"Dancing in the Dark: Chemosynthesis and Symbiosios"
Dr. Colleen Cavanaugh

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  1. General Introduction
  2. Endosymbiotic Origin of Our Own Cells and Symbiosis in Humans
  3. Introduction: Deep Sea Vents
  4. Basic Chemosynthesis
  5. Addressing Basic Research Questions
  6. Diving in the DSV Alvin
  7. Characteristics of Vent Fluid
  8. Tubeworms, Other Eukaryotes and Their Symbiotic Microbes
  9. The importance of Teaching the New rRNA-based Diversity of Life
  10. Endosymbiosis: The Pathway to Becoming an Organelle
  11. Studying Local Microbial Biogeography of the Eastern Pacific Rise
  12. Research that High School Students Can Do