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Deep Biosphere Harbors Active, Growing Communities of Microorganisms

The deep biosphere—the realm of sediments far below the seafloor—harbors a vast ecosystem of bacteria, archaea, and fungi that are actively metabolizing, proliferating, and moving, according a new study by scientists at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) and the University of Delaware (UD).

“This is the first molecular evidence for active cell division in the deep biosphere,” says WHOI postdoctoral investigator Bill Orsi, who was the lead author on the study. Previous studies and models had suggested cells were alive, but whether the cells were actually dividing or not had remained elusive. (more…)

Evolution of Human Resources

By Guest PostJanuary 21, 2013Economybeebe medical center, bejoy philip, catherine halen, clayton hall, employee development, employer relations, empowerment, entrepreneurship, evolution, george irvine, human resources, human resources management, john sawyer, jpmorgan chase, kimberlee krupa, lerner college, lynn sydnor epps, organization, organizational development, personnel department, roundtable topic, siemens corporation, ud, university of delaware

Future of organizational development Employee Development Roundtable topic

Remember the personnel department? It’s an old fashioned concept now with its focus on record-keeping and employee policies, evolving into “human resources management” in the latter half of the 20th century.

But the future of human resources is also changing. Panelists and attendees at the University of Delaware’s Employee Development Roundtable in December discussed how organizations will develop their employees in the future, how local and global business pressures will affect the field, how technology will change employee development and what organizational development professionals should do now to shape the future. (more…)

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Deep Biosphere Harbors Active, Growing Communities of Microorganisms

Evolution of Human Resources