Navigation Links
Environmental metagenomics diagnosing extreme environments, tapping opportunities for clean energy

In his recent State of the Union speech President Bush said technology is the best way to break the nation's addiction to oil. The U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute (DOE JGI) is directing the technology of DNA sequencing to scan the environment for processes that will lead to cheaper and easier to produce biofuels.

"Through DNA sequencing and the tools of molecular biology we can generate diagnostic fingerprints, Environmental Genomic Tags or EGTs, that provide a metabolic profile of any environment, even such extreme conditions as acid mine drainage," says Edward M. Rubin, DOE JGI Director. "We can then survey this vast catalog of biodiversity and harness the microbial pathways that catalyze the conversion of lignocellulosic feedstocks, such as wood chips, crop residue, and various grasses, into cleaner sources of energy." One of the systems that DOE JGI characterizing is the microbial community inhabiting the termite hindgut, among nature's most efficient bioreactors--capable of generating two liters of hydrogen from fermenting just one sheet of paper.

Rubin will discuss these advances on a panel entitled "Biosphere Monitoring and Ecosystem Forecasts: Sensing the Pulse of the Planet," organized by Stan Wullschleger and Thomas Wilbanks of Oak Ridge National Laboratory, at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Annual Meeting, Friday, February 17 from 8:30 am to 11:30 am, at the Renaissance Hotel, Majestic C, 800 Washington Avenue, St. Louis, MO. The session will also highlight advanced sensing technologies, biosphere monitoring platforms, and ecosystem forecast models for predicting the impacts of climate change. For a full session description, see: http://php.aaas.org/meetings/MPE_01.php?detail=974

"Environmental systems are extremely complex, harboring numerous diverse species coexisting in a single niche," says Rubin. "The challeng
'"/>

Source:DOE/Joint Genome Institute


Page: 1 2

Related biology news :

1. Environmental chemical cocktail may sabotage sperm
2. Environmental lessons from tsunami as worlds coastal population doubles
3. Environmental tobacco smoke linked to behavior problems in children and pre-teens
4. Environmental toxins may cause bodys defenses to worsen lung disease
5. Better sludge through metagenomics
6. New science of metagenomics will transform modern microbiology
7. African amphibians make extreme parental sacrifice: The skin off their backs
8. Large dinosaurs were extremely hot in their day, UF study finds
9. Common carp sheds new light on surviving in extreme environments
10. Life in the extreme
11. Microbial fuel cell: High yield hydrogen source and wastewater cleaner

