2019
Collecting samples in the mine
60 Minutes Video: What lies at the bottom of the deepest hole ever dug by man?
Nov. 11, 2018
Thomas Kieft hold up the manifold
The Mass of Microbes in Deep African Mines Lead Lives of Quiet Desperation
Feb. 26, 2018
drilling at the bottom of a gold mine
Deep in a South African gold mine, scientists drill for the heart of an earthquake
May 31, 2017
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Subsurface Microorganisms Work Together for Common Good
April 10, 2017
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Dr. Maggie Lau selected as one of two recipients of the Deep Carbon Observatory Emerging Leader Awards
March 24, 2017
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Deep Life: The Hunt for the Hidden Biology of Earth, Mars, and Beyond
Nov. 8, 2016
a new species of nematode
Visions of Life on Mars in Earth’s Depths as Investigated by Princeton GEO team
Sept. 12, 2016
Professor Onstott at work in the lab
Discover Interview: Tullis Onstott Went 2 Miles Down & Found Microbes That Live on Radiation
June 26, 2012