NAI
Matthew Schrenk
Michigan State University
Current Projects
- Hydrogeochemistry of Serpentinizing Systems — 2016 NAI
- Field Activities at the Coast Range Ophiolite Microbial Observatory (CROMO) — 2015 NAI
- Physiology of Microbial Populations From W/R Hosted Ecosystems — 2015 NAI
- Rock Powered Life: Education and Communications — 2015 NAI
- Advances in Gene Sequencing From Low-Biomass Water-Rock Hosted Ecosystems — 2015 NAI
- RPL and Expedition 357: Serpentinization and Life at the Atlantis Massif — 2015 NAI
- Mineralogical Traces of Early Habitable Environments — 2013 NAI
- Project 5: Geological-Biological Interactions — 2013 NAI
- Project 5: Geological-Biological Interactions — 2012 NAI
- Mineralogical Traces of Early Habitable Environments — 2012 NAI
- Project 5: Geological-Biological Interactions — 2011 NAI
- Project 5: Geological-Biological Interactions — 2010 NAI
- Project 5: Geological-Biological Interactions — 2009 NAI
- 5. Life in Extreme Environments — 2008 NAI
- 6. Molecular and Isotopic Biosignatures — 2008 NAI
- Project 5. Life in Extreme Environments — 2007 NAI
- Project 6. Molecular and Isotopic Biosignatures — 2007 NAI
- Project 6. Molecular and Isotopic Biosignatures — 2006 NAI
- Project 5. Life in Extreme Environments — 2006 NAI
- Project 5. Life in Extreme Environments — 2005 NAI
- Life in Extreme Environments — 2004 NAI
- Biological Studies of Hydrothermal Systems — 2003 NAI
- Biological Studies of Hydrothermal Systems — 2002 NAI
- Biological Studies of Hydrothermal Systems — 2001 NAI
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NAI Project Collaborators
- Project collaborators as reported by the latest NAI Annual Report.
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Publications
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Brazelton, W. J., Nelson, B., & Schrenk, M. O. (2012). Metagenomic Evidence for H2 Oxidation and H2 Production by Serpentinite-Hosted Subsurface Microbial Communities. Frontiers in Microbiology, 2. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2011.00268
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Jiao, Y., Cody, G. D., Harding, A. K., Wilmes, P., Schrenk, M., Wheeler, K. E., … Thelen, M. P. (2010). Characterization of Extracellular Polymeric Substances from Acidophilic Microbial Biofilms. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 76(9), 2916–2922. doi:10.1128/aem.02289-09
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Schrenk, M. O., Brazelton, W. J., & Lang, S. Q. (2013). Serpentinization, Carbon, and Deep Life. Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry, 75(1), 575–606. doi:10.2138/rmg.2013.75.18
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Schrenk, M. O., Huber, J. A., & Edwards, K. J. (2010). Microbial Provinces in the Subseafloor. Annu. Rev. Marine. Sci., 2(1), 279–304. doi:10.1146/annurev-marine-120308-081000
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Szponar, N., Brazelton, W. J., Schrenk, M. O., Bower, D. M., Steele, A., & Morrill, P. L. (2013). Geochemistry of a continental site of serpentinization, the Tablelands Ophiolite, Gros Morne National Park: A Mars analogue. Icarus, 224(2), 286–296. doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2012.07.004
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- Blumenfeld, H.N., Kelley, D.S., Girguis, P.R. & Schrenk, M.O. (2011). Abundance and Distribution of Diagnostic Carbon Fixation Genes in a Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Gradient Ecosystem. American Geophysical Union Meeting. San Francisco, CA. See Project
- Brazelton, W., Nelson, B., Szponar, N., Morrill, P.L. & Schrenk, M.O. (2011). Metagenomic evidence for subsurface microbial activity fueled by serpentinization. Astrobiology Science Conference, Atlanta, Georgia. See Project
