Tucson Marine Phage Lab in the News

Prof, students study ocean viruses at sea
The University of Arizona Daily Wildcat covered TMPL's work with marine viruses. UA Daily Wildcat, April 25, 2012
Sailing in a Sea of Microbes
Researchers led by Matt Sullivan at the UA are among the first to dive into the world of viruses drifting through the world's oceans. UA News, 29 February 2012
First Tara Oceans publication highlights project's holistic approach
The first official publication from the Tara Oceans Consortium is now online at PLoS Biology, an open-access journal. The article provides an overview of the unique sampling program which proves an opportunity for "a global-scale study of morphological, genetic, and functional biodiversity of plankton organisms in relation to the changing physico-chemical parameters of the oceans ... critical to understanding and managing our fragile oceans." PLoS Biology, 18 October 2011
TMPL micrograph used by Nature News & Views
A micrograph image by Jennifer Brum of a phage from a Tara Oceans Mediterranean sample was used by Nature in a News & Views article summarizing the work from the Lindell lab on Prochlorococcus and podoviruses. Nature News & Views, 29 June 2011
Malaspina Expedition Returns to Port
TMPL is collaborator in the six-month circumnavigational Malaspina Expedition, that returns to Spain in July. The sampling in this project focuses on deep water. Nature News, July 2011
TMPL Hosts Phage RAST Jamboree
At the end of January 2011, TMPL hosted a working conference of experts on phage genomics and on genome annotation: the Phage RAST (Rapid Annotation using Subsystem Technology) Jamboree.
Life Under the Bubble
Biosphere 2 was one of the most lauded experiments of the 1990s, then one of the most ridiculed. Now it is back, offering a unique way to put theories about climate and environment to the test. Discover Magazine, October 2010 (online December 2010)
Ocean Viruses: Hidden Movers and Shakers of the Earth System
All but overlooked until the past decade, marine viruses far outnumber any other biological entity on the planet. Scientists are only beginning to discover the invisible particles that are the cogs of Earth's system, changing dynamics in food webs, fisheries, even climate. UANews, 27 September 2010
$600K grant to help UA prof study ocean viruses
A University of Arizona researcher has snared nearly $600,000 from the National Science Foundation to study the role viruses play in the growth of an oxygen-starved region of the sub-Arctic Pacific Ocean. Arizona Daily Star, Tucson, 23 May 2010
Biosphere 2 Holds Special Event for Tara Expedition Launch Sept. 5
The University of Arizona Biosphere 2 and a UA scientist involved in a new international ocean expedition will present a special public event, “Tara Oceans: Voyage to the Bottom of the Food Chain,” at Biosphere 2 on Saturday, Sept. 5. UANews, 31 August 2009