Ryan McClure

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…

Metabolomics analysis of carbon storing microbial communities

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Ryan McClure

We have completed the development of two naturally evolved communities of soil bacteria that can produce high levels of CaCO3. As CaCO3 production is one way in which carbon storage in the soil can…

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…

TEAMS - Trial Ecosystems for the Advancement of Microbiome Science

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Ryan McClure

A primary goal of the TEAMs project is to optimize the Soil EcoFAB devices to accommodate goals of the soil microbiome scientific community. We have made significant progress advancing the Soil…

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…

3D Root Cartography of Molecular-Microbe Interactions

Lead Institution

Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Christer Jansson

We intend to develop a pipeline for simultaneous 3D spatial imaging of metabolites and microorganisms on plant roots, generating a molecular and microbial 3D-cartography of the root system. By…

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…

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…

The Effects of Earthworms on Ecosystem Multifunctionality (E3M)

Lead Institution

Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Christer Jansson

In a collaborative endeavor between EMSL and the CNRS Ecotron facility in Monpellier, France, we are launching a pilot project, E3M, to explore how Ecotron’s Macrocosm platform with ecosystem-scale…

Dynamics of Microbiomes in Space (DynaMoS)

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Janet Jansson

We propose to examine the population dynamics and community interactions of naturally co-adapted soil microbial consortia using multi-omics analysis, correlative molecular networking and metagenomics…

SyPro Poplar: Improving Poplar Biomass Production under Abiotic Stress Conditions: an
Integrated Omics, Bioinformatics, Synthetic Biology and Genetic Engineering Approach

Lead Institution

Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Amir Ahkami

To engineer bioenergy crops that can grow in dry, marginal lands, this project will introduce into poplar trees tolerance to different environmental stresses such as water deficit, high soil salinity…

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…

Elucidation of the Roles of Diazotrophic EndoPopulus: Endophyte Communities in Promoting Productivity and Resilience of Populus through Systems Biology Approaches (EndoPopulus)

Lead Institution

Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Amir Ahkami

The plant microbiome, including microbial endophytes living within plants and the epiphytes living on the plant surface, has a profound influence on the productivity and resilience of the host plant…

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…

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…

Do Your Gut Microbes Make You Moody?

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Sneha Couvillion

Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a chronic neurodevelopmental disorder affecting 5- 9% of children and substantial numbers of adults. Co-occurring irritability or mood dysregulation…

Disentangling the role of microbial interactions and spatial structure in soil organic matter decomposition

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Ryan McClure

Project type

Exploratory Research

The study of the soil microbiome is critical to understanding the ecological functions carried out by soil microorganisms, particularly with respect to the cycling of carbon (C) and nitrogen (N)…

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…

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…

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