Biology/Environmental Science: Microbial Pioneers – How Bacteria Build Soils In Extreme Environments With Dr Marcela Hernández From University of East Anglia
May 1 @ 14:10 - 14:55
Dr Marcela Hernández is a Royal Society Dorothy Hodgkin Research Fellow at the University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK. Her research focuses on the role of early-colonising bacteria in sustaining soil formation in extreme, barren extreme environments such as volcanoes.
Soils are essential to life, yet a third of soil on Earth is severely degraded. Healthy soils play a crucial role in ecosystem services, including food production and carbon sequestration of greenhouse gases. In this interactive workshop, we will explore the importance of soil health maintaining these services, and most importantly, how microbes contribute to soil formation in bare landscapes by accessing atmospheric trace gases.
You are invited to actively shape the outcome of the scenario or simply observe. There will also be an opportunity at the end to ask any questions you have about environmental microbiology and trace-gas oxidation.
Speaker Profile: Dr Marcela Hernández
Our events are designed so that a group of students can take part from a classroom or students and teachers can take part as individuals, either from school or from home. There is no charge to take part.
As a live, participative event, this session will not be recorded but slides and other resources will be shared after the event, where available.
Suitable for: Aged 16+ pre-university students studying, or with a possible interest in studying, Biology, Environmental Science and related disciplines. Student groups as well as students and teachers joining individually are very welcome.
Preparation/Pre-Reading: Students may wish to consider the topic in advance, with respect to knowledge and skills they think might be useful or questions they have. Students can also think about questions they have about studying at university level.
The IT Setup: The event will be run on Zoom and participants will be able to join using laptops, tablets, and mobile devices. If you are joining as a school group, we recommend connecting with one device and projecting on to a whiteboard. You will be able to interact with the speaker via typed comments and questions and/or via a microphone. Full details will be sent to those who have registered (see below) prior to the event.
Booking a Place: This is free for schools and colleges. If you would like to take part in this event, please register your interest using the link to the registration form below: