Michael A. Lynes Laboratory

Sabrina Daigle
Teschke Lab

Dr. Nahui Medina-Chavez
Postdoctoral Associate
University of Minnesota
Host: Geo Santiago-Martinez

Probing the Last Frontier: From Archaea cultivation to the long term experiment in halophiles

Summary: Dr. Medina-Chavez will cover the great need of archaeal experimentation, covering cultivation challenges to my most recentexperimental design to experimentally investigate adaptive responses in halophiles. In these set of experiments, I continuously transfer two strains (Halobacterium salinarum and Salinibacter ruber) in a multidimensional resourcecomponent and salt saturated conditions in poor and rich environments.

Bio: Dr. Medina-Chavez is a microbiologist and a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Minnesota. Her research focuses on evolutionary biology, microbial genomics, and the physiology of archaea. With over eight years of dedication and stewardship, she has cultivated an extensive halophilic archaeal collection. Through genomics and experimental evolution, Medina-Chavez studies the adaptive mechanisms of haloarchaea, showcasing theirplastic metabolic processes, providing valuable insights into microbial responses to environmental change, andexploring dual adaptability and its trade-offs.

Learn more about Dr. Medina-Chavez’s work

https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/genetics/articles/10.3389/fgene.2021.693193/full

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37279013/

https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/microbiology/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2023.1276438/full

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=LkFZPrYAAAAJ&hl=en

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