UW oceanographers Deborah Kelley,left, and John Delaney examine the interior of one of the four sulfide chimneys—also known as black smokers—that were retrieved from the seafloor off the coast of Washington and British Columbia last summer during an expedition supported in part by the UW’s Office of Research and the American Museum of Natural History in New York. Scientists sliced the structures apart in order to learn more about microbial activity in relation to the heat and chemicals found inside the chimneys. This particular structure was retrieved from the seafloor while it was actively venting fluids up to 570° F. and was cut in half this fall on the UW’s pier.

Philip Dale

Celebration—Lee Hartwell, president and director of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and UW professor of genetics, holds the Lasker Award for basic medical research at a reception given for him recently by the FHCRC Board of Trustees. He received the prestigious award in September. Genetics Professor Walt Fangman, at left, and Genetics Chair Breck Byers, at right, collaborated with Hartwell on some of the research on yeast cell division that led to the award. Photo by Clay Eals, FHCRC.

Sam Miller

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