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Ecology Department Projects

DOE: Office of Biological & Environmental Research

Biological System Sciences Division
- Genomics: GTL
  - Environmental Stress Pathway Project
    - Co-PI: Hazen & Lead for Applied Environmental Microbiology Research Core
  - Protein Complex Analysis Project
    - Microbiology Subproject
      - Lead: Hazen
  - Profiling Microbial Identity and Activity: Novel Applications of NanoSIMS and High Density Microarrays
    - LBNL PI: Brodie (LLNL Lead)
  - Dynamic Spatial Organization of Multi-Protein Complexes Controlling Microbial Polar Organization, Chromosome Replication, and Cytokinesis
    - LBNL PI: Andersen (Stanford Lead)
  - GTL Bioenergy Research Centers
    - Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI)
      - Director Biofuels Pathways: Beller
      - Director Microbial Communities: Hazen
  - Synchrotron Infrared Microspectromicrosopy of Cellulose Degradation of Living Cellulolytic Bacteria
    - PI: Holman
- Low Dose Radiation
  - Low Dose High-Resolution Infrared Spectromicroscopy for Molecular Characterization and Imaging of Bystander Effects in Real Time
  - PI: Holman
- Structural Biology
  - Synchrotron Infrared (SIR) Spectromicroscopy of Living Microbial Cells
    - PI: Holman
- Joint Genome Institute (JGI)
  - Soil Microbial Communities Grand Challenge
    - Lead: J. Jansson
  - Community Sequencing Project: Metagenomics of Permafrost Soil Microbiota- Implications for Climate Change
    - PI: Mark Waldrop, Co-PI: Janet Jansson
Climate and Environmental Sciences Division
- Environmental Remediation Sciences Program (ERSP)
  - LBNL Scientific Focus Area
    - Biosignatures
      - Leads: Beller/Brodie
    - Unraveling Core
      - Lead: Hazen/Faybishenko
  - ERSP Program Support
    - PI: Hazen
- Climate Change Sciences Program
  - LBNL Scientific Focus Area
    - Biological Lead: J. Jansson
LBNL Laboratory Directed Research and Development
- Uncovering the mechanistic basis for soil microbial community response to altered precipitation patterns
  - PI: Brodie
- Microbiomics of Complex microbial communities in environmental samples
  - PI: J. Jansson
- Maximizing Photosynthetic Yield by Increasing Sink Strength
  - PI: C. Jansson

Work for Others (non-DOE sources)

Energy Biosciences Institute (EBI) Funded by BP

Microbial Enhanced Hydrocarbon Recovery (MEHR) Program
- co-PIs: Hazen/Coates/Fouke, Lead: Hazen, Including: Andersen, Beller, Borglin, Brodie, Chakraborty, Geller, Holman, J. Jansson
A Realistic Technology and Engineering Assessment of Algae Biofuel Production
- PI: Quinn

NIH

Data Analysis and Coordination Center for the Human Microbiome Project
- LBNL PI: Andersen w/U. of Maryland
Discovery of Signature SNPs to Distinguish Yersina pestis Strains by Arrays
- PI: Andersen
Quantifying Gene Expression to Predict and Optimize Reductive Dechlorination by Dehalococcides spp.
- PI: Andersen
Resequencing Microarray for Detection and Antimicrobial Resistance Profiling
- PI: Brodie