Rose Jones

Environmental Microbiology

Bigelow Laboratory of Ocean Science

I’m fascinated by microscopic life that prefers extreme environments, particularly mineral energy-based communities. I try and piece together how these extraordinary microbes shape and are shaped in turn by their environments. This helps us understand our planet, its resources, and how we use them (including biotechnology applications) and informs the search for life beyond earth.

An octopus spreads its arms out on the ocean floor, surrounded by plants and rocks.

 Phil Torres and Geoff Wheat 

Why is this huge group of deep sea octopus moms suffocating?

Year after year, stressed out broods of octopuses kept appearing. Biologists started getting curious

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It looks like microbes can help clean up mining pollution

Experiments at an abandoned 4,000-year-old mine have researchers optimistic

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