Taniya Roy Chowdhury

Molecular controls of microbial nitrogen use efficiency in agricultural soils

Lead Institution

United States Department of Agriculture - Agricultural Research Service

Principal Investigator

Amisha Poret-Peterson

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

Microbial nitrogen use efficiency (NUE) reflects the partitioning of organic N taken up between N incorporation into microbial biomass (growth) and N recycled to the environment as inorganic N …

Probing complex microbiomes using mass spectrometry and sequencing capabilities to understand how microbiomes are influenced by their environment

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Stephen Callister

This is a resource owner proposal as part of the MinT LDRD Initiative. The objective of this proposal is the development of sequencing and mass spectrometry capabilities to support research into how…

Does Geochemical Legacy Select for Soil Microbial Members in Establishing Wetland Functions?

Lead Institution

University of Maryland, College Park

Principal Investigator

Stephanie Yarwood

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

Wetland restoration efforts are critical to enhance carbon sequestration in biomass and reestablish ecosystem vitality and functions. The success of such restoration efforts are frequently assessed…

Microbial nitrogen use efficiencies and their molecular controls in carbon sequestering soils

Lead Institution

United States Department of Agriculture - Agricultural Research Service

Principal Investigator

Amisha Poret-Peterson

Project type

Exploratory Research

Present-day agriculture faces a major challenge to sustain food production in the face of a changing climate while mitigating greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. One way to rise to this challenge is to…

Dissection and Deciphering of the Soil Microbiome

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Janet Jansson

This proposal aims to address key gaps in our knowledge about the composition and functional roles of the tens of thousands of microbial species in soil. Although these microorganisms carry out…

Control of methane and carbon dioxide emissions by sulfur biogeochemistry in terrestrial ecosystems

Lead Institution

Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory

Principal Investigator

John Cliff

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

Freshwater wetlands are responsible for 40% of the methane emissions worldwide. Despite very low amounts of ambient sulfate, these ecosystems often support high rates of sulfate reduction, rivaling…

Probing complex microbiomes using mass spectrometry and sequencing capabilities to understand how microbiomes are influenced by their environment

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Stephen Callister

This proposal will utilize next generation sequencing and mass spectrometry (MS) capabilities to address key knowledge gaps in our functional understanding of how complex microbiomes influence and…

Projects

Molecular controls of microbial nitrogen use efficiency in agricultural soils

Probing complex microbiomes using mass spectrometry and sequencing capabilities to understand how microbiomes are influenced by their environment

Does Geochemical Legacy Select for Soil Microbial Members in Establishing Wetland Functions?

Microbial nitrogen use efficiencies and their molecular controls in carbon sequestering soils

Dissection and Deciphering of the Soil Microbiome

Control of methane and carbon dioxide emissions by sulfur biogeochemistry in terrestrial ecosystems

Probing complex microbiomes using mass spectrometry and sequencing capabilities to understand how microbiomes are influenced by their environment