Approved Proposals FY13 Following are the approved user proposals for fiscal year 2013. Community Science Program (CSP) Plans Proposer Affiliation Project Description Bartley, Laura University of Oklahoma Switchgrass resequencing to enhance biofuel production Bartley, Laura University of Oklahoma Panicum virgatum RNA sequencing to identify gene expression changes related to biofuel traits Blanchard, Jeffrey University of Massachusetts Microbial community dynamics in a long-term soil warming chronosequence Boeke, Jef Johns Hopkins University Synthesis of the largest yeast chromosome, chromosome IV, and the synthetic yeast genome Sc2.0 Brune, Andreas Max-Planck Institute, Marburg, Germany Metagenomics and metatranscriptomics of the gut microbiota of higher termites Constant, Philippe INRS, Canada Metagenomic and Metatranscriptomic Analysis of Soil Biogeochemical Processes Sustained by Interspecific Transfer of Molecular Hydrogen Cottrell, Matthew University of Delaware Actively growing bacteria in coastal waters of the west Antarctic Peninsula identified by metatranscriptomic analysis Denef, Vincent University of Michigan The bacterial component of the microbial loop in the Laurentian Great Lakes and their role in the carbon cycle. Deutschbauer, Adam LBNL Functional Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea (FEBA) Francis, Christopher Stanford University Metagenomic and biogeochemical characterization of marine ammonia-oxidizing archaeal communities in a coastal upwelling system Glass, N. Louise UC Berkeley The Fungal Nutritional ENCODE project Goker, Markus DSMZ, Germany Genomic Encyclopedia of Archaeal and Bacterial Type Strains, Phase II: from individual species to whole genera Greenshields, Dave Novozymes Genome sequencing of phosphate-solubilizing Penicillium species to understand fungal contributions to the phosphorus cycle. Hallam, Steven University of British Columbia, Canada Opening a single-cell genomic window on microbial ecotype selection in expanding marine oxygen minimum zones Jansson, Janet LBNL Next Generation Ecosystem Experiment (NGEE) in the Arctic Juenger, Tom University of Texas at Austin Resequencing diverse collections and mapping resources for Panicum hallii Kema, G. H. J. Wageningen University and Research Centre, Netherlands Deciphering the Interactome of Dothideomycete-bioenergy crops Martin, Francis INRA, France Mycorrhizal Genomics Initiative: Exploring the Symbiotic Transcriptomes Nichols, Nancy USDA-ARS Genome sequence of the inhibitor-tolerant Ascomycete Coniochaeta ligniaria NRRL30616 Nusslein, Klaus University of Massachusetts Profiling Metatranscriptomic Consequences of Amazon Deforestation at Different Spatial Scales Picard, Kathryn Duke University Functional genomics of the saprotrophic-symbiotrophic fungus Rhizidium phycophilum and its algal partner Bracteacoccus sp.: increasing algal biomass through symbiosis Record, Eric Aix-Marseille University, France Survey of lignocellulolytic capabilities over the order Polyporales (Fungi, Basidiomycetes) Sczyrba, Alex Bielefeld University, Germany Metagenome, metatranscriptome and single cell genome sequencing to uncover the microbiology and functional potential of biogas-producing microbial communities from production-scale biogas plants Shapiro, Lucy Stanford University Defining the essential symbiosis genome of Sinorhizobium meliloti Siegel, Justin University of Washington Enhancement of Biofuel Production and Carbon Fixation Pathways through Metagenomic Enzyme Design Stacey, Gary University of Missouri DOE JGI Flagship Plant Gene Atlas Pilot Stepanauskas, Ramunas Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences Enigmatic life underneath us: genomic analysis of deep subsurface microorganisms Teeling, Hanno Max-Planck Institute, Bremen, Germany COGITO (Coastal Microbe Genomic & Taxonomic Observatory)