Ewert, M., Nunn, B. L., Firth, E., & Junge, K. (2025). Metabolic Responses, Cell Recoverability, and Protein Signatures of Three Extremophiles: Sustained Life During Long-Term Subzero Incubations. Microorganisms, 13(2), 251. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms13020251Â
Gentilhomme, A., Dhakar, K., Timmins-Schiffman, E., Firth, E., Junge, K., & Nunn, B. L. (2024). Surviving the Stress: Unraveling Molecular Strategies in Psychrophiles Confronting Perchlorate-Rich Ice. 2024 Astrobiology Science Conference.
Bravenec, A. D., Junge, K., Firth, E., Kanaan, G., & Catling, D. C. (2024). Psychrophiles and the Thermodynamic and Kinetic Aspects of Brines: Implications for Icy Worlds. 2024 Astrobiology Science Conference.
Ni, Z., Arevalo, R., Bardyn, A., Willhite, L., Ray, S., Southard, A., Danell, R., Graham, J., Li, X., Chou, L., Briois, C., Thirkell, L., Makarov, A., Brinckerhoff, W., Eigenbrode, J., Junge, K., & Nunn, B. L. (2023). Detection of Short Peptides as Putative Biosignatures of Psychrophiles via Laser Desorption Mass Spectrometry. Astrobiology, 23(6), 657–669. https://doi.org/10.1089/ast.2022.0138
Arevalo, R., Ni, Z., Willhite, L. N., Bardyn, A., Hanna, A. M., Southard, A. E., Danell, R., Grubisic, A., Graham, J. D., Briois, C., Thirkell, L., Colin, F., Makarov, A., Nunn, B. L., & Junge, K. (2022). Laser Desorption Mass Spectrometry (LDMS) for de novo Peptide Sequencing. 208–03. https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2022absc.conf20803A
Mudge, M. C., Nunn, B. L., Firth, E., Ewert, M., Hales, K., Fondrie, W. E., ... & Junge, K. A. (2021). Subzero, saline incubations of Colwellia psychrerythraea reveal strategies and biomarkers for sustained life in extreme icy environments. Environmental Microbiology.Â
Arevalo, R., Ni, Z., Willhite, L., Bardyn, A., Chou, L., Southard, A., Danell, R., Grubisic, A., Thirkell, L., Briois, C., Colin, F., Cherville, B., Mahaffy, P., Eigenbrode, J., Junge, K., & Nunn, B. (2021). Detection of short peptides identified as prospective psychrophilic biosignatures with the CORALS instrument. 2021, P32A-07. https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2021AGUFM.P32A..07A
Nunn, B.L., & Larsen, D. (2020, December) Polar Microbes Give Peptide Clues For Detecting Life on Icy Worlds. In University of Washington, Astrobiology Program Fall 2020 Newsletter. Press Release.Â
Mudge, M.C., Ewert, M., Carpenter, S. D., Toner, J. D., Light, B., Firth, E., ... & Nunn, B. L. (2020, February). Extreme colds provoke the synthesis of DNA protection proteins that have unique structures that grant stability. In Ocean Sciences Meeting 2020. AGU.Â
Ewert, M., Nunn, B. L., Carpenter, S. D., Toner, J. D., Light, B., & Junge, K. (2019, June). Proteomic signatures and cell viability of Colwellia Psychrerythraea strain 34H in supercooled, frozen, and equilibrium sea-ice brines. In 2019 Astrobiology Science Conference. AGU. (Video)
Junge, K., Cameron, K., & Nunn, B. (2019). Diversity of Psychrophilic Bacteria in Sea and Glacier Ice Environments—Insights Through Genomics, Metagenomics, and Proteomics Approaches. In Microbial Diversity in the Genomic Era (pp. 197-216). Academic Press.Â
3/25/22; KJ + EF + Nate Meeting
1/31/22; EF BLE-LTER Meeting Notes
1/26/22; CICOES All-Hands Meeting
1/20/22; KJ + EF + Ardith Meeting
1/13/22; KJ + EF + Ardith Meeting
12/21/21; KJ + EF + KD + BN Meeting
11/22/21; KJ + EF + KD Meeting
11/19/21; KJ + EF + BN Meeting
11/17/21; EF + KJ + BN + KD Meeting
11/12/21; EF + Ellen Meeting (SEM/TEM Prep)
11/11/21; KJ + EF + KD Meeting
10/19/21; KJ + EF + KD + BN Meeting
10/4/21; EF + KD + Ellen (SEM/TEM) Meeting)
9/22/21; All Hands Meeting (EF + BN + KJ + KD)
9/16/21; All Hands Meeting (EF + BN + KJ + KD)
8/9/21; KJ + EF + KD + BN Meeting
7/7/21; KJ + EF + KD + BN Meeting
4/30/21; KJ + EF + BN + KD Meeting
4/16/21; BN + KJ + EF + KD Meeting
2/26/21; KJ + EF + BN + KD Meeting
12/15/20; KJ + EF + BN - Proteomics Samples Discussion #2
6/29/20; KJ + EF + BN + MM Meeting
3/9/20; KJ + EF + BL + MM + BN + SC Meeting
1/23/20; All Hands Meeting (KJ + EF + MM + BN + BL + SC)
12/9/19; All Hands Meeting (KJ + EF + BN + MM + JT + BL)
10/21/19; All Hands Meeting (KJ + EF + BN + MM + JT + BL)
9/12/19; All Hands Meeting (KJ + EF + BN + MM + JT + BL + SC)
8/26/19; KJ + MES + EF + Kristina Beblo + Petra Rettberg Meeting
7/18/19; BN + BL + MES + KJ + IZ Meeting
6/13/19; BN + BL + MES + JT + SC Meeting
4/24/19; All Hands Meeting (BN + BL + KJ + MES + JT + SC)
2/27/19; All Hands Meeting (BN + BL + KJ + SC + JT)
2/7/19; All Hands Meeting (BL + MES + KJ)
1/23/19; BL + BN + KJ + MES Meeting
1/15/19; All Hands Meeting (BL + BN + KJ + MES + SC)
11/8/18; All Hands Meeting (KJ + BL + SC + JT + MES + BN)
10/17/18; -20C Salt Brine Experiment
-5C, -10C Sea Ice Brine Experiment Raw Data (MPN, Cell Counts, Radioisotope Uptake)
Supplemental Incubator Temperature Control Experiments Summary and Data File
34H Sea Ice Brine Experiment (Phase 1) Raw Data (MPN, Cell Counts, Radioisotope Uptake)
P7E Sea Ice Brine Experiment (Phase 2) Raw Data (MPN, Cell Counts, Radioisotope Uptake)
H3E Sea Ice Brine Experiment (Phase 3) Raw Data (MPN, Cell Counts, Radioisotope Uptake)
Phase 1-3 Temperature Monitoring (Temperature Plots)
34H Uptake Rate Experiment Raw Data (Radioisotope Uptake)
34H Uptake Rate Summary Data (Radioisotope Uptake Rates)
34H Supercold Experiment (Phase 4) Raw Data (MPN, Cell Counts, Live/Dead, Radioisotope Uptake)
34H T0 Uptake Experiment Optimization Raw Data (Timings, Temperatures, Radioisotope Uptake)
Karen Junge Lab Notebook (Google Drive)
Erin Firth Lab Notebook (Google Drive)
Shelly Carpenter Lab Notebook (Google Sites)
Bonnie Light Lab Notebook (Evernote) (Google Drive)
Izabela Carpenter Lab Notebook (Google Drive)
Jonathan Toner Website (Google Sites)
Marcela Ewert Lab Notebook (Google Drive)