Specialized Ribosomes: A New Frontier in Gene Regulation
Lead Institution
Texas A&M University
Principal Investigator
Deborah Bell-Pedersen
Project type
FICUS Research
A Rhizosphere-Scale Investigation of the Relationship Between Plant Productivity and Methane Emissions from Wetlands
Lead Institution
University of Washington
Principal Investigator
Rebecca Neumann
Project type
FICUS Research
Integrated Omics Analyses of a Populus Pedigree for Crop Improvement
Lead Institution
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Chongle Pan
Project type
FICUS Research
Genomes to dynamic decay communities: Understanding fungal interactions during early decomposition events in natural lignocellulosic substrate
Lead Institution
Swansea University
Principal Investigator
Dan Eastwood
Project type
FICUS Research
3D Reality Check: Developing Structural Support for Predicting Microbial Function and Interpreting Microbial "Omics" Data
Lead Institution
Marine Biological Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Zoe Cardon
Project type
FICUS Research
Investigating the carbon cycling implications of changing microbial leaf litter decomposition across a permafrost thaw gradient.
Lead Institution
University of Arizona
Principal Investigator
Scott Saleska
Project type
FICUS Research
Detecting Seismically-Sustained Deep Subsurface CH4-cycling Chemolithoautotrophic Microbial Communities Using Multi-Omic Analyses and NanoSIMS
Lead Institution
Princeton University
Principal Investigator
Tullis Onstott
Project type
FICUS Research
Characterizing the ecophysiologies of uncultured syntrophic associations driving anaerobic methane oxidation: applications of targeted meta'omics and multi-modal analytical imaging of diverse archaeal-bacterial consortia
Lead Institution
California Institute of Technology
Principal Investigator
Victoria Orphan
Project type
FICUS Research
Systems Analysis of Trophic Transitions in Chromochloris zofingiensis, an Emerging Model Green Alga with Promising Biofuel Potential
Lead Institution
University of California, Berkeley
Principal Investigator
Krishna Niyogi
Project type
FICUS Research
Biodiversity and ice-nucleating activity of soil and marine airborne microorganisms and relationship to source material
Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Susannah Burrows
Project type
FICUS Research
Towards a molecular-level understanding of terrestrial organic matter transformations by microbes in a rapidly changing Arctic Ocean
Lead Institution
Concordia University
Principal Investigator
David Walsh
Project type
FICUS Research
Revealing the Molecular Interactions in Phototroph-Heterotroph Co-Cultures for Bioenergy Through Development of an In Silico Platform for Design and Discovery
Lead Institution
Johns Hopkins University
Principal Investigator
Michael Betenbaugh
Project type
FICUS Research
From phenotype to genotype and back again: large scale functional characterization of microbial dark matter by combining activity-based cell sorting, isotope labeling, and genomic sequencing
Lead Institution
Montana State University
Principal Investigator
Roland Hatzenpichler
Project type
FICUS Research
Identifying and applying design rules to engineer polyketide synthases for production of biofuels and bioproducts
Lead Institution
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Jay Keasling
Project type
FICUS Research
Tracking switchgrass photosynthate via 13CO2 pulse-chase into the rhizosphere microbiome and metabolome
Lead Institution
Michigan State University
Principal Investigator
Lisa Tiemann
Project type
FICUS Research
Combining high resolution organic matter characterization and microbial meta-omics to assess the effects of nutrient loading on salt marsh carbon sequestration
Lead Institution
Northeastern University
Principal Investigator
Jennifer Bowen
Project type
FICUS Research
Scaling molecular mechanisms of mycorrhizal-decomposer interactions to emergent ecosystem carbon balance
Lead Institution
Boston University
Principal Investigator
Jennifer Bhatnagar
Project type
FICUS Research
The synchronization of microbial and plant phenology in a mountainous watershed and its importance for nutrient retention under changing hydrologic regimes.
Lead Institution
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Eoin Brodie
Project type
FICUS Research
Linking Proteogenomics, Metabolomics, and Soil Organic Chemistry of Tropical Wetlands to a Soil Nutrient Cycling Model
Lead Institution
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Melanie Mayes
Project type
FICUS Research
Engineering enzyme networks for biomass deconstruction in synthetic microbial communities
Lead Institution
University of British Columbia
Principal Investigator
Steven Hallam
Project type
FICUS Research