Laurent Toffin is microbiologist sailing on Expedition 329. He was born in Saint Cloud, near Paris, and grew up in…

The weather is very nice today and we should be arriving at our next drilling site about mid-day. Last evening…

There are several petrologists on board Expedition 329. For those who may not know, petrology is the study of how…

Today, I am going to tell you about Wiebke Ziebis, one of the microbiologists on this expedition. Wiebke Ziebis is…

Peter Cassidy is the Camp Boss on Expedition 329, which means that he is responsible for the galley and staterooms….

We began drilling into basalt yesterday and we are continuing today. Since basalt is much harder than sediments, it is…

Hi everyone! The scientists have many sediment cores to analyze from our third location so all of the labs will…

Being a microbe, I have no arms and legs! This makes it very difficult for me to do computer work,…

On Expedition 329, the microbiologists are interested in very tiny organisms referred to as microbes. As a group, they are…