KL1

Aharon Oren
Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
The Halophiles’ Confusion to Biology
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Ken Takai
Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science & Technology, Japan
Dark Energy Microorganisms in Deep-Sea
KL3

Yongqin Liu
Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, China
Early Warning Signals and Innovation Frontiers from Mountain Glaciers
KL4

Meng Li
Shenzhen University, China
Evolutionary Trajectories of Asgard Archaea: From Genomic Features to Functional Dynamics
KL5

Michael Terns
University of Georgia, USA
Invaders and Evaders from the Deep!
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Stephen D. Bell
Ohio State University, USA
Epigenetics and Chromosome Archae-tecture
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Michael W. W. Adams
University of Georgia, USA
Characterization of Electron Bifurcating Enzymes from Hyperthermophilic Archaea
KL8

Mechthild Pohlschröder
University of Pennsylvania, USA
Cell-Cell Communication in Extreme Environments
KL9

Antonio Ventosa
University of Sevilla, Spain
The Prokaryotic Microbiome of Hypersaline Environments: Diversity and Functions
KL10

Don A. Cowan
University of Pretoria, South Africa
Water and Functional Microbiomics in Hyper-Arid Desert Soils
KL11

Volker Mȕller
Goethe University, Germany
An Ancient Carbon monoxide–driven Respiratory System Composed of a CODH Nanowire, a Headless complex-I and a Quinone-Dependent Methylene-Tetrahydrofolate Reductase
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Arnold J.M. Driessen
University of Groningen, The Netherlands
A Tale of Two Membranes
KL13

John van der Oost
Wageningen University, The Netherlands
Characterization and Engineering of a Unique Thermostable CRISPR Nuclease
KL14

Haruyuki Atomi
Kyoto University, Japan
The Unique Enzymes and Pathways in the Thermococcales
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Kelly M. Zatopek
New England Biolabs Research, USA
A Department of One: How a Single Archaeal NUDIX Enzyme Performs the Work of Many
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George Guo-Qiang Chen
Tsinghua University, China
Extremophile Biomanufacturing
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Daniel G. Olson
Dartmouth College, USA
Designing Metabolic Pathways for High-Titer Cellulosic Ethanol Production
