Our Projects - DOE Joint Genome Institute

Drilling site at the BA1B well into the Samail Ophiolite in the Sultanate of Oman. (Elizabeth Fones)

Microbial Carbon Cycling in the Samail Ophiolite

Seeking a better understanding of adaptations necessary for life in active serpentinization sites such as the Samail Ophiolite, and to determine the role of viruses in diversification and liberation of organic carbon. [Read More]

Red algal life at the extremes. Left: Cyanidiophyceae thriving in hot springs at Yellowstone National Park at Yellowstone National Park. Right: Rock dwelling Galdeiereia phelgrea (green band in image) growing near Yellowstone hot springs. (D. Bhattacharya)

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]

Lignocellulose-degrading Agaricales fungi

This project focuses on the genomes of thirty-two saprobic Agaricales, for a large repertoire of enzymes acting on plant biomass. [Read More]

Subsurface microbiology for GEWaSC modelling

Investigating the ways in which intersecting biological, chemical, and physical processes shape the terrestrial subsurface, with feedbacks to the regional or global system. [Read More]