Susannah Tringe of the Genomics Division and DOE’s Joint Genome Institute. Tringe investigates the sequencing and characterization of natural communities of microbes and their roles in processes ranging from biomass degradation to efficient production of biofuels from non-food crops. Her Early Career award from the Office of Biological and Environmental Research is for her proposal “Microbial communities in biological carbon sequestration.” (See /News/news_11_05_10.html)
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