Homepage of William J. (Billy) Brazelton

Graduate Student

School of Oceanography & Astrobiology Program

University of Washington-Seattle

 

Research

I study the phylogeny, genomics, metabolism, and ecology of microorganisms of the Lost City Hydrothermal Field.  The links below are popular articles IÕve written about Lost City.

 

Profile on UW Astrobiology website

Daily Update, 2008 Mid-Atlantic Ridge Cruise

Astrobiology Newsletter Winter 2006-07

Intro to Lost City Microbiology, NOAA Lost City Expedition 2005

Expedition Log, 2003 Lost City Cruise

 

 

Courses (which I have TAÕd or co-taught)

OCEAN 431: Special Topics in Biological Oceanography

Teaching Assistant, Spring 2007

http://www.staff.washington.edu/braz/Ocean431.html

 

ASTR 597: Case Studies of Astrobiological Ideas

Co-instructor, Spring 2007

http://www.staff.washington.edu/braz/ABhist.html

 

AB 502: Mars and Life?

Teaching Assistant, Fall 2005

http://www.staff.washington.edu/braz/AB502.html

 

HA&S 220C: Introduction to Energy and the Environment

Teaching Assistant, Fall 2004

http://www.ocean.washington.edu/courses/as222d/has220c2004.html

 

 

Publications

My CV, as a pdf

 

Peer-reviewed journal articles:

Brazelton, W. J., M. O. Schrenk, D. S. Kelley, and J. A. Baross. (In press) Methane and sulfur metabolizing microbial communities dominate in the Lost City Hydrothermal Field ecosystem. App. Environ. Microbiol.

 

Kelley, D. S.,  J. A. Karson, G. L. FrŸh-Green, D. Yoerger, T. M. Shank , D. A. Butterfield, J. M. Hayes, M. O. Schrenk, E. Olson, G. Proskurowski, M. Jakuba, A. Bradley, B. Larson, K. Ludwig, D. Glickson, K. Buckman, A. S. Bradley, W. J. Brazelton, K. Roe, M. J. Elend, A. Delacour, S. M. Bernasconi, M. D. Lilley, J. A. Baross, R. E. Summons, S. P. Sylva. (2005) A Serpentinite-Hosted Ecosystem: The Lost City Hydrothermal Field. Science 307:1428-1434.

 

Kathir P, M. LaVoie , W. J. Brazelton, N. A. Haas, P. A. Lefebvre, C. D. Silflow. (2003) Molecular map of the Chlamydomonas reinhardtii nuclear genome. Eukaryot Cell. 2003 Apr;2(2):362-79

 

Brazelton, W. J.,  C. D. Amundsen,  C. D. Silflow, P. A. Lefebvre. (2001) The bld1 mutation identifies the Chlamydomonas osm-6 homolog as a gene required for flagellar assembly. Curr Biol. 2001 Oct 16;11(20):1591-4

 

 

Conference Abstracts:

Brazelton, W. J., and J.A. Baross (2008) Biological methane cycling at the Lost City Hydrothermal Field. Oral Presentation, Astrobiology Science Conference, Santa Clara, CA.

Brazelton, W. J., and W.T. Sullivan III (2008) Understanding the 19th century origins of discipline formation: lessons for Astrobiology? Astrobiology Science Conference, Santa Clara, CA.

Fuchsman, C.A., W.J. Brazelton, R.E. Collins, and G. Rocap. (2008) Vertical descent or lateral transfer? Unravelling the large number of whole-genome reciprocal BLAST hits between anaerobic, thermophilic bacteria and archaea. Astrobiology Science Conference and Oral Presentation at Astrobiology Graduate Student Conference, Santa Clara, CA.

Anderson, R.A., W.J. Brazelton, R.E. Collins, M. Ewert Sarmiento, C.A. Fuchsman, A.D. Goldman, J.P. Harnmeijer, M. Lin, A.D. Opatkiewicz, S.M. Som, and E. Stueeken. (2008) A course in the origin of life as a model for meeting the goals of an astrobiology curriculum. Astrobiology Science Conference, Santa Clara, CA.

Brazelton, W. J., and J. A. Baross (2008) Methane cycling at 80¼C and pH 10 by archaeal biofilms of the Lost City Hydrothermal Field. Gordon Research Conference: Origin of Life and Oral Presentation at Graduate Research Seminar, Ventura, CA.

Brazelton, W. J., and J. A. Baross (2007) Simultaneous methane production and oxidation at 80¼C and pH 10 by microbial communities of the Lost City Hydrothermal Field. American Society for Microbiology, Toronto, Canada.

Fuchsman, C.A., W.J. Brazelton, R.E. Collins, M.C. Horner-Devine, and G. Rocap. (2007) Vertical descent or lateral transfer? Unravelling the large number of whole-genome reciprocal BLAST hits between anaerobic, thermophilic bacteria and archaea. American Society for Microbiology, Toronto, Canada.

Brazelton, W. J., D. S. Kelley, and J. A. Baross (2006) Anaerobic methane oxidation and methanogenesis at 80¼C by microbial communities of the Lost City Hydrothermal Field. Astrobiology Science Conference, Carnegie Institue of Washington, D. C.

Brazelton, W. J. , M. O. Screnk, D. S. Kelley, and J. A. Baross (2005) Molecular survey of microbial communities at the Lost City Hydrothermal Field reveals an ecosystem dominated by methane metabolism. Astrobiology Science Conference, University of Colorado-Boulder.

Brazelton, W. J., M. O. Schrenk, S.A. Bolton, and J.A. Baross (2004) Molecular and Organismal Characterization of Microbial Communities at the Lost City Hydrothermal Field. Astrobiology Science Conferece, NASA Ames Research Center

Brazelton, W. J., C. D. Amundsen, C. D. Silflow, and P. A. Lefebvre (2002) IFT52 is encoded by BLD1, a gene required for intraflagellar transport. Tenth International Conference on the Cell and Molecular Biology of Chlamydomonas, Vancouver, BC, Canada.