<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""><div style="letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; border-collapse: separate; line-height: normal; 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font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; orphans: auto; widows: auto;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial;" class="">Join us for a <i style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="">live </i>glimpse of the biological diversity of previously unexplored areas in the deep sea off California. The museum will host a live Q&A with Peter R. Girguis, Harvard Professor of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, who is working with an international team aboard the E/V <i style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="">Nautilus</i>. The live Q&A will be on Thursday June 30<sup style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="">th</sup> at 2 p.m. from Haller Hall at the Harvard Museum of Natural History at 26 Oxford Street. You’ll see the ocean floor via deep<font color="#ff0000" class="">-</font>diving robotic cameras. The rover has been working down as deep at 3,800 feet, observing the region around the Goleta landslide.</span><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; orphans: auto; widows: auto; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial;" class=""> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; orphans: auto; widows: auto; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial;" class="">Audience members will have an opportunity to ask questions of Peter Girguis in a conversation moderated by Heather Olins of the Girguis Lab at Harvard, whose doctoral thesis was on microbial eco-physiology at hydrothermal vents. The event is free and open to the public, but do plan to visit the museum before or afterwards to explore the new exhibition, <i class="">Marine Life in the Putnam Family Gallery. </i>Museum admission $12 adults; non-Harvard students with ID $10: $8 youth (3-18); free for Harvard ID-holder and one guest. </span><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; orphans: auto; widows: auto; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial;" class=""> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; orphans: auto; widows: auto; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial;" class="">The research team is looking at the natural resources off the coast as well as its ecology using unmanned, remotely operated underwater vehicles for collecting imagery and samples from the deep sea.</span><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; orphans: auto; widows: auto; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial;" class=""> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; orphans: auto; widows: auto; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial;" class="">About the research vessel: The team is onboard the E/V <i class="">Nautilus</i> owned by the not-for-profit Ocean Exploration Trust. The ship operates two remotely-operated vehicles (ROVs or robot subs that can dive and work underwater). ROV <i class="">Hercules</i> is the “yellow” submarine that works on the bottom and ROV <i class="">Argus</i> watches the ROV <i class="">Hercules</i> from above. They are diving to multiple depths ranging from 200 to 3,800 meters. For more on the expedition, see <a href="http://www.nautiluslive.org" style="color: purple;" class="">http://www.nautiluslive.org</a> or a short video here: <a href="http://www.nautiluslive.org/video/2016/06/22/expedition-overview-central-california-60-seconds" style="color: purple;" class="">http://www.nautiluslive.org/video/2016/06/22/expedition-overview-central-california-60-seconds</a><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; orphans: auto; widows: auto; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial;" class=""> </span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; orphans: auto; widows: auto; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial;" class="">Share on Facebook, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/harvardmuseumofnaturalhistory" style="color: purple;" class="">https://www.facebook.com/harvardmuseumofnaturalhistory</a></span><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; orphans: auto; widows: auto; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial;" class=""> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; orphans: auto; widows: auto; background-color: white;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial;" class="">Harvard Museum of Natural History</span></b><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; orphans: auto; widows: auto; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial;" class="">26 Oxford Street</span><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; orphans: auto; widows: auto; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial;" class="">Cambridge, MA 02138</span><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; orphans: auto; widows: auto; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial;" class=""> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; orphans: auto; widows: auto; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial;" class="">617-495-3045</span><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; orphans: auto; widows: auto; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial;" class="">http:www.hmnh.harvard.edu</span></div></div></span></i></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></div></body></html>