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Research Topic Description, including Problem Statement:
Understanding how bacteria and other organisms adapt and evolve under extreme conditions has several applications in biomanufacturing and bioeconomy, micronutrient research, biosensor development, climate change, and human survival in extreme conditions etc.
Many microorganisms have evolved to thrive in extreme environments. For example, some hyperthermophilic archaea such as Methanopyrus kandleri can grow up to a temperature of 122 °C and Geogemma barossii can survive up to 130 °C. Other microorganisms have adapted to life in the extreme cold. Planococcus halocryophilus OR1 grows at –15 °C, and Deinococcus geothermalis can grow at temperatures as low as –25 °C. Extremophilic microorganisms can also withstand high levels of radiation, for example, Deinococcus radiodurans, when exposed to conditions outside the International Space Station, tolerated radiation levels more than 200 times those that are present on Earth and survived 3 years of exposure in space. In 2021, bacteria such as Methylorubrum rhodesianum and Methylobacterium ajmalii were isolated from International Space Station, an extreme environment. Another example is halophiles growing in high-salt environments.
The Intelligence Community Postdoc program seeks post-doctoral level research proposals focused on improving our understanding of these organisms and potential implications for biosecurity and the bioeconomy. This can include researching evolutionary drivers, environmental limitations, internal and external survival requirements, expression and control mechanisms associated with survival, functional characterization of unique biomolecules, and methods for translating extremophile-related research to drive novel capabilities in other organisms.
Research proposals are expected to potentially include computational modeling, environmental collection, to molecular interrogation of organisms and their components – including modifications, structure, and function, to improve our understanding of these organisms.
Proposers should ensure they have reviewed recent literature and are proposing research driving the state of the art and in alignment with the IC Postdoc program’s length and funding.
Example Approaches:
Understanding the evolutionary and molecular drivers of survivability for these organisms may enable the development of more robust biosensors capable of surviving a wide range of extremes on Earth and beyond.
Relevance to the Intelligence Community (IC):
The S&T priority on biotechnology directly aligns with this research topic as the better we characterize these extremophiles, and their proteins, the more directed the communities’ wider efforts for understanding and engineering novel biological elements or organisms.
Key Words: #Extremophiles, #Extremozymes, #Extremomorphs, #Halophiles, #Hyperthermophile, #Psychrophiles, #Genetic Determinants, #Bioeconomy
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