Yuri Gorby

Biotransformation of Iron Minerals

Lead Institution

J. Craig Venter Institute

Principal Investigator

Yuri Gorby

Project type

Exploratory Research

Formation and Composition of Biogenic Iron Minerals

Lead Institution

J. Craig Venter Institute

Principal Investigator

Yuri Gorby

Project type

Exploratory Research

Ecophysiological Investigation of Cyanobacteria using Controlled Cultivation

Lead Institution

J. Craig Venter Institute

Principal Investigator

Yuri Gorby

Project type

Grand Challenge

This project targets the development and operation of a fully instrumented photobioreactor that will serve to cultivate Cyanobacteria under well defined and controlled conditions. This capability…

Biogenic Iron Materials

Lead Institution

J. Craig Venter Institute

Principal Investigator

Yuri Gorby

Project type

Exploratory Research

We will image iron minerals produced by the reduction of solid phase ferric oxides. The research will require the use of field emission SEM and TEM.

Characterizing the Composition, Morphology and Reactivity of Bacterial Nanowires using Advanced Scanning Probe Microscopy, MS-Based Proteomics and Scanning Electron Microscopy

Lead Institution

J. Craig Venter Institute

Principal Investigator

Yuri Gorby

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

This project seeks to investigate the composition, morphology and reactivity of electrically conductive appendages known as bacterial nanowires. The research will capitalize on numerous analytical,…

Proteomic Analysis of Extracellular Appendages Displayed in Desulfovibrio vulgaris

Lead Institution

Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Dwayne Elias

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

Sulfate-reducing bacteria makeup a substantial portion of subsurface microbial communities at DOE contaminated sites in particular. They are capable of reducing and immobilizing, soluble U(VI) by…

Conductivity of bacterial nanowires

Lead Institution

J. Craig Venter Institute

Principal Investigator

Yuri Gorby

Project type

Exploratory Research

Scanning tunneling microscopy will be used to image and characterize bacterial appendages produced by iron reducing bacteria that are believed to be involved with the extracellular reduction of iron…

Combined transcriptome and proteome analysis of Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 etrA and arcA mutant strains

Lead Institution

Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Steven Brown

Project type

Exploratory Research

Shewanella oneidensis etrA and arcA deletion strains and the parental strain were each grown in continuous culture for 410 hours. The growth conditions were altered from an aerobic steady state, to a…

EMSL Science Overview

Yuri Gorby

Projects

Biotransformation of Iron Minerals

Formation and Composition of Biogenic Iron Minerals

Ecophysiological Investigation of Cyanobacteria using Controlled Cultivation

Biogenic Iron Materials

Characterizing the Composition, Morphology and Reactivity of Bacterial Nanowires using Advanced Scanning Probe Microscopy, MS-Based Proteomics and Scanning Electron Microscopy

Proteomic Analysis of Extracellular Appendages Displayed in Desulfovibrio vulgaris

Conductivity of bacterial nanowires

Combined transcriptome and proteome analysis of Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 etrA and arcA mutant strains