And final talk of #RMGS2019 is @betulland on investigating ancient history through laboratory experiments. Excited to hear from the founder of @saganorg and an @UofA professor.

First invited speaker: Jim Howell to talk about how careful management of livestock can help with grassland regeneration. #RMGS2019

Last research talk: Adam Solon from @CUBoulder and the Alpine Microbial Observatory Lab talking about life in extreme cold and aridity. #RMGS2019

Methanotrophy genes are even more common across all the wells. Next are these genes being actively transcribes? Hyperalkaline well has a lot of methanogenesis activity, low levels of everything else across wells.

Penultimate talk is @jmikayla7 from @CSURams and the @TheWrightonLab talking about life in hydraulically fractured wells. #RMGS2019

Onto our final session of talks for #RMGS2019, first up Emily Kraus (@coschoolofmines) and Dan Nothaft (@CUBoulder) on methane cycling in an ophiolite in Oman!

Brief presentation from @spearmicrobe about data from the International Geobiology Course and how to better communicate science. #RMGS2019 #scicomm #MonoLake

Second in the evolution session is Amanda Garcia from the @KacarLab talking about reconstructing ancestral nitrogenases! #RMGS2019

Second session getting started with @CUBoulder's Andrea Halling who is part of the @BioFrontiers IQBio program. She's talking about how viscosity could drive the evolution of multicellularity, especially as viscosity was elevated during the Snowball Earth. #RMGS2019