Ruonan Wu | Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory

Enhancing biopreparedness through a model system to understand the molecular mechanisms that lead to pathogenesis and disease transmission

Lead Institution

Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Margaret Cheung-Wyker

The science of biopreparedness to counter biological threats hinges on understanding the fundamental principles and molecular mechanisms that lead to pathogenesis and disease transmission. Our vision…

Investigating the Role of Drought-Impacted Root Exudates on Rhizosphere Microbial Metabolism and Viral Dynamics for Improving Tall Wheatgrass Drought Tolerance

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Sneha Couvillion

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

The rhizosphere is the center of interactions between roots, soil, and microbes, where chemical exchanges are key drivers of microbial composition, plant productivity, and resilience to abiotic…

Spatiotemporal mapping of lignocellulose decomposition by a naturally evolved fungal garden microbial consortium

Lead Institution

Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Kristin Burnum-Johnson

Some microbial communities composed of bacteria and fungi can readily breakdown plant matter into its component sugars. Leaf-cutter ants take advantage of such microbial communities by maintaining…

Prediction of response of microbial interaction networks cycling carbon to changing moisture conditions

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Ryan McClure

Harnessing the soil microbiome presents transformational opportunities to optimize the economic and environmental value of our nation’s soil microbiomes, including maintaining soil organic matter…

Moisture and seasonal drivers of Inter-Kingdom metabolic interaction in a marginal soil rhizosphere

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

William Nelson

Project type

FICUS Research

Soil is a complex environment with numerous competing and cooperating populations contributing to overall ecosystem services. Plants provide most of the fresh organic carbon inputs through growth and…

Prediction of response of microbial interaction networks cycling carbon to changing moisture conditions

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Ryan McClure

Harnessing the soil microbiome presents transformational opportunities to optimize the economic and environmental value of our nation’s soil microbiomes, including maintaining soil organic matter…

Prediction of soil microbiome phenotypic responses to changing moisture conditions

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Jason McDermott

The goal of this project is to attain a systems level understanding of the soil microbiome and its phenotypic response to changing moisture through a tractable, spatially explicit examination of the…

Influences of Hydrologic Exchange Flows on River Corridor and Watershed Biogeochemical Function

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

James Stegen

We are developing predictive understanding of the processes that govern influences of hydrologic exchange flows on water quality, nutrient dynamics, and ecosystem health in dynamic river corridor…

Pore to core: Changes in osmotic conditions due to varying antecedent soil moisture conditions drive microbial community composition

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Vanessa Bailey

Recent research has shown that bacterial invasion by phage, detected via CRISPR inserts, increases with increasing osmotic stress. We seek access to EMSL computing resources to explore existing…

Prediction of response in soil microbiome carbon utilization to changing moisture conditions

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Jason McDermott

Project type

FICUS Research

The goal of this project is to attain a systems level understanding of the soil microbiome and its phenotypic response to changing moisture through a tractable, spatially explicit examination of the…

Influences of Hydrologic Exchange Flows on River Corridor and Watershed Biogeochemical Function

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

James Stegen

We are developing predictive understanding of the processes that govern influences of hydrologic exchange flows on water quality, nutrient dynamics, and ecosystem health in dynamic river corridor…

Prediction of soil microbiome phenotypic responses to changing moisture conditions

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Jason McDermott

The goal of this project is to attain a systems level understanding of the soil microbiome and its phenotypic response to changing moisture through a tractable, spatially explicit examination of the…

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…

Prediction of response in soil microbiome carbon utilization to changing moisture conditions

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Jason McDermott

This project is directed under the “Phenotypic Response of the Soil Microbiome to Environmental Perturbations” SFA project awarded to Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. The goal of the SFA is to…

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