- Brazelton, W., Nelson, B., Szponar, N., Morrill, P.O. & Schrenk, M.O. (2012). Metagenomic evidence for subsurface microbial activity fueled by serpentinization [talk] Astrobiology Science Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, (16-20 April 2012). See Project
- Brazelton, W.J. & Schrenk, M.O. (2012). Metagenome-enabled investigations of carbon and hydrogen fluxes within the serpentinite-hosted subsurface biosphere. JGI User Meeting [2012]. See Project
- Brazelton, W.J. & Schrenk, M.O. (2012). Metagenome-enabled investigations of carbon and hydrogen fluxes within the serpentinite-hosted subsurface biosphere. JGI User Meeting. See Project
- Brazelton, W.J., Ludwig, K.A., Schrenk, M.O., Kelley, D.S., Sogin, M.L. & Baross, J.A. (2010d). Novel insights into methane cycling, lateral gene transfer, and the rare biosphere within carbonate chimneys of the Lost City Hydrothermal Field. American Geophysical Union Meeting. San Francisco, CA. See Project
- Brazelton, W.J., Nelson, B. & Schrenk, M.O. (2011). Investigating the Potential for Subsurface Primary Production Fueled by Serpentinization. [invited talk] Abstract B44B-02, presented at 2011 Fall AGU Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 5-9 Dec. See Project
- Brazelton, W.J., Nelson, B. & Schrenk, M.O. (2011). Investigating the Potential for Subsurface Primary Production Fueled by Serpentinization. Abstract B44B-02 presented at 2011 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, CA,. See Project
- Brazelton, W.J., Nelson, B. & Schrenk, M.O. (2011b). Investigating the Potential for Subsurface Primary Production Fueled by Serpentinization. American Geophysical Union Meeting. San Francisco, CA. See Project
- Brazelton, W.J., Twing, K.I. & Schrenk, M.O. (2012). Microbial Biogeography of serpentinization-hosted ecosystems [poster]. Gordon Research Conference on Marine Microbial Genomics, Lucca, Italy (June 2012). See Project
- Brazelton, W.J., Twing, K.I. & Schrenk, M.O. (2012). Microbial Biogeography of serpentinization-hosted ecosystems. Gordon Research Conference on Marine Microbial Genomics, Lucca, Italy. See Project
- Cardace, D., Carnevale, D., Hoehler, T., McCollom, T. & Schrenk, M. (2011). Active Serpentinization in the Coast Range Ophiolite: Intersections of Petrography, Geochemistry, and Bioenergetics [poster]. Astrobiology Science Conference, Atlanta, Georgia. See Project
- Cardace, D., Carnevale, D., Hoehler, T., McCollom, T. & Schrenk, M. (2012). Active Serpentinization in the Coast Range Ophiolite: Intersections of Petrography, Geochemistry, and Bioenergetics. Abstract #4491. Presented at the Astrobiology Science Conference, Atlanta, GA, 16-20 April. See Project
- Chowdhury, S., Brazelton, W. & Schrenk, M. (2011). Metabolic Capabilities of Microbial Communities in the Serpentinite Subsurface Biosphere [poster]. Astrobiology Science Conference, Atlanta, Georgia. See Project
- Chowdhury, S., Brazelton, W. & Schrenk, M. (2012). Metabolic Capabilities of Microbial Communities in the Serpentinite Subsurface Biosphere. [poster] Astrobiology Science Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, (16-20 April 2012). See Project
- Hoehler, T.M., McCollom, T., Schrenk, M.O., Kubo, M. & Cardace, D. (2011). One-carbon (bio?) geochemistry in subsurface waters of the serpentinizing Coast Range Ophiolite (Invited), Abstract B22A-04 presented at 2011 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, Calif., 5-9 Dec., EOS Trans. AGU, 92(53). See Project
- Hoehler, T.M., McCollom, T., Schrenk, M.O., Kubo, M. & Cardace, D. (2011). One-carbon (bio?)geochemistry in subsurface waters of the serpentinizing Coast Range Ophiolite. [invited talk]. Abstract B22A-04 presented at 2011 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, CA. See Project
