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Research Summaries: BER Biological Systems Science Division Annual PI Meeting, April 2024
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PI
PI Institution
Presenter
Research Area
Project
Mapping Enzymatic Esterification to Natural Expression Levels for a Specialized Clade of HCT Acyltransferases in Poplar
Fox
University of Wisconsin–Madison
Fox
Bioenergy
GLBRC
Systems Biology to Enable Modular Metabolic Engineering of Fatty Acid Production in Cyanobacteria
Young
Vanderbilt University
Zuniga
Utilizing Cryo-Electron Microscopy to Characterize Proteins Relevant to Biomass Biosynthesis and Bioconversion
Tuskan
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Ziegler
Investigating Cellular Network and Outer-Membrane Vesicles for the Metabolism of Lignin-Derived Aromatics in Soil
Pseudomonas
Species
Aristilde
Northwestern University
Zhou
Metabolomics Investigates the Impact of Plastic Biodegradation on Mealworm Gut Microbiome
Blenner
University of Delaware
Zhao
Transformations of Soil Organic Carbon Influenced by Volatile Organic Compounds
Meredith
University of Arizona
Lunny
Using Finlay-Wilkinson Regression to Analyze Genotype–Environment Interaction for Biomass from Switchgrass Field Trials
Juenger
University of Texas–Austin
Zhang
A Gene-Editing System for Large-Scale Fungal Phenotyping in a Model Wood Decomposer
Zhang
University of Minnesota–Saint Paul
Schilling
Engineering Synthetic Anaerobic Consortia Inspired by the Rumen for Biomass Breakdown and Conversion
O’Malley
University of California–Santa Barbara
Zhang
Characterizing Bacterial–Fungal Interactions Within Soil Niches and Across Soil Mineralogies
Nguyen
University of Hawai'i–Mānoa
Zeba
Metabolic Modeling and Genetic Engineering of Enhanced Anaerobic Microbial Ethylene Synthesis
North
The Ohio State University
Young
Population Genomic Differentiation of the Ectomycorrhizal Fungus
Suillus pungens
Along a Climate Gradient
Peay
Stanford University
Yeam
Phenotypic and Molecular Characterization of Nitrogen-Responsive Genes in Sorghum
Yang
University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Yang
Quantitative Plant Science Initiative: Integrating Functional Genomics with Biomolecular-Level Experimentation to Understand Adaptation to Micronutrient Stress in Poplar and Sorghum
Liu
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Xie
Mapping Perturbations in a Naturally Evolved Fungal Garden Microbial Consortium
Burnum-Johnson
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Wu
Systems-Level Insights into the Physiology of Methane-Fueled Syntrophy Between Anaerobic Methanotrophic Archaea and Sulfate-Reducing Bacteria
Orphan
California Institute of Technology
Mayr
Renewed Utility of Tyrosine Integrases
Schoeniger
Sandia National Laboratories
Williams
Optimizing Biological Funneling of Lignin Streams by Comparison in Several Microbial Platforms
Tuskan
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Wilkes
Plant-Microbe Interfaces: Disentangling Microbial-Mediated Plant Stress Tolerance with Synthetic Communities and Automated Phenotyping
Doktycz
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Weston
Prototyping Carbon-Conserving Networks for Diacid Production
Carothers
University of Washington
Westenberg
Molecular and Cellular Responses of Human Endothelial Cells to Low-Dose Radiation
Stevens
Argonne National Laboratory
Weinberg
Beneficial Plant-Fungal Partnerships in the Resource Economy of Bioenergy Grasses
Stuart
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Nuccio
Bioenergy
Integrated Experimental Approaches to Understand Bioenergy Crop Productivity Through Rhizosphere Processes
Zengler
University of California–San Diego
Northen
Bioenergy
University
Amphiphilic Cosolvents Disrupt the Lateral Structure of Model Biomembranes and Reveal an Unrecognized Mode of Cell Stress
Davison
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Nickels
Bioenergy
Biomass Deconstruction
Reactive Transport Modeling for Prediction of Nitrous Oxide Emission from the Subsurface Observatory at a Nitrate-Contaminated Site in Response to Rainfall Events
Adams
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Newcomer
Environmental Microbiome
ENIGMA
Metabolic Remodeling: Stylish Options for Bacterial Interior Design
Neidle
University of Georgia–Athens
Neidle
Biosystems Design
University
Engineering a Carbon Dioxide Concentrating Mechanism in
Cupriavidus necator
for Carbon-Negative Biomanufacturing
Jewett
Stanford University–Palo Alto
Nakamura
Biosystems Design
University
Enabling Synthetic Biology in Setaria and Sorghum Through Targeted Mutagenesis and Programmed Transcriptional Regulation
Baxter
Donald Danforth Plant Science Center
Myers
Biosystems Design
University
The Enigma of N
2
Fixation in Energy-Limited Anaerobic Methane-Oxidizing Microbial Consortia
Orphan
California Institute of Technology–Pasadena
Murali
Environmental Microbiome
University
Engineering
Auxenochlorella protothecoides
: Artificial Chromosomes, Regulators of Lipid Biosynthesis, and Improving Photosynthesis
Merchant
University of California–Berkeley
Moseley
Biosystems Design
University
Transgenic Perturbation of Winter-Biased Genes in Populus
Tsai
University of Georgia–Athens
MoradPour
Biosystems Design
University
Functional Analysis of Genes Encoding Ubiquitin Proteasome System Components Affecting Poplar Wood Traits
Shabek
University of California–Davis
Moe-Lange
Bioenergy
University
Understanding the Molecular Rules of Transporter Specificity to Engineer Biofuel-Relevant Efflux Pumps
Donohue
University of Wisconsin–Madison
Miller
Bioenergy
GLBRC
Systems Metabolic Engineering of
Novosphingobium aromaticivorans
for Lignin Valorization
Michener
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Michener
Biosystems Design
Early Career
The Plant Synthetic Biology Shared Research Objective: Building a Cross-BRC Repository of Regulatory Elements and Testing Technologies
Donohue
University of Wisconsin–Madison
McKay Whiteman
Bioenergy
GLBRC
Model Communities of Soil Microbiomes Reveal Details of Carbon-Use Efficiencies and Interkingdom Interactions Across Scales
Hofmockel
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
McClure
Environmental Microbiome
Phenotypic Response of SOIL Microbes
Mechanisms and Flux Measurements of Microbial Processing of Photosynthetically Fixed Algal Carbon Using Isotope Tracing and Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry
Stuart
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Mayali
Bioenergy
Flow Sorting and Sequencing Active Environmental Viruses from Methane-Oxidizing Communities with Viral-BONCAT
Orphan
California Institute of Technology–Pasadena
Martinez-Hernandez
Environmental Microbiome
University
Evolutionary Flexibility and Rigidity in the Bacterial Methylerythritol Phosphate Pathway
Donohue
University of Wisconsin–Madison
Marshall
Bioenergy
GLBRC
Discovery and Functional Characterization of Genomic Islands for Non-model Bacterial Systems
Schoeniger
Sandia National Laboratories
Mageeney
Biosystems Design
InCoGenTEC
Single-Cell and Spatial Regulatory Map of Poplar
Buell
University of Georgia
Luo
Biosystems Design
University
The Complex System of Organic Carbon Remineralization in Rapidly Thawing Svalbard Permafrost and Active Layer Soils
Lloyd
University of Tennessee
Lloyd
Environmental Microbiome
University
A Prompt Engineering Approach for Root Confocal Image Segmentation Using the Segment Anything Model
Dinneny
Stanford University–Palo Alto
Li
Biosystems Design
University
Developing, Understanding, and Harnessing Modular Carbon/Nitrogen-Fixing Tripartite Microbial Consortia for Versatile Production of Biofuel and Platform Chemicals
Lin
University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Lin
Biosystems Design
University
Systems-Level Analysis of Extreme Differences in Fatty Acid Chain-Length Production: Natural Variants and Redesigned Brassicaceae Oilseeds
Cahoon
University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Lingwan
Biosystems Design
University
Principles Governing Expression of Overlapping Genes
Jiao
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Lim
Biosystems Design
Microbial Secure Biosystems Design
Accelerating Carbon-Negative Biomanufacturing Through Systems-Level Biology and Genome Optimization
Jewett
Northwestern University–Evanston
Liew
Biosystems Design
University
Massive Protein Redesign to Make Overlapping Genes
Jiao
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Leonard
Biosystems Design
Microbial Secure Biosystems Design
Advancing Towards Synthetic Biology that Can Detect and Control Plant-Fungal Interactions
Abraham
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
LeBoldus
Biosystems Design
SEED
Quantitative Trait Locus Mapping of Swarming Motility and Germination Rate in a
Bacillus subtilis
Library
Tuskan
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Lagergren
Bioenergy
CBI
Unraveling Metabolic Interactions Within a Rhizosphere Microbial Community
Zengler
University of California–San Diego
Kumar
Environmental Microbiome
University
Influence of Temperature on Arctic Lake Sediment Methane Production and Organic Matter Composition
Varner
University of New Hampshire
Kuhn
Environmental Microbiome
University
Natural Diversity Screening, Assay Development, and Characterization of Nylon-6 Enzymatic Depolymerization
Kucharzyk
Battelle Memorial Institute
Beckham
Bioenergy
University
Study of the 4-Hydroxybenzoate Catabolic Pathway in White-Rot Fungi via Biochemical and Structural Enzyme Characterization
Salvachúa
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Kuatsjah
Bioenergy
Early Career
Strengthening Educational and Research Capacity for Bioenergy Science at Alabama A & M University through a Combination of Education, Research, and Partnerships
Cebert
Alabama A & M University–Normal
Kuang
Bioenergy
Harnessing Bacterial-Fungal Interactions to Improve Switchgrass Nitrogen-Use Efficiency
Evans
Michigan State University
Kristy
Bioenergy
University
Microbial Networks Demonstrate Extraordinary Metabolic Versatility and the Ability to Obtain Electron Acceptors from Soil Organic Matter in Temperate Peatland Soils
Kostka
Georgia Institute of Technology–Atlanta
Kostka
Environmental Microbiome
University
Root Biosynthesis Engineering of the “Plant Diamond” Sporopollenin for Permanent Belowground Carbon Storage
Kirst
University of Florida–Gainesville
Kirst
Bioenergy
Charting the Path to Optimize Polysaccharide Accumulation in Bioenergy Sorghum
Donohue
University of Wisconsin–Madison
Kim
Bioenergy
GLBRC
Achieving High Productivity of 2-Pyrone-4,6-dicarboxylic acid (PDC) from Aqueous Aromatic Streams with
Novosphingobium aromaticivorans
Donohue
University of Wisconsin–Madison
Kim
Bioenergy
GLBRC
Developing Anaerobic Fungal Tools for Efficient Upgrading of Lignocellulosic Feedstocks
Soloman
University of Delaware–Newark; Purdue University–West Lafayette
Khim
Biosystems Design
University
Microbes Persist: Towards Quantitative Theory-Based Predictions of Soil Microbial Fitness, Interaction, and Function in Knowledgebase
Pett-Ridge
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Marschmann
Environmental Microbiome
Microbes Persist SFA
Intraspecific Genetic Variation in
Populus trichocarpa
Influences Above and Belowground Plant Chemistry and Influences Plant-Soil Interactions
Tuskan
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Kalluri
Bioenergy
CBI
Response of Methanotroph Communities to Warming Temperatures in a Recently Thawed Fen
Varner
University of New Hampshire–Durham
Jones
Environmental Microbiome
University
Field Observation of Water, Sediment, and Nutrient Distribution Patterns in Alluvial Ridge Basins Between the Abandoned Rio Grande Channels (Resacas)
Dong
University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
Dong
Bioenergy
Knocking Out a Candidate Gene for Wax Production in Switchgrass Results in an Unexpected Pleiotropic Phenotype
Tuskan
CBI
Devos
Bioenergy
CBI
BER-RENEW iSAVe: New Energy Sciences Workforce to Advance Innovations in Sustainable Arid Vegetation
Kalyuzhnaya
San Diego State University
Delherbe
Bioenergy
Synthetic Biology Tools to Reliably Establish and Monitor Microbial Invasions in the Rhizosphere
Abraham
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Del Valle Kessra
Biosystems Design
SEED
ENIGMA Environmental Simulations and Modeling: Predictive Modeling and Mechanistic Understanding of Field Observations
Adams
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
de Raad
Environmental Microbiome
ENIGMA
Improving Bioprocess Robustness by Cellular Noise Engineering
Stephanopoulos
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Daletos
Bioenergy
University
Probing the Mechanisms of Microbial Mediated Polymer Deconstruction on the Molecular- and Systems-Level
Rodriguez
UCLA-DOE Institute
Club
Bioimaging
University
EndoPopulus: Endophyte Inoculation Alters Whole-Plant Physiology and Growth Dynamics of
Populus
Under Nitrogen-Deficient Condition
Doty
University of Washington–Seattle
Chung
Bioenergy
University
How Soils Work
Pett-Ridge
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Chuckran
Environmental Microbiome
Microbes Persist SFA
Developing Reduced Complexity Microbial Communities for Editing Across Scales
Northen
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Chiniquy
Environmental Microbiome
m-CAFEs
Stopping Escape and Malfunction in Genetic Code Engineered Cells
Church
Harvard University
Chiappino-Pepe
Biosystems Design
University
Connecting Microbial Genotype to Phenotype in Bacterial Strains from a Dynamic Subsurface Ecosystem Using ENIGMA 'Environmental Atlas'
Adams
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Chakraborty
Environmental Microbiome
ENIGMA
Modulating Bioenergy Traits in Field-Grown Sorghum Affects the Rhizosphere Bacterial Communities
Keasling
JBEI
Chai
Bioenergy
JBEI
The Fungal Microbiome: Discovering and Investigating Novel Endohyphal Inhabitants
Chain
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Chain
Environmental Microbiome
Bacterial-Fungal Interactions
Automation of a CRISPRi Platform for Enhanced Isoprenol Production in
Pseudomonas putida
Keasling
JBEI
Carruthers
Bioenergy
JBEI
Plant-Microbe Interfaces: Microbially Mediated Host Stress Response—Bridging Field and Laboratory Experiments to Gain Insights into the
Populus
-Microbiome Symbiosis Under Abiotic Stress
Doktycz
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Carrell
Environmental Microbiome
Plant-Microbe Interfaces
Towards a Mechanistic Understanding of
Rhodanobacter
Dominance in the Contaminated Subsurface
Adams
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Carlson
Environmental Microbiome
ENIGMA
Knowledge-Guided Interrogation of the Plastid Fatty Acid Biofactory
Cahoon
University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Jorge
Biosystems Design
University
Development of High-Throughput Methods to Assist Measure of Biological Nitrification Inhibition in
Populus
Soils
Cahill
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Cahill
Bioimaging
Early Career
Metabolic Engineering of
Issatchenkia orientalis
for Cost-Effective Production of Citramalate
Leakey
CABBI
Bun
Bioenergy
CABBI
BioPoplar: A Tunable Chassis for Diversified Bioproduct Production
Robin Buell
University of Georgia–Athens
Robin Buell
Biosystems Design
University
Lipid Membrane Biology of Microbial Cell Factories During Microaerobic Fermentation
Budin
University of California–San Diego
Budin
Engineering Continuous Trait Variation in Bioenergy Feedstocks to Optimize Growth on Marginal Lands
Brophy
Stanford University
Brophy
Biosystems Design
Early Career
Discovering Transcriptional Regulators of Photosynthesis in Energy Sorghum to Improve Productivity
Leonelli
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Brooks
Bioenergy
University
Interkingdom Interactions in the Mycorrhizal Hyphosphere and Ramifications for Soil Carbon Cycling
Nuccio
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Brisson
Environmental Microbiome
Early Career
Assessing the Effect of Nitrogen and Phosphorus Fertilization on Root-Microbial Communities and Yield Response in
Sorghum bicolor
Bennetzen
University of Georgia–Athens
Brailey-Jones
Bioenergy
University
A Systems Approach for Predicting Metabolic Fluxes in
Auxenochlorella protothecoides
Merchant
University of California–Berkeley
Boyle
Biosystems Design
University
Rendering the Metabolic Wiring Powering Wetland Soil Methane Production
Wrighton
Colorado State University–Fort Collins
Borton
Environmental Microbiome
University
Unraveling Microbial and Viral Responses to Wetting Using Multiomics
Pett-Ridge
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Blazewicz
Environmental Microbiome
Microbes Persist SFA
Climate vs. Energy Security: Quantifying the Trade-Offs of BECCS Deployment and Overcoming Opportunity Costs on Set-Aside Land
Leakey
CABBI
Blanc-Betes
Bioenergy
CABBI
Beyond Boundaries: Foxtail Mosaic Virus Drives Heterologous Protein Expression and Precision Gene Editing in Sorghum
Leakey
CABBI
Baysal
Bioenergy
CABBI
Characterizing Mechanistic Roles of Viruses in Driving Biogeochemical Cycles in the Rhizosphere
Mouncey
DOE Joint Genome Institute
Basson
Environmental Microbiome
JGI
Performance Thresholds for Co-Utilization of Lignin-Derived Aromatics and Sugars
Keasling
Joint BioEnergy Institute
Baral
Bioenergy
JBEI
Response of Soil Microbial Communities to Nitrogen and Phosphorus Input in Sorghum Field
Bennetzen
University of Georgia–Athens
Babalola
Bioenergy
University
The Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Cryo-NanoSIMS: The Next Generation for High Spatial Resolution Functional Analysis
Stuart
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Weber
Applying Metabolic Models to Mechanistically Understand and Predict Interactions Between Anaerobic Methanotrophic Archaea and Sulfate-Reducing Bacteria Strains in Geochemical Cycling Processes
Henry
Argonne National Laboratory