Post Your Comments:
(Date:11/23/2009)... Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS), pa...investing $42.3 million for grants in scientific a...NIH developed the GO grant program to stimulate bi...ided by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act...that promise to have a significant impact on a fie...
(Date:11/23/2009)...Romeo Casabona is Director of the Interuniversity ...to University and the University of the Basque Cou...sts but also has other experts such as researchers...even specialists in ethics. , The Interuniversit...e Universities of Deusto and the Basque Country wa...
(Date:11/23/2009)...e is available in German . , Of all global ...e in the atmosphere where it contributes to global...nd terrestrial ecosystems such as forests, grassla..." of aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems is conside... reducing climate change. However, new greenhouse ...
Breaking Biology News(10 mins):NIGMS invests in scientific Grand Opportunities with Recovery Act funds 2NIGMS invests in scientific Grand Opportunities with Recovery Act funds 3Research and legislation should go hand in hand, as much as possible 2Intensive land management leaves Europe without carbon sinks 2Biocartis Raises EUR10 Million in Series A Financing Round 5498 1Biocartis Raises EUR10 Million in Series A Financing Round 5498 2Biocartis Raises EUR10 Million in Series A Financing Round 5498 3Clinical Force Announces that Stiris Research has Selected the Clinical Force CTMS to Manage Clinical Trials 14476 1Clinical Force Announces that Stiris Research has Selected the Clinical Force CTMS to Manage Clinical Trials 14476 2Clinical Force Announces that Stiris Research has Selected the Clinical Force CTMS to Manage Clinical Trials 14476 3WarrantyElephant Launches 26quot 3BMediElephant 26quot 3B a New Medication Reminder Service Inspired by WarrantyElephant User Rhonda Lewis Founder o 59503 1WarrantyElephant Launches 26quot 3BMediElephant 26quot 3B a New Medication Reminder Service Inspired by WarrantyElephant User Rhonda Lewis Founder o 59503 2
...ffering chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COP... finding that contradicts the conventional wisdom ... "Evidence for attempted regional elastic fiber re..., Kristin Castillo, Alexander Patterson and Richar... Joel Cooper of the University of Pennsylvania, Ph...
...ring researchers at UC San Diego report in the Nov...changes in a bacterial genome, observed in near-re...y published static "snapshots" of the genome seque...harmless to those that cause plague, but this new ... , "Paleontologists look at the fossil record to s...
...rsity Medical Center have visualized in a living a...to dice and splice genetic material to create uniq...indings, made in mice, help explain a key wonder o... cell of an individual’s body can produce differen...varied proteins, in turn, dictate the function of ...
Other Biology News:Lungs try to repair damaged elastic fibers 2Novel experiment documents evolution of genome in near-real time 2Novel experiment documents evolution of genome in near-real time 3Living view in animals shows how cells decide to make proteins 2Living view in animals shows how cells decide to make proteins 3
(Date:11/24/2009)..., ,Primaryefficacyendpointhasbeenmetforpatient..., QUEBECCITY,Nov.24/PRNewswire-FirstCall/-AEt...y"),aglobalbiopharmaceuticalcompanyfocusedonendocr...cydatafromaPhase2studywithitstargetedcytotoxicpept...thadvancedorrecurrentendometrialcancer.Inapersonal...
(Date:11/24/2009)..., BOZEN,Italy,November24/PRNewswire/--HealthR...ointventurewithagroupofselected,investors.Thisrece...nameHealthRoboticsCanada,Inc.andwillmarket,install...ept,whichincludesthe,revolutionaryproductofferings...oticsCanadaInc.willalsoprovideassistanceonan"asnee...
(Date:11/23/2009)... CHAMPAIGN, Ill. You can think of it as origami ...ersity of Illinois have developed a technique for ...silicon structures from thin films by coupling pho... capillary interactions. , The films, only a few ...s not possible with thicker pieces of the same mat...
(Date:11/23/2009)..., LANSING,Mich.,Nov.23/PRNewswire-FirstCall/-...tRichardT.Crowder,Ph.D.,waselectedtoNeogen,sBoardo...holders. ,, Crowderhasmorethan40yearsofexperien...ntlyservesasanadjunctprofessorofagriculturaleconom...y2007,heservedasUnitedStateschiefagriculturenegoti...
Breaking Biology Technology:AEterna Zentaris Announces Positive Results for Phase 2 Study with LHRH-Receptor Targeted Cytotoxic Conjugate AEZS-108 in Endometrial Cancer 2AEterna Zentaris Announces Positive Results for Phase 2 Study with LHRH-Receptor Targeted Cytotoxic Conjugate AEZS-108 in Endometrial Cancer 3AEterna Zentaris Announces Positive Results for Phase 2 Study with LHRH-Receptor Targeted Cytotoxic Conjugate AEZS-108 in Endometrial Cancer 4Health Robotics Continues its Global Expansion With December 09 ASHP's Launch of Joint Venture in Canada 2Water droplets direct self-assembly process in thin-film materials 2Richard T. Crowder Joins Neogen's Board of Directors 2
...ducation has historically been associated with tel...ited high school , , ,Source: KSCADE MADISON Fo...th television commercials promising degrees in fie... all earned over the mail, from home. This is no l... forefront of utilizing advances in high-speed net...
...day, Dr. Mark Polczynski is the technology consult... Corporation. But on evenings and weekends, he,s ...ss, M and E Irish Flutes, is not a huge money ma...But the time he has spent developing and running a...ynski a great deal about the importance of keeping...
...ier this summer, we looked at venture capital fund...which reached about $5 billion in investments in s... lower than the $5.4 billion invested during the f...seCooper,s MoneyTree analysis. , ,The results for...ve shocker as venture capital investments achieved...
Other Biology Technology:Charter Business powers distance learning 2Charter Business powers distance learning 3Charter Business powers distance learning 4Irish flute passion drives e-commerce spirit for Eaton techie 2Irish flute passion drives e-commerce spirit for Eaton techie 3Midwest life science companies capture 3% of VC investments in Q.2 2
...G series of reagents for the ultrasensitive detect...llaborators at Indiana University, the ATTO-TAG re...haldialdehyde (OPA), naphthalene-2,3-dicarboxaldeh... of which are also available in high purity form f...
...G series of reagents for the ultrasensitive detect...llaborators at Indiana University, the ATTO-TAG re...haldialdehyde (OPA), naphthalene-2,3-dicarboxaldeh... of which are also available in high purity form f...
Bcl I (HC) from Promega
Microlite 2+ Plate from Thermo Scientific
Biology Products: