
*omics
Genomics & transcriptomics of microbes involved in methane metabolism
- Genome sequencing and resequencing
- Metabolic reconstruction
- Transcriptomics
Collaborators: Lidstrom Lab including Mary Lidstrom, Mila Chistoserdova, Marina Kalyuzhnaya
Environmental metagenomics in biogeochemical cycling
- Probing the role of methane consumers in the natural environment
- Community dynamics in fresh water sediments
- Nitrogen metabolism
Collaborators: Lidstrom Lab including Mary Lidstrom, Mila Chistoserdova, Marina Kalyuzhnaya
Oral microbial communities and their role in disease
- Proteomics of model oral microbial communities
- Transcriptomics of model oral microbial communities
- Methods development for proteomics of microbial communities
Collaborators: Hackett Lab & Center for Microbial Proteomics
Metagenomics of green building microbiome
- Longitudinal study of the microbial (bacterial / fungal) colonization of surface & air of Green building
- Occupant tracking and correlation with microbiome
- Occupant behavior modification in response to Green building environment
Collaborators: Meschke Lab, Burpee Group
Wastewater treatment plant microbiome
- Probing the bacterial & viral communities of anaerobic digesters
- Virome analysis of acetoclastic methanogens
Collaborators: Meschke Lab, Heidi Gough, John Ferguson
Funding: Department of Energy, National Institutes of Health, National Science Foundation, Bullitt Foundation, University of Washington Royalty Research Fund