Northen Lab researchers Sarah McLaughlin, Kateryna Zhalnina, Suzanne Kosina, Trent Northen, and Joelle Sasse, co-authored a paper recently accepted in Nature Communications, titled “The core metabolome and root exudation dynamics of three phylogenetically distinct plant species.” This research aimed to further understand the dynamics of root exudation and its influence […]
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Northen Lab members Ying Wang, Vlastimil Novak, Pete Andeer, Amber Golini, and Kshitiz (KZ) Gupta are participating in the Berkeley Lab Director’s Apprenticeship Program (BLDAP), which is a high school STEM program designed to help students improve their research skills, learn about LBL, and develop a network with STEM professionals. […]
The Northen Lab is excited to welcome Mimi Lynde to the lab as a new research associate. Learn more about Mimi 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? I majored in […]
Northen Lab researcher Jenny Onley attended the 2022 ASM Microbe conference this past June, presenting the poster “High-Throughput and Bond-Specific Analysis of Lignocellulose Deconstructing Enzymes with LignoChip.” This technology was developed by a team of scientists including other lab members Kai Deng, Noel Ha, Markus de Raad, and Trent Northen. […]
The JGI metabolomics group and Northen Lab members (including Katherine Louie, Benjamin Bowen, Andrea Kuftin, and Trent Northen) have contributed to multiple recent papers. Some of the highlights include the following: Novel metabolic interactions and environmental conditions mediate the boreal peatmoss-cyanobacteria mutualism [1] Sphagnum (or peat moss) forms symbiotic relationships […]
Northen Lab researchers Markus de Raad, Peter Andeer, Suzanne Kosina, Nicholas Saichek, Amber Golini, La Zhen Han, Ying Wang, Benjamin Bowen, and Trent Northen are authors on the paper “A Defined Medium for Cultivation and Exometabolite Profiling of Soil Bacteria.” Traditional media for microbial growth do not take into account […]