Nikos Kyrpides

Joint Genome Institute

Projects

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…

Scaling up for large metagenomic computations with ScalaBLAST

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Christopher Oehmen

Project type

Capability Research

The recent emphasis on understanding genomes at the level of whole organisms from the U.S. Department of Energy, National Institutes of Health, and other major agencies has driven a worldwide effort…