The EcoBOT consists of a liquid handling robot with a built in, custom growth chamber, imaging stations and a robotic arm that integrates these components. To learn more, visit the EcoFAB website or watch the video below: Videography: Marilyn Sargent
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Two Northen Lab researchers, Tami Swenson and Trent Northen, contributed to a paper examining how biocrusts may influence soil fertility and biogeochemical cycling in subsurface mineral soils (soil deeper than 2cm). The role of biocrusts in relation to organic carbon and nutrient cycling is relatively opaque, but is an important […]
Northen Lab members and JGI Metabolomics have contributed to a few recent -omics publications in addition to other research efforts that have been highlighted in previous posts. Learn more about the use of metabolomics at JGI in the following papers: Enhanced production of metabolites confirmed with LCMS[1] Due to increased […]
Getting back to the grass roots: harnessing specialized metabolites for improved crop stress resilience Northen Lab researchers Yezhang Ding and Trent Northen contributed to a recent paper published in Current Opinion in Biotechnology that reviewed the families and functions of grass root specialized metabolites (GRSM), integrative approaches for GRSM pathway […]
The latest issue of Phytobiomes Journal, Volume 5 No. 2, has been released. Included in the issue are two papers with Northen Lab researchers, focusing on aspects of the root microbiome. Volume 5 No. 1 also includes an editorial led by a NL member for the Focus Issue on Phytobiomes […]
Phosphate Availability Modulates Root Exudate Composition and Rhizosphere Microbial Community in a Teosinte and a Modern Maize Cultivar Crop domestication, while focused on above ground traits, has had unintended impacts on below ground plant characteristics. How these changes have influenced rhizosphere interactions remains poorly understood. We investigated the impacts of […]
A review paper was recently published in RSC Chemical Biology by researchers at the Northen Lab. Dr. Noel Ha and 4 other scientists reviewed recent microfluidic approaches that have been successfully integrated with mass spectrometry analysis for high-throughput bioassays to improve throughput, sensitivity, and specificity. High-throughput screening technologies are widely […]
Two papers were recently published by researchers at the Northen Lab exploring bond breakage in phenolic compounds and the detection of glycosyl hydrolase and lignin modifying enzymes. Dr. Kai Deng, who is an author on both papers, shared some figures and highlights from these publications. Experimental and theoretical insights into […]
The Northen Lab is excited to welcome Connor Tomaka, a new Research Associate. Learn more about Connor in the following interview. What is your area of expertise? Could you talk a little bit about your background and what brought you to your field? My research experience has focused on soil […]
A new paper in Nature Communications (with two authors from the Northen Lab, Trent Northen and Suzanne Kosina) has revealed that soil microbes are able to break down polyphenols, a type of compound found in foods such as chocolate, red wine, fruits, and vegetables. Like in the human gut, degradation […]