{"id":522,"date":"2012-05-12T17:50:39","date_gmt":"2012-05-12T17:50:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/biosi.subsite.cf.ac.uk\/biosi\/kille-morgan\/?p=522"},"modified":"2015-06-19T09:52:37","modified_gmt":"2015-06-19T09:52:37","slug":"stress-in-a-hot-place-collection-extremophiles-earthworms-that-live-on-volcanic-caldera-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sites.cardiff.ac.uk\/kille-morgan\/2012\/05\/12\/stress-in-a-hot-place-collection-extremophiles-earthworms-that-live-on-volcanic-caldera-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Collecting extremophiles earthworms that live on volcanic caldera &#8211; the team"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Sampling Expedition 12\/05\/2012 &#8211; 19\/05\/2012<\/p>\n<p>Location: San Miguel, Azores.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In my opinion top science is a result of assembling teams of scientists with complementary expertise to apply their knowledge toward a common goal.  Each individual brings a different perspective to the problem and the result is a swarm intelligence that has the amazing potential.  For this project I was fortunate to assemble an extremely talented core team with collaborators in the UK and the Azores whose cumulative knowledge and talents stretched the expression &#8216;cross disciplinary to its limits&#8217;&#8230;&#8230;let me introduce you to some of the characters that I have had the absolute pleasure to work with on this project.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Core Project Team:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Dr Peter Kille (Me- Cardiff University) &#8211; Environmental and functional genomics <em>off camera<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Prof A. John Morgan (Cardiff University) &#8211; Earthworm and cell biologist&#8230;..and the best invertebrate electron microscopist I know. <em>3rd from left at top<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Prof Mike W. Bruford (Cardiff University) &#8211; Supreme conservation biologist and Phylogeographer. <em>4th in from left<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Prof Mark Hodson (Reading so to be York University) &#8211; Soil Geochemist working at the earthworm soil interface. <em>2nd in from left<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Workers:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Luis Cuhna (NERC funded &#8211; University of the Azores\/Cardiff University) &#8211; Volcanic Earthworm biologist <em>1st on left<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Dr Marta Novo (Spanish Government funded) &#8211; Earthworm phylogeographer <em>4th<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p> in from right<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Collaborators:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Dr David Spurgeon (CEH, UK) &#8211; Invertebrate ecotoxicologist <em>3rd in from left<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Prof Armindo dos Santos Rodriges (University of the Azores) &#8211; Biologist <\/p>\n<p>Dr Fatima Viveiros (University of the Azores) &#8211; Volcanologist \/ Geological Hazards <em>1st bottom right)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Ms Catarina Silva (University of the Azores) &#8211; Volcanologist \/ Geological Hazards (speciality in radon) <em>2nd bottom right<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Hugo Arruda (University of the Azores) &#8211; BSc student studying mitochrondial activity in worms from calderas <em>1st top right<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Paulo Melo (Joca) (University of the Azores) &#8211; Drive, local guide <em>2nd top right<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.cardiff.ac.uk\/kille-morgan\/files\/2012\/05\/The-Azorean-Earthworm-Team-e1337196541523.jpeg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.cardiff.ac.uk\/kille-morgan\/files\/2012\/05\/The-Azorean-Earthworm-Team-e1337196541523.jpeg?resize=580%2C385\" alt=\"\" title=\"The Azorean Earthworm Team\" width=\"580\" height=\"385\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-688\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.cardiff.ac.uk\/kille-morgan\/files\/2012\/05\/The-Azorean-Earthworm-Team-e1337196541523.jpeg?w=580 580w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.cardiff.ac.uk\/kille-morgan\/files\/2012\/05\/The-Azorean-Earthworm-Team-e1337196541523.jpeg?resize=300%2C199 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sampling Expedition 12\/05\/2012 &#8211; 19\/05\/2012 Location: San Miguel, Azores. In my opinion top science is a result of assembling teams of scientists with complementary expertise to apply their knowledge toward a common goal. Each individual brings a different perspective to the problem and the result is a swarm intelligence that has the amazing potential. 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