APPLICATIONS OF TECHNOLOGY: Water quality testing Health and human safety Environmental cleanup Oil reservoir sulfate optimization Homeland security Diagnosis and treatment of disease ADVANTAGES: Accurately identifies all known bacteria and archaea Accurately quantifies high- and low-abundance taxa Reproducible for multiple replicates Built-in … [Read more...] about Identifying Sources of Microbial Contamination in Environmental Samples WIB-3205
Microbiome
Phylogenetic Probes for Quanitifcation of Stable Isotope Labeling and Microbial Community Analysis IB-2774A
ABSTRACT: A high-sensitivity means to measure the incorporation of stable isotope labeled substrates into RNA following stable isotope probing experiments (SIP). RNA is hybridized to a set of probes such as phylogenetic microarrays and isotope incorporation is quantified such as by secondary ion mass spectrometer imaging (NanoSIMS). The technology can track the update of … [Read more...] about Phylogenetic Probes for Quanitifