Applying metagenomic tools to Hook Ridge sediments, Bransfield Strait, Western Antarctic</p><p>Peninsula Antarctic, will provide an unprecedented examination of key microbial processes and</p><p>their role in a submarine vulcanic edif in a Antartica. These efforts would be the first to</p><p>characterize a microbial community process in an Antarctic vents site. We are particularly</p><p>interested in the chemolithoautotrophs and their relevance to connections between deep energy</p><p>and deep life. PI Vivian Helena Pellizari, University of Sao Paulo