Niels Hanson

The University of British Columbia

Projects

Microbial controls on climate active trace gas cycling in a model oxygen minimum zone

Lead Institution

University of British Columbia

Principal Investigator

Steven Hallam

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

Dissolved oxygen (O2) concentration is a critical organizing principle within marine ecosystems. As oxygen levels decline, energy is increasingly diverted away from higher trophic levels into…

Reverse Methanogenesis: Validating the Hypothesis with Lineage-Resolved Environmental Proteomics

Lead Institution

University of British Columbia

Principal Investigator

Steven Hallam

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

In marine sediments three known lineages of anaerobic methane oxidizing archaea (ANME-1, 2 and 3) filter up to ~384 Tg of the greenhouse gas methane annually, greatly reducing methane flux from ocean…

Development of the Integrated MetaPROteomics Viewer (IMPROV) Software Toolkit

Lead Institution

University of British Columbia

Principal Investigator

Steven Hallam

Project type

Scientific Partner

Beyond the periphery of our senses exists an infinitely diverse microbial world. This microcosm extends into every imaginable habitat, thrives under powerful extremes, and helps create and sustain…