- Morrill, P.L., Szponar, N., Brazelton, W.J., Woodruff, Q., Schrenk, M.O., Bower, D.M. & Steele, A. (2010). Life detection at a Mars analogue site of present-day serpentinization in the Tablelands Ophiolite of Newfoundland. American Geophysical Union Meeting. San Francisco, CA. See Project
- Morrill, P.L., Szponar, N., Brazelton, W.J., Woodruff, Q., Schrenk, M.O., Bower, D.M. & Steele, A. (2010). Life detection at a Mars analogue site of present-day serpentinization in the Tablelands Ophiolite of Newfoundland. American Geophysical Union. San Francisco, California. See Project
- Morrill, P.L., Szponar, N., Kavanagh, M.H., Rietze, A., Brazelton, W., Schrenk, M., Bower, D.M., Steele, A., Kuenen, J.G., Suzuki-Ishii, S. & Nealson, K.H. (2011). Sourcing methane at two continental sites of present-day serpentinization: The Tablelands, NL, CAN and The Cedars, CA, USA. [poster]. Astrobiology Science Conference, Atlanta, Georgia. See Project
- Méhay, S., Früh-Green, G.L., Lang, S.Q., Bernasconi, S.M., Brazelton, W.J., Schrenk, M.O., Schaeffer, P. & Adam, P. Record of archaeal activity at the serpentinite-hosted Lost City Hydrothermal Field. Geobiology. See Project
- Nelson, B., Chowdhury, S., Brazelton, W. & Schrenk, M. (2011). Metabolic and Physiological Characteristics of Novel Cultivars from Serpentinite Seep Fluids. [poster] Abstract B51K-0562 presented at 2011 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, CA, 5-9 Dec. See Project
- Nelson, B., Chowdhury, S., Brazelton, W. & Schrenk, M. (2011). Metabolic and Physiological Characteristics of Novel Cultivars from Serpentinite Seep Fluids. [poster]. Abstract B51K-0562 presented at 2011 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, CA,. See Project
- Nelson, B., Chowdhury, S., Brazelton, W.J. & Schrenk, M. (2011). Metabolic and Physiological Characteristics of Novel Cultivars from Serpentinite Seep Fluids. American Geophysical Union Meeting. San Francisco, CA. See Project
- Orcutt, B., Edwards, K., Fisher, A., Glazer, B., Huber, J., Nealson, K., Schrenk, M. & Wheat, G. (2009). Subsurface microbial observatories to investigate the deep ocean crust biosphere – development, testing, and future. IODP-INVEST workshop. Bremen, Germany. See Project
- Polli, L.P., Woodruff, Q.S., Morrill, P.L. & Schrenk, M.O. (2010). Geochemical energy, microbial growth, and decay: Insights from ultrabasic springs of the Tablelands serpentinite, Newfoundland, Canada [poster]. Astrobiology Science Conference. League City, TX. See Project
- Schrenk, M. (2009). Is pressure a variable that should considered in the design of long-term colonization experiments for the subseafloor biosphere? [poster]. DEBI RCN Workshop. Kona, HI. See Project
- Schrenk, M.O. (2010). Relating life to planetary scale processes: A case study of training undergraduate biology majors to think astrobiologically [talk]. Astrobiology Science Conference. League City, TX. See Project
- Schrenk, M.O., Brazelton, W.J. & Lang, S.Q. (2011). Serpentinization, Carbon, and Deep Life [poster]. Astrobiology Science Conference, Atlanta, Georgia. See Project
- Schrenk, M.O., Brazelton, W.J. & Lang, S.Q. (2012). Serpentinization, Carbon, and Deep Life [poster]. Astrobiology Science Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, (16-20 April 2012). See Project
- Schrenk, M.O., Brazelton, W.J., Woodruff, Q., Szponar, N. & Morrill, P.L. (2010). Mapping Microbial Populations Relative to Sites of Ongoing Serpentinization: Results from the Tablelands Ophiolite Complex, Canada. American Geophysical Union Meeting. San Francisco, CA. See Project
