Matthias Hess

Expression profile of biomass-degrading fungi inhabiting the cow rumen

Lead Institution

University of California, Davis

Principal Investigator

Matthias Hess

Fungi play a significant role in anaerobic degrading of biomass in the cow rumen and fungal enzymes appear to have higher specific activities towards plant cell wall polymers than bacterial biomass…

Comparative metaproteomics and metametabolomics of the biomass-degrading microbial community that inhabits the cow rumen

Lead Institution

University of California, Davis

Principal Investigator

Matthias Hess

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

Lignocellulosic plant material is one of the most promising sources of sustainable liquid transportation fuels but the recalcitrant nature of the plant cell wall and the cost of biomass-degrading…

Method development to facilitate expression profiling of the biomass-degrading rumen microbiome

Lead Institution

University of California, Davis

Principal Investigator

Matthias Hess

Fungi play a significant role in anaerobic degrading of biomass in the cow rumen and fungal enzymes appear to have higher specific activities towards plant cell wall polymers than bacterial biomass…

Biomineralization and Biosequestration Mechanisms at Life's Upper Temperatures: A Reappraisal using Novel CryoEM Techniques

Lead Institution

Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Sherry Cady

Though microbes can indirectly and metabolically transform, sequester, and transport (i) ions, (ii) organic and inorganic complexes, and (iii) precipitates via a wide range of mechanisms,…

FECB: A Functional Encyclopedia of Cyanobacteria - Building the knowledge framework for an enhanced understanding of carbon and nitrogen cycling

Lead Institution

University of California, Davis

Principal Investigator

Matthias Hess

Project type

FICUS Research

There has been a great interest by the Department of Energy (DOE) to increase the phylogenetic coverage of genome sequences from across the phyla archaea and bacteria – including cyanobacteria. The…

Systems Biology of the Rumen Microbiome: Towards a Multi-Scalar Understanding of Biomass Degradation

Lead Institution

University of California, Davis

Principal Investigator

Matthias Hess

Project type

Exploratory Research

We have shown recently that the composition of the microbial community in the cow rumen is substrate driven, changes its composition during biomass-degradation and that it possesses a large…

Compute Allocation in support of EMSL User Proposal 47483

Lead Institution

University of California, Davis

Principal Investigator

Matthias Hess

Project type

Limited Scope

Rapid Access to compute allocation to complete analysis of data previously generated from an EMSL User project to prepare manuscript for submission to scientific journal

EMSL Science Overview

Matthias Hess

Projects

Expression profile of biomass-degrading fungi inhabiting the cow rumen

Comparative metaproteomics and metametabolomics of the biomass-degrading microbial community that inhabits the cow rumen

Method development to facilitate expression profiling of the biomass-degrading rumen microbiome

Biomineralization and Biosequestration Mechanisms at Life's Upper Temperatures: A Reappraisal using Novel CryoEM Techniques

FECB: A Functional Encyclopedia of Cyanobacteria - Building the knowledge framework for an enhanced understanding of carbon and nitrogen cycling

Systems Biology of the Rumen Microbiome: Towards a Multi-Scalar Understanding of Biomass Degradation

Compute Allocation in support of EMSL User Proposal 47483