Liu
Mesocosm-Based Methods to Evaluate Biocontainment Strategies and Impact of Industrial Microbes Upon Native Ecosystems
Guarnieri
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Arnolds
Biosystems Design
IMAGINE BioSecurity
Encapsulin Nanocompartment Systems in
Rhodococcus opacus
for Compartmentalized Biosynthesis Applications
Yung
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Wackelin
Identification of the Genetic Factors that Contribute to Biological Nitrogen Fixation in Sorghum (
Sorghum bicolor
)
Ane
University of Wisconsin–Madison
Venado
Drought-Induced Plant Physiology Drives Altered Microbe-Metabolite Interactions Along the Plant Rhizosphere Column
Egbert
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Anthony
Biosystems Design
Persistence Control of Soil Microbiomes
Enhancing Biological Nitrogen Fixation in Sorghum (
Sorghum bicolor
) Aerial Roots Through Engineering Diazotrophic Communities
Ane
University of Wisconsin–Madison
Venado
Vision-Driven RhizoNet: Foundations for Systematic Measurement of Plant Root Biomass
Tringe
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Ushizima
How Microbes and Minerals Make Necromass that Persists
DeAngelis
University of Massachusetts–Amherst
Anderson
Environmental Microbiome
University
Functional Characterization of GT47 Glycosyltransferases in Duckweed to Facilitate Predictive Biology
Urbanowicz
University of Georgia
Urbanowicz
Engineering Bacterial Microcompartments in
Clostridium autoethanogenum
to Overcome Bottlenecks in Sustainable Production of Synthetic Rubber
Tullman-Ercek
Northwester University
Tullman-Ercek
Exploring the Metabolic Capability of Undomesticated Thermophilic
Bacillus coagulans
for Biosynthesis of Designer Esters at Elevated Temperatures
Trinh
University of Tennessee–Knoxville
Trinh
Multiscale Computational Digital Twins for Whole-Body to Subcellular Radiation Effects
Stevens
Argonne National Laboratory
Agasthya
RESTOR-C: Center for Restoration of Soil Carbon by Precision Biological Strategies
Tringe
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Tringe
High (School) Throughput Screening of BAHD Transferases
Acheson
University of Wisconsin–Madison
Acheson
Bioenergy
GLBRC
Understanding the Role of Permafrost-Affected Microbes in Thawing Arctic
Lloyd
University of Tennessee–Knoxville
Abuah
Environmental Microbiome
University
Understanding Microbial Invasion Biology from Laboratory-to-Field for Secure Ecosystem Engineering and Design
Abraham
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Abraham
Biosystems Design
SEED
Progress Towards the Generation of Oily
Miscanthus
Leakey
University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign
Trieu
Developing Temperature-Jump X-Ray Crystallography to Study Dynamic Biosynthetic Enzymes at Synchrotrons and X-Ray Free-Electron Lasers
Thompson
University of California–Merced
Thompson
Model-Guided Design of Synthetic Microbial Consortia for Next-Generation Biofuel Production
Zengler
University of California–San Diego
Thiruppathy
CRISPR Activation of Poplar Target of Rapamycin Genes Improves Nitrogen Use Efficiency and Indicates Possible Functional Divergence
Coleman
University of Maryland
Tayengwa
From Viromes to Virocells: Dissecting Viral Roles in Terrestrial Microbiomes and Nutrient Cycling
Sullivan
The Ohio State University
Sullivan
Iron-Mediated Microbial Interactions with Primary Producers in Terrestrial and Aquatic Systems
Stuart
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Stuart
AI Foundation Models for Understanding Cellular Responses to Radiation Exposure
Stevens
Argonne National Laboratory
Stroka
Cryosectioning-Enabled Super-Resolution Microscopy for Studying Nuclear Architecture at the Single Protein Level
Church
Harvard Medical School
Stein
Understanding the Role of Tolerance on Microbial Production of Isoprenol
Keasling
University of California–Berkeley
Srinivasan
Leveraging Type I-F CRISPR-Associated Transposase Regulators to Improve Editing Efficiency
Northen
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Song
Interactions Between Enhanced Rock Weathering and Soil Organic Carbon Cycling in Coordinated, National-Scale Field Trials
Pett-Ridge
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Sokol
Synthetic Biology Tool Development for Precision Engineering of Oilseed Crops
Cahoon
University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Smanski
Multiomics-Driven Microbial Model Optimization
Carothers
University of Washington–Seattle
Shin
