Invisible Life in Extreme Environments: Microbes from Ocean to Orbit with Anne Thompson PhD, Assistant Professor, Portland State University’s Biology Department and the Center for Life in Extreme Environments and Jay Nadeau, PhD, Professor of Physics, Portland State University

May 18, 2026 | 7-9PM | Doors at 6:30PM | Empirical Theater

Microscopic life shapes our world in ways we rarely see, from ocean microbes that help drive Earth’s oxygen and nutrient cycles to swimming bacteria that may teach us how to detect life beyond our planet. Join us for a journey into hidden worlds, where the smallest organisms reveal some of the biggest secrets about life on Earth and in space.