Expanding Genomic Knowledge of Unexplored Cyanobacteria
This proposal focuses on rare cyanobacteria, with the genomic data used for synthetic biology approaches of drug discovery under condition of climate change. [Read More]
New Green Genes
Genomics research on unicellular green algae has not yet reached its full potential. This proposal focuses on sequencing genomes from underrepresented green algae groups. [Read More]
Reducing the Complexity of Plant Genomes
Enabling researchers to study the expression of the entire genome of their favorite bioenergy plant through tools to reduce the complexity of the genome. [Read More]
High-Throughput Discovery of Bacterial Sensory-Enzymes
Discovering some of the chemical cues that affect the behavior of environmental and plant-associated bacteria. [Read More]
Microbial Carbon Cycling in the Samail Ophiolite
Seeking a better understanding of adaptations necessary for life in active serpentinization sites, and to determine the role of viruses in diversification and liberation of organic carbon. [Read More]
Studies of Life at the Edge using Cyanidiophyceae
How Cyanidiophyceae, a group of unicellular red algae that occupies a variety of hot springs and acid mining sites, become extremophiles. [Read More]
Genome Dynamics and Potential Functional Impacts in Fusarium
The fungal genus Fusarium consists of more than 300 phylogenetically distinct species that, collectively, occur as mutualists and/or plant pathogens on virtually all crops. [Read More]
Viruses in the Rhizosphere
This proposal will connect the virome and microbiome to nitrogen cycling in perennial bioenergy cropping systems on marginal lands. [Read More]
Pennycress has Energy and Ecosystem Benefits
Pennycress (Thlaspi arvense) is under development as a winter annual oilseed bioenergy crop for the Midwest Corn Belt and other temperate regions. [Read More]
Life Cycle Evolution in Green Algae
Investigating the genes underlying sexual reproduction in green algae in order to better understand how to use classical breeding and domestication approaches. [Read More]