Marci Garcia

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

0000-0002-7094-2146

Projects

Dynamics of Microbiomes in Space (DynaMoS)

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Janet Jansson

Microorganisms were the first colonizers of our planet and they have since evolved over billions of years to utilize the resources that are available to them. Of all of Earth’s habitats, soil is the…

Single-Cell Characterization of Microbiomes via Split-Pool Ligation Transcriptomics

Lead Institution

Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Alex Beliaev

While single-cell technologies are rapidly becoming a standard for measuring expression in eukaryotic organisms, their utility for prokaryotes is facing substantial technical barriers including…

Harnessing Biomineralization Potential of Metal-Oxidizing Bacteria for REE Synthesis

Lead Institution

Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Alex Beliaev

Although redox reactions and enzymes participating in the extracellular oxidation of Fe and Mn are identified, little is known about the biomineralization mechanisms that facilitate formation…