Elizabeth Shank

Dissecting bacterial heterogeneity using fluorescence and imaging mass spectrometry

Lead Institution

University of Massachusetts Medical School

Principal Investigator

Elizabeth Shank

Project type

Exploratory Research

In nature, most microbes exist as members of complex multispecies communities that play vital roles promoting plant and soil health. Many of these microbial communities exist as biofilms: structured…

Development and implementation of an in situ high-resolution isotopic microscope for measuring metabolic interactions in soil mesocosms

Lead Institution

University of Massachusetts Medical School

Principal Investigator

Elizabeth Shank

Soil microbial processes exert a major influence on many of our planet's ecosystems, yet our ability to directly observe the enzymatic and metabolic activities of microbes within soil is…

The effects of coculture on cellular spatial heterogeneity in colony and plant-associated biofilms

Lead Institution

University of Massachusetts Medical School

Principal Investigator

Elizabeth Shank

Project type

Exploratory Research

Bacteria live everywhere, from the soil and sea to the surface of every plant and animal on earth. Most bacteria exist within diverse, multispecies communities that exert profound impacts on their…

Development and implementation of an in situ high-resolution isotopic microscope for measuring metabolic interactions in soil mesocosms

Lead Institution

University of Massachusetts Medical School

Principal Investigator

Elizabeth Shank

Soil microbial processes exert a major influence on many of our planet's ecosystems, yet our ability to directly observe the enzymatic and metabolic activities of microbes within soil is…

Determining cell type distributions in Bacillus subtilis biofilm communities

Lead Institution

University of Massachusetts Medical School

Principal Investigator

Elizabeth Shank

Project type

Limited Scope

In bacterial communities, genetically identical bacteria differentiate into functionally and transcriptionally distinct cell types. In the soil environment, certain cell types carry out essential…

Development and implementation of an in situ high-resolution isotopic microscope for measuring metabolic interactions in soil microcosms

Lead Institution

Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Christopher Anderton

Soil microbial processes exert a major influence on many of our planet's ecosystems, yet our ability to directly observe the enzymatic and metabolic activities of microbes within soil is…

Projects

Dissecting bacterial heterogeneity using fluorescence and imaging mass spectrometry

Development and implementation of an in situ high-resolution isotopic microscope for measuring metabolic interactions in soil mesocosms

The effects of coculture on cellular spatial heterogeneity in colony and plant-associated biofilms

Development and implementation of an in situ high-resolution isotopic microscope for measuring metabolic interactions in soil mesocosms

Determining cell type distributions in Bacillus subtilis biofilm communities

Development and implementation of an in situ high-resolution isotopic microscope for measuring metabolic interactions in soil microcosms