- Schrenk, M.O., Holden, J.F. & Baross, J.A. (2008). Magma to microbe networks in the context of sulfide hosted microbial ecosystems. In: Lowell, R.P., Seewald, J.S., Metaxas, A. & Perfit, M.R. (Eds.). Magma to Microbe, Modeling Hydrothermal Processes at Oceanic SPreading Centers. Vol. 178. Washington, D.C: American Geophysical Union. See Project
- Schrenk, M.O., Huber, J.A. & Edwards, K.J. (2009). Microbial provinces in the subseafloor. IODP-INVEST workshop. Bremen, Germany. See Project
- Schrenk, M.O., Nelson, B.Y. & Brazelton, W.J. (2011). The Serpentinite Subsurface Microbiome. [invited talk] Abstract B22A-05 presented at 2011 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, CA, 5-9 Dec. See Project
- Schrenk, M.O., Nelson, B.Y. & Brazelton, W.J. (2011). The Serpentinite Subsurface Microbiome. [invited talk]. Abstract B22A-05 presented at 2011 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, CA. See Project
- Schrenk, M.O., Nelson, B.Y. & Brazelton, W.J. (2011). The Serpentinite Subsurface Microbiome. American Geophysical Union Meeting. San Francisco, CA. See Project
- Schrenk, M.O., Sisley, C.R. & Edwards, K.J. (2009). Investigating the effects of high pressure upon the selective enrichment of bacteria from deep-sea sediments: Results from Loihi Seamount [talk]. American Geophysical Union Meeting. San Francisco, CA. See Project
- Schrenk, M.O., Woodruff, Q.S., Polli, L.P., Brazelton, W.J. & Morrill, P.L. (2010). Delineating the serpentinite-hosted microbial biosphere. International Society for Microbial Ecology Meeting. Seattle, WA. See Project
- Seager, S., Bains, W. & Schrenk, M. (submitted). An Astrophysical view of Earth metabolism. Astrobiology. See Project
- Seager, S., Bains, W. & Schrenk, M. An Astrophysical view of Earth metabolism. Astrobiology, 12: 61-82. See Project
- Szponar, N., Brazelton, W.J., Schrenk, M.O., Rietze, A., Bower, D.M., Steele, A. & Morrill, P.L. Biogeochemical analysis of ultra-basic reducing springs in the Tablelands Ophiolite, in Gros Morne National Park, Newfoundland. GAC-MAC, St. John’s, Newfoundland. See Project
- Szponar, N., Morrill, P.L., Brazelton, W.J., Schrenk, M.O., Bower, D.M. & Steele, A. (2010). Present-day serpentinization in the Tablelands Gros Morne National Park, Newfoundland: a Mars analogue site. American Geophysical Union. San Francisco, California. See Project
- Szponar, N., Morrill, P.L., Brazelton, W.J., Schrenk, M.O., Bower, D.M. & Steele, A. (2010). Present-day serpentinization in the Tablelands, Gros Morne National Park, Newfoundland: a Mars Analogue Site. American Geophysical Union Meeting. San Francisco, CA. See Project
- Twing, K.I., Brazelton, W., Quinn, E., Kloysuntia, A. & Schrenk, M. (2011). Linking Identity and Function in Serpentinite-Hosted Microbial Communities. [poster]. Astrobiology Science Conference, Atlanta, Georgia. See Project
- Twing, K.I., Brazelton, W., Quinn, E., Kloysuntia, A. & Schrenk, M. (2012). Linking Identity and Function in Serpentinite-Hosted Microbial Communities. [poster] Astrobiology Science Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, (16-20 April 2012). See Project
- Twing, K.I., Brazelton, W.J. & Schrenk, M.O. (2012). Biogeography of functional genes in serpentinization-driven ecosystems [poster]. Gordon Research Conference on Marine Microbial Genomics, Lucca, Italy (June 2012). See Project
- Twing, K.I., Brazelton, W.J. & Schrenk, M.O. (2012). Biogeography of functional genes in serpentinization-driven ecosystems [poster]. Gordon Research Conference on Marine Microbial Genomics, Lucca, Italy. See Project
- Woodruff, Q. & Schrenk, M. (2009). In situ colonization systems in serpentinizing microbial habitats [poster]. DEBI RCN Workshop. Kona, HI. See Project
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