Jayde Aufrecht

Elucidation of the Roles of Diazotrophic EndoPopulus: Endophyte Communities in Promoting Productivity and Resilience of Populus through Systems Biology Approaches (EndoPopulus)

Lead Institution

Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Amir Ahkami

The plant microbiome, including microbial endophytes living within plants and the epiphytes living on the plant surface, has a profound influence on the productivity and resilience of the host plant…

Using culture-independent methods to link active compound-specific carbon degradation to greenhouse gas production and recycling in natural populations of permafrost microbes

Lead Institution

Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory

Principal Investigator

John Cliff

The initial focus of this work will be to improve sample handling of microbial samples to aid in FISH, Imaging Mass Spectrometry, and other spatially-resolved analyses. In initial efforts, we will…

Investigating spatiotemporal monitoring of soil organic matter using spectral induced polarization

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Judith Robinson

Understanding soil organic matter (SOM) dynamic behavior and interactions is critical in determining regional soil fertility and health. SOM controls crop yields, the diversity of microorganisms used…

Activity-based probes (ABPs) for studying the molecular mechanism of root exudation

Lead Institution

Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Vimal Kumar Balasubramanian

Evolving a symbiotic plant-microbe relationship in the rhizosphere (root-soil interface) is essential for sustainable bioenergy feedstock production. Such a relationship is facilitated by plant small…

Linking phosphorus and carbon in rhizosphere nutrient cycling

Lead Institution

Michigan State University

Principal Investigator

James Moran

Project type

FICUS Research

Plant root exudates provide a significant carbon (C) source for rhizosphere microbial communities. In return, these communities help mobilize nutrients needed for plant growth. For instance,…

Elucidation of the Roles of Diazotrophic EndoPopulus: Endophyte Communities in Promoting Productivity and Resilience of Populus through Systems Biology Approaches (EndoPopulus)

Lead Institution

Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Amir Ahkami

The plant microbiome, including microbial endophytes living within plants and the epiphytes living on the plant surface, has a profound influence on the productivity and resilience of the host plant…

Bio-printed microbial habitats for high-throughput, in situ metaphenomics

Lead Institution

Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Jayde Aufrecht

Outside of laboratory cultures microorganisms live in micro-structured environments which provide non-competitive spatial niches critical to maintaining genotypic and phenotypic diversity in the…

Soil-like habitats for spatial analysis of microbe-mineral interactions

Lead Institution

Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Arunima Bhattacharjee

The objective of this study is to develop mineral microfluidics compatible with a suite of optical and chemical imaging capabilities at EMSL, as well as SSRL, for probing microbially relevant…

High-throughput rhizosphere biosensor development

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Joshua Elmore

The development of robust quantitative in situ bacterial biosensors that report on inter-organismal rhizosphere signaling, soil conditions, and plant health remains a pivotal goal for the research…

1000 Soils Research Campaign

Lead Institution

Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Nancy Hess

Project type

MONet

To more fully understand the cycling of carbon, carbon-based nutrients and key elements from the molecular to basin scale across variations in soil chemistry, the Environmental Molecular Sciences…

Disentangling the role of microbial interactions and spatial structure in soil organic matter decomposition

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Ryan McClure

Project type

Exploratory Research

The study of the soil microbiome is critical to understanding the ecological functions carried out by soil microorganisms, particularly with respect to the cycling of carbon (C) and nitrogen (N)…

Automating Microbial Community Phenotyping within Synthetic Soil Aggregates

Lead Institution

Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Jayde Aufrecht

Microbial hotspots are the sites of nearly all biogeochemical transformations (BGT) in the soil. Unfortunately, the small size (µm to mm) and transient existence (hours to days) of microbial…

Nanopore Platforms for Protein Analysis

Lead Institution

Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Jayde Aufrecht

Nanopore-based protein sensing has the potential to revolutionize the field of proteomics by providing single-molecule protein sequencing at amino acid level resolution. However, even if nanopore…

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