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• Detecting and Culturing Microbes
  

  Detecting and Culturing Microbes

  ESD’s Sharon Borglin and others are studying how microarray technology—involving the growth of microorganisms in commercially available multiwell plates—enables screening for phenotypic characteristics of a test culture.

• Biofuels Beyond Photosynthesis
  

  Biofuels Beyond Photosynthesis

  As part of LBNL’s ARPA-electrofuel project, ESD’s Steve Singer and Harry Beller are leading a team of scientists in investigating whether certain soil bacteria can be converted to produce biofuels more efficiently.”

• DSSS: Professor Greg Asner
  

  DSSS: Professor Greg Asner

  ESD welcomes Dr. Greg Asner (Carnegie Institute, Stanford, CA), presenting "Mapping Ecosystem Carbon, Biodiversity, and Disturbance Regimes" May 11 at 10:30am in the Bldg. 50 Auditorium.

• A Bright Light on Single Cell Function
  

  A Bright Light on Single Cell Function

  LBNL scientists sheds light on individual cell processes by describing how they train infrared radiation from a synchrotron light source on single cells—to find out how they respond to external stimuli.

• Witherspoon Memorial May 3, 2012
  

  Witherspoon Memorial May 3, 2012

  The Witherspoon Memorial Committee will be hosting a memorial service for Paul Witherspoon May 3 2012, 2-5PM at Tilden Regional Park in Berkeley

• ESD’s Nakagawa Receives BES Award
  

  ESD’s Nakagawa Receives BES Award

  ESD’s Seiji Nakagawa and his collaborators recently received an award for the best research presentation, at the Annual Symposium for the Geosciences Research Program, within the DOE’s Office of Basic Energy Sciences.

• Progress on Carbon Capture
  

  Progress on Carbon Capture

  This Thursday afternoon (3 p.m.), Dr. Elizabeth Burton, WESTCARB Technical Director, will discuss the latest news regarding carbon capture, utilization, and storage, as part of the Earth Science and Industry Seminar series.

• Fertilizer Use & Atmospheric Nitrous Oxide
  

  Fertilizer Use & Atmospheric Nitrous Oxide

  ESD scientist & UC Professor Kristie Boering leads study into fertilizer use being responsible for increased nitrous oxide in the atmosphere.

• DSSS: Professor Jim Prosser
  

  DSSS: Professor Jim Prosser

  ESD welcomes Dr. James I. Prosser (University of Aberdeen, UK), presenting "Archaeal Ammonia Oxidisers in Soil: So What?" April. 13 at 10:30am in the Bldg. 50 Auditorium.

• A Systems Approach to Bioremediation
  

  A Systems Approach to Bioremediation

  Noting that bioremediation has historically been approached as a “black box,” Romy Chakraborty and her team describe projects that would constitute a systems biology approach for bioremediation.