a series of 16 headshots beneath the text "Congratulations to our New Investigator call recipients" beside the JGI helix logo

From left to right: [above] Emma Bell, Mallory Choudoir, Sneha Couvillion, Tobin Hammer, Christina Hazard, Rachel Mackelprang, Brook Moyers, Mei, Ran,; [below] Benjamin Peterson, Dacheng Ren, Allison Rober, Neal Scott, Chikae Tatsumi, Vojtech Tlaskal, Fernando Torralbo, Luis Felipe Valdez-Nuñez 

The JGI is eager to work and share our tools with a widening circle of researchers. That’s why twice each year we look for novel research projects — aligned with DOE missions and from PIs who have not led any previously-accepted proposals — through the New Investigator call under our Community Science Program

Below find a list of the second round of researchers accepted for 2023. Proposals are accepted year-round; the next review will be conducted in November. 

NameInstitutionProposal Title
Bell, EmmaKTH Royal Institute of Technology (Sweden)Long-term dynamics of virus-host interactions in a brackish coastal ecosystem, the Baltic Sea
Choudoir, MalloryNorth Carolina State UniversityLinking soil microbial metagenomic responses and carbon fluxes across seasonal variation and between long-term land use regimes
Couvillion, SnehaPacific Northwest National LaboratoryUncovering the Small Molecule-Mediated Interactions in the Rhizosphere: Investigating the Impact of Plant Exudates on Microbial Community Dynamics and Metabolism
Hammer, TobinUniversity of California, IrvineExploring functional diversity in wild bee gut microbiomes
Hazard, ChristinaEcole Centrale de Lyon, University of Lyon (France)Determining in situ rates of host-virus evolution in soil
Mackelprang, RachelCalifornia State University, NorthridgeDetermining in situ rates of host-virus evolution in soil
Mei, RanJapan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (Japan)Unraveling the interplay between sediment microorganisms in biomass consumption
Moyers, BrookUniversity of Massachusetts, BostonGenome annotation of a bioremediating salt marsh plant
Peterson, BenjaminUniversity of California, DavisInfluence of labile permafrost dissolved organic matter on mercury-methylating microorganisms
Ren, DachengSyracuse UniversityGenetic basis of bacterial persistence
Rober, AllisonBall State UniversityUsing metatranscriptomics to link aquatic biofilm microbial diversity and function
Scott, NealQueen’s University (Canada)Multi-scale variation in permafrost soil microbial community composition across the Arctic
Tatsumi, ChikaeBoston UniversitySoil fungal community function in biogeochemical cycling and plant symbiosis under increasing urban green space disturbance intensity
Tlaskal, VojtechBiology Centre CAS (Czech Republic)Uncovering the functional potential and interactions of carbon and nitrogen cycling microorganisms adapted to an extreme habitat
Torralbo, FernandoUniversity of Cordoba (Spain)Influence of rhizobia association on transcriptome of common bean to drought recovery
Valdez-Nuñez, Luis FelipeUniversidad Nacional de Cajamarca (Peru)Bioprospecting for acidophilic microorganisms in high-altitude mining tunnels in Hualgayoc, Peru using omics tools
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