Root-Mediated Impacts of Plant Volatile Organic Compound Emissions on Soil Carbon
Meredith
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Shen
Microbial Treatments to Increase Carbon Sequestration in Biofuel Crop Systems
Tringe
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Sevanto
Global Proteomics and Resource Allocation Modeling Reveals Thermodynamic Bottleneck and Highlights Effective Genetic and Metabolic Interventions for
C. thermocellum
Tuskan
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Schroeder
Leveraging Leaf Structure and Biochemistry to Enhance Water Use Efficiency in Sorghum
Baxter
Donald Danforth Plant Science Center
Schrader
Computational Modeling to Enable Predictive Secure Biosystems Designs
Guarnieri
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Santibanez Palominos
Understanding the Role of Duckweed Transcription Factor in Triacylglycerol Metabolism and Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Plants
Muthan
West Virginia State University
Sanjaya
Designing Novel Enzymes for Complete Degradation of Recalcitrant Polyamides
Zanghellini
Arzeda Corporation
Sangha
Real-Time Sensing and Adaptive Computing to Elucidate Microenvironment-Induced Cell Heterogeneities and Accelerate Scalable Bioprocesses
Salvachúa
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Salvachúa
Extracting Switchgrass Features Through Minirhizotron and Hyperspectral Image Processing
Juenger
University of Texas–Austin
Saldanha
Plant-Microbe Interfaces: Specialized Fungal Metabolites Regulate Synthetic Fungal Communities and Their Interactions with
Populus
Doktycz
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Rush
Environmental Microbiome
Plant-Microbe Interfaces
Multiomics Pipelines and Approaches to Characterize Viral Impacts on Environmental Microbiomes
Roux
DOE Joint Genome Institute
Roux
Environmental Microbiome
Early Career
Mapping Toxin-Antitoxin Systems for Microbial Community Biocontainment
Jiao
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Ricci
Biosystems Design
Microbial Secure Biosystems Design
Improving Candidate Gene Discovery by Combining Multiple Genetic Mapping Datasets
Rellán-Álvarez
North Carolina State University
Rellán-Álvarez
Bioenergy
University
Microbial Responses to Scaling Complexity in Chitin Decomposition with Changing Moisture and Structure Levels
Hofmockel
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Reichart
Environmental Microbiome
Phenotypic Response of SOIL Microbes
Understanding the Effects of
Populus
—Mycorrhizal Associations on Plant Productivity and Resistance to Abiotic Stress
Cregger
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Ramírez-Flores
Bioenergy
Early Career
Using Biodiversity to Explore the Diversification of Environment-Regulated Growth
Dinneny
Stanford University
Ramachandran
Bioenergy
University
Structural Characterization of GT47 Glycosyltransferases in Duckweed to Facilitate Predictive Biology
Urbanowicz
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Prabhakar
Bioenergy
University
Transcriptional Profiling of Winter-Regulated Genes in
Populus trichocarpa
Tsai
University of Georgia
Ployet
Bioenergy
University
Characterization, Neutron Scattering, and Molecular Dynamic Simulation of the Lignin Carbohydrate Complex Structure and its Disruption
Davison
University of Tennessee–Knoxville
Venkatesh Pingali
Bioenergy
Biomass Deconstruction
Terraforming Soil Energy Earthshot Research Center: Accelerating Soil-Based Carbon Drawdown Through Advanced Genomics and Geochemistry
Pett-Ridge
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Pett-Ridge
Bioenergy
Enhanced Resistance Pines for Improved Renewable Biofuel and Chemical Production
Peter
University of Florida
Peter
Bioenergy
University
Plant-Microbe Interfaces: Defining Quorum Sensing Signal Potential in the
Populus Microbiome
and Examining its Role in Community Selection and Structure
Doktycz
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Pelletier
Environmental Microbiome
Plant-Microbe Interfaces
The Root Microbiome of Camelina: From Structure to Function
Lu
Montana State University
Paulitz
Bioenergy
University
Friends and Foes: How Microbial Predators Influence Nutrient Cycling in Soil
Hungate
Northern Arizona University
Patel
Environmental Microbiome
University
Deciphering Stress-Resilient Growth in Brassicaceae Models: A Comparative Genomics Analysis of Adaptative on to Extreme Environments
Dinneny
Stanford University
Pantha
Bioenergy
University
