{"id":24567,"date":"2021-10-26T20:29:22","date_gmt":"2021-10-26T20:29:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usoceandiscovery.org\/?page_id=24567"},"modified":"2022-08-13T08:35:34","modified_gmt":"2022-08-13T08:35:34","slug":"jessica-labonte","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/usoceandiscovery.org\/jessica-labonte\/","title":{"rendered":"2020-2021 Ocean Discovery Lecturer &#8211; Jessica Labont\u00e9"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:var(--awb-color3);border-style:solid;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start\" style=\"max-width:1456px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_3 1_3 fusion-flex-column\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 2% 0px 0px 0px;\"><div style=\"text-align:center;\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-1 hover-type-none\"><a class=\"fusion-no-lightbox\" href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/LabonteJessica02-214x300.jpg\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"LabonteJessica02\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/usoceandiscovery.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/LabonteJessica02-214x300.jpg\" alt class=\"img-responsive wp-image-23272\" srcset=\"https:\/\/usoceandiscovery.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/LabonteJessica02-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/usoceandiscovery.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/LabonteJessica02-700x980.jpg 700w, https:\/\/usoceandiscovery.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/LabonteJessica02-731x1024.jpg 731w, https:\/\/usoceandiscovery.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/LabonteJessica02-768x1075.jpg 768w, https:\/\/usoceandiscovery.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/LabonteJessica02-1097x1536.jpg 1097w, https:\/\/usoceandiscovery.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/LabonteJessica02-1463x2048.jpg 1463w, https:\/\/usoceandiscovery.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/LabonteJessica02-scaled.jpg 1829w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 214px) 100vw, 214px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">@media only screen and (max-width:1024px) {.fusion-title.fusion-title-1{margin-top:10px!important; margin-right:0px!important;margin-bottom:15px!important;margin-left:0px!important;}}@media only screen and (max-width:640px) {.fusion-title.fusion-title-1{margin-top:10px!important; margin-right:0px!important;margin-bottom:10px!important; margin-left:0px!important;}}<\/style><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-1 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-center fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-two\" style=\"margin-top:10px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:15px;margin-left:0px;\"><h2 class=\"title-heading-center fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"margin:0;--fontSize:28;line-height:var(--awb-typography1-line-height);\">JESSICA LABONT\u00c9<\/h2><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\" style=\"text-align:center;margin-top:0%;\"><p><strong>Texas A&amp;M, Galveston<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>2020-2021 Distinguished Lecturer<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-0{width:33.333333333333% !important;margin-top : 0px;margin-bottom : 20px;}.fusion-builder-column-0 > .fusion-column-wrapper {padding-top : 2% !important;padding-right : 0px !important;margin-right : 5.76%;padding-bottom : 0px !important;padding-left : 0px !important;margin-left : 5.76%;}@media only screen and (max-width:1024px) {.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-0{width:33.333333333333% !important;order : 0;}.fusion-builder-column-0 > .fusion-column-wrapper {margin-right : 5.76%;margin-left : 5.76%;}}@media only screen and (max-width:640px) {.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-0{width:100% !important;order : 0;}.fusion-builder-column-0 > .fusion-column-wrapper {margin-right : 1.92%;margin-left : 1.92%;}}<\/style><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_2_3 2_3 fusion-flex-column\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\"><p><strong><em>Some like it hot! Microbial communities inhabiting hydrothermal systems<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Microbes (including bacteria, archaea, and viruses) are ubiquitous on Earth and have been found under conditions where no animal can survive. Microbes known as extremophiles, inhabit extreme environments such as geothermal hot springs with pH 3, hypersaline environments with a salinity as high as 35%, and environments with extremely low concentrations of nutrients. One factor that can limit life is temperature; There is currently no known microbe that can tolerate temperatures higher than 122 \u02daC. Hydrothermal systems display diverse and unpredictable conditions of extremely high temperatures and acidic pH, offering a range of environments that naturally test the limits of life as we know it. Microbial communities have been found within hydrothermal fluids, microbial mats on basaltic rock and chimneys, as well as within the neutrally buoyant hydrothermal plume, with varying energetic constraints on microbial activity and abundance. Moreover, hydrothermal systems are hypothesized to be the epicenters of the origins of life, making them ideal for studying evolutionary processes. They also display extreme conditions similar to what we could find on other planets.<\/p>\n<p>The environmental conditions at Brothers volcano (study site of IODP Expedition 376 Brothers Arc Flux) provided a perfect setting to test the limits and adaptations of life. Preliminary analyses of the borehole fluids revealed temperatures up to 350\u02daC, pH as low as 1.8, higher salinity than in the upper water column, and very low concentrations of organic nutrients. My research uses a combination of molecular approaches and cultivation to characterize the microbial communities\u2019 diversity and interactions in hydrothermal systems to understand the life of extremophiles.<\/p>\n<p><em>Dr. Labont\u00e9 received her B.S. and M. Sc. from Laval University, and her Ph.D. from the University of British Columbia. She was a post-doctoral researcher at Bigelow Laboratory before heading to Texas A&amp;M University at Galveston, where she currently is an Assistant Professor. Her research focuses on determining the role of viruses and their hosts in aquatic environments, from the surface to below the seafloor, through the characterization of their relationships. Dr. Labont\u00e9 participated as a shipboard scientist on IODP Expedition 376 Brothers Arc Flux and worked on cores from Expeditions 337 Juan de Fuca Ridge-Flank Hydrogeology and 357 Atlantis Massif Serpentinization and Life.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-1{width:66.666666666667% !important;margin-top : 0px;margin-bottom : 20px;}.fusion-builder-column-1 > .fusion-column-wrapper {padding-top : 0px !important;padding-right : 0px !important;margin-right : 0px;padding-bottom : 0px !important;padding-left : 0px !important;margin-left : 0px;}@media only screen and (max-width:1024px) {.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-1{width:66.666666666667% !important;order : 0;}.fusion-builder-column-1 > .fusion-column-wrapper {margin-right : 0px;margin-left : 0px;}}@media only screen and (max-width:640px) {.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-1{width:100% !important;order : 0;}.fusion-builder-column-1 > .fusion-column-wrapper {margin-right : 1.92%;margin-left : 1.92%;}}<\/style><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-2 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><style type=\"text\/css\">@media only screen and (max-width:1024px) {.fusion-title.fusion-title-2{margin-top:0%!important; 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