2011
year renovated center opened
Fish that thrive beneath Antarctica’s polar ice. Acid-loving microbes inhabiting thermal vents at the ocean floor and hot springs on land. The amazing killifish, emerging from suspended animation in mud when the rains arrive in the hot, arid desert Southwest. Mosses that thrive at over 100 degrees Fahrenheit.
The Center for Life in Extreme Environments, or CLEE, seeks to foster transformative, interdisciplinary research to advance our understanding of the boundaries of life and to identify mechanisms for survival in future planetary extremes.
2011
year renovated center opened
14
tenure and research faculty
$22
million in research dollars
120
federally funded grants
over 225
publications