Unleashing Photosynthesis and Nitrogen Fixation for Carbon Neutral Production of Nitrogen-Rich Compounds
Pakrasi
Washington University in St. Louis
Pakrasi
Bioenergy
Conversion of Lignocellulosic Plant Biomass into Industrial Chemicals via Metabolic Engineering of Two Extreme Thermophiles,
Caldicellulosiruptor bescii
and
Pyrococcus furiosus
Adams
University of Georgia
O'Quinn
Environmental Microbiome
University
Developing Chassis for Low Density Polyethylene Upcycling from Microbes Native to the Gut Microbiome of Yellow Mealworms
Blenner
University of Delaware
Ott
Biosystems Design
University
Cell-Free Systems Biology: Characterizing Pyruvate Metabolism of
Clostridium thermocellum
with a Three-Enzyme Cascade Reaction
Olson
Dartmouth College
Olson
Bioenergy
University
Bacterial Degradation of Sorgoleone, a Step Towards Enforcing Rhizobacteria Containment
Egbert
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Oda
Biosystems Design
Persistence Control of Soil Microbiomes
Construction of a Synthetic 57-Codon
E. coli
Chromosome to Achieve Resistance to All Natural Viruses, Prevent Horizontal Gene Transfer, and Enable Biocontainment
Church
Harvard Medical School
Nyerges
Assessing Bacterial-Fungal Interactions Across Experimental Scales
Chain
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Johnson
Environmental Microbiome
Bacterial-Fungal Interactions
Sequencing Driven Accelerated Discovery of Genes Regulating Water Use Efficiency and Stomatal Patterning and in C
4
Crops with High-Throughput Phenotyping
Baxter
Donald Danforth Plant Science Center
Jiang
Biosystems Design
University
Reduced Environmental Plasticity in Pennycress Improves Responses to Competition and Climate Change
Sedbrook
Illinois State University
Jawahir
Bioenergy
University
Novel Systems Approach for Rational Engineering of Robust Microbial Metabolic Pathways
Jarboe
Iowa State University
Jarboe
Biosystems Design
University
Multichromatic Optogenetic Control of Microbial Co-Culture Populations for Chemical Production
Avalos
Princeton University
Jang
Bioenergy
University
Identification of Regulatory Mechanisms Underlying Cell Differentiation in Sorghum Biomass
Kirst
University of Florida
Pereira
Bioenergy
University
Conversion of Natural and Transgenic Sugarcane and Poplar Variants with an Ionic-Liquid-Based Feedstocks-To-Fuels Pipeline
Keasling
Joint BioEnergy Institute
Islam
Bioenergy
JBEI
Engineering Inducible Biological Nitrogen Fixation for Bioenergy Crops
Donohue
DOE Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center
Infante
Bioenergy
GLBRC
Role of Nitrogen Oxides in a High Nitrate and Heavy Metal Contaminated Field Site: What Has Been Observed and What Researchers Aim to Understand
Adams
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Hunt
Environmental Microbiome
ENIGMA
Machine Learning-Assisted Genome-Wide Association Study Uncovers Copy-Number Variations of Tandem Paralogs Driving Stress Tolerance Evolution in
Issatchenckia orientalis
Leakey
DOE Center for Bioenergy and Bioproducts Innovation
Hsieh
Bioenergy
CABBI
Comparison of Soil Responses to Long-Term Fertilization and Short-Term Nitrogen and Carbon Amendments in Miscanthus and Corn
Leakey
DOE Center for Advanced Bioenergy and Bioproducts Innovation
Howe
Bioenergy
CABBI
Drought Influences Microbial Activity and the Accrual and Composition of Soil Organic Carbon
Pett-Ridge
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Honecker
Environmental Microbiome
Microbes Persist SFA
Profiling Temporal and Spatial Activities of Rhizobacteria
Adams
US DOE Joint Genome Institute
Honda
Bioimaging
JGI
Metabo-Lipidomics Unveil Root Exudate Molecular Diversity and Functional Impacts on Soil Microbial Communities
Hofmockel
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Hofmockel
Environmental Microbiome
Phenotypic Response of SOIL Microbes
Legacy Effects of Warming Alter Simple and Complex Soil Organic Matter Decomposition
Hungate
Northern Arizona University
Hoffman
Environmental Microbiome
University
Plant-Microbe Interfaces: Unraveling How Microbial Adaptation Strategies Are Shaped by the Chemical Environment of the
Populus
Rhizosphere
Doktycz
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Hettich
Environmental Microbiome
Plant-Microbe Interfaces
Dissecting Bacterial-Fungal Interactions in the
Bouteloua gracilis
Rhizosphere Microbiome Using Metabolic Phenotyping
Chain
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Hanson
Environmental Microbiome
Bacterial-Fungal Interactions
Plastic Degradation and Upcycling by the Gut Microbiome of Yellow Mealworms
Solomon
University of Delaware
Hansen
Bioenergy
University
CRISPR/Cas Tool Development and Genome Engineering in Nonmodel Bacteria
Carothers
University of Washington
Guzman
Biosystems Design
University
EcoFAB 3.0: A Controlled Ecosystem for Bioenergy Crops
Keasling
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Gupta
Bioenergy
JBEI
IMAGINE BioSecurity: Genome-Scale Engineering and High-Throughput Screening to Establish Secure Biosystems Design
Guarnieri
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Guarnieri
Biosystems Design
IMAGINE BioSecurity
Physical and Molecular Responses of Pennycress (
Thlaspi arvense
L.) to Waterlogging
Sedbrook
Illinois State University
Gschwend
Bioenergy
University
Analyzing Biotic and Abiotic Stress Responses in Sorghum Using Comprehensive Field Phenomics Data
Eveland
Donald Danforth Plant Science Center
Gonzalez
Bioenergy
University
Pyrocosms to Measure Influence of Fire Intensity, Time, and Soil Depth on Microbial Succession, Cross-Kingdom Interactions, and Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Glassman
University of California–Riverside
Glassman
Environmental Microbiome
University
Optimizing Enzymes for Plastic Upcycling Using Machine Learning Design and High Throughput Experiments
Gauthier
Harvard Medical School
Gauthier
Bioenergy
University
Engineering
Cupriavidus necator
for Efficient Aerobic Conversion of Carbon Dioxide (CO
2
) to Fuels and Chemicals
Jewett
Stanford University
Fulk
Biosystems Design
University
Engineering C
4
Feedstock Crops for Improved Water Use Efficiency and Drought Avoidance
Baxter
Donald Danforth Plant Science Center
Fischer
Biosystems Design
University
Integrating Molecular Genetics and Precision Phenotyping to Elucidate the Genetic Basis for Drought Resilience in Sorghum
Eveland
Donald Danforth Plant Science Center
Eveland
Bioenergy
University
Dead or (Still Not) Alive: Patterns and Drivers of Soil Viral Activity, Turnover, and Decay
Emerson
University of California–Davis
Emerson
Environmental Microbiome
University
Reinforced CRISPR Interference (CRISPRi) Enables Reliable Multiplex Gene Repression In Phylogenetically Distant Bacteria
Egbert
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Elmore
Biosystems Design
Persistence Control of Soil Microbiomes
Surveying, Culturing, and Sequencing Root Microbiomes Associated with Switchgrass, a Native North American Biofuel Feedstock
Juenger
University of Texas–Austin
Edwards
Bioenergy
University
Unveiling Molecular Interactions and Metabolic Contributions in Sorghum Anthracnose Defense: Towards the Integration of Fungal Pathogen and Host Sorghum Models
Liu
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Edirisinghe
Computational Biology
None
Systems Framework to Enhance the Potential of Camelina as Oilseed Crop
Grotewold
Michigan State University
Edger
Bioenergy
University
Thermophilic Genetic Tool Development for Engineering and Functional Genomics in
Clostridium thermocellum
Tuskan
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Eckert
Bioenergy
CBI
Engineering Poplar for Production of Co-Products Muconic Acid and 2-Pyrone-4,6-Dicarboxylic Acid
Keasling
Joint Bioenergy Institute
Dwivedi
Bioenergy
JBEI
Spatio-Temporal Consumer-Resource and Genome-Scale Metabolic Modeling of the Rhizosphere Microbiome
Northen
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Dukovski
Environmental Microbiome
m-CAFEs
Tunable Leaky Ribosomal Scanning Governs Translation of Polycistronic Genes in Green Algae
Merchant
University of California–Berkeley
Dueñas
Biosystems Design
University
EndoPopulus: Elucidation of the Roles of Diazotrophic Endophyte Communities in Promoting Productivity and Resilience of
Populus
Through Systems Biology Approaches
Doty
University of Washington
Doty
Bioenergy
University
High-Throughput Genome Editing and Phenotyping of Plant Cells Using a Scalable and Automated Pipeline
Leakey
DOE Center for Advanced Bioenergy and Bioproducts Innovation
Dong
Bioenergy
CABBI
Deciphering Genetic and Physiological Mechanisms of Nitrogen Use Efficiency in Camelina
Lu
Montana State University–Bozeman
Dlakic
Bioenergy
University
Combinatorial Library Design for Improving Isobutanol Production in
Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Donohue
University of Wisconsin–Madison
Dietrich
Bioenergy
GLBRC
Engineering Novel Microbes for Upcycling Waste Plastic
Yuan
Washington University in St. Louis
Diao
Biosystems Design
University