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Appendix A: Committee Member Biosketches
Pages 157-160

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From page 157...
... Antarctic Program support contractor, and on the Group of Experts on Antarctic Biology of the Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, which advises the Italian government. Working with the Polar Research Board, Dr.
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From page 158...
... Her research interests include whole genome sequence analysis of microbial genomes and the use of genomic-based approaches to elucidate differences in gene expression. She currently serves on the Steering Committee for Exploring Horizons for Domestic Animal Genomics and the Science and Technology for Countering Terrorism: Biological Panel.
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From page 159...
... Current studies focus on amino acid substitutions that are important in adaptation of proteins to temperature, physiological determinants of biogeographic patterning, the physiology of invasive species, and the effects of environmental variation on gene expression. He previously served as a member of the Ocean Studies Board's Committee on Marine Reserves and Protected Areas and is a member of the National Academy of Sciences.
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From page 160...
... Scientific Committee on Froblems of the Environment (SCOFF) ' and serves on We C.~ National Comm1hee for DIVERSI1AS' Me Comm1hee on Agricultural B10technology' HeaHh' and Me Environment and Me C.S.
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Key Terms

  • microbial communities
  • environmental variation
  • soil biodiversity
  • antarctic fishes
  • transporter hemoglobin

  • packard professor
  • previous five
  • mcmurdo stations
  • collaborative genomic
  • developing technologies

  • bransfield strait
  • alexander von
  • resource ecology
  • physiological determinants
  • sites contaminated

  • molecular mechanisms
  • antarctic biology
  • polluted arctic
  • studies aimed
  • acid substitutions

  • lucite packard
  • nsf office
  • dallman bay
  • polar freshwater
  • pulp mill

  • nematode community
  • biogeographic patterning
  • canadian arctic
  • physiological responses
  • extracellular enzymes


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