Meeting Abstract
Our objective in offering this symposium is to synthesize current knowledge of extremophile biology by uniting a diverse group of researchers who do not generally attend the same meetings, but ask similar questions regarding genomics, physiology, ecology, and evolution. For example, microbiologists and invertebrate biologists may both be working on organisms living under the same physiological conditions, but very little cross-communication occurs. Given the potential impacts of climate change on extreme habitats in particular, it is essential that researchers start to build larger collaborative networks. To increase connectivity across researchers, foster new collaborations, and expand the breadth of what is known about extremophile biology, experts from diverse taxonomic (from microbes to vertebrates to invertebrates) and academic backgrounds have been invited to participate in this symposium.
