Lead by Dr. Craig Cary (University of Delaware, College of Marine Studies and University of Waikato, New Zealand) the Metagenome group was formed back in mid 2001.

A very diverse group of researchers, students and partnes from industry was put together, supported by NSF and NIH grants, whose main goal was to pursue complex chalenges sought in sequencing and characterizing the Alvinella Pompejana Epibion community.

As a group, we have been contineously pursuing this goal in the last four years. Our work has been internationally recognized and supported on many ocasions.
We actively continue to advertise environmental metagenome research as well as deep sea science through educational outreach collaboration with schools throughout the world. <read more about the educational outreach here>

You may find more information on the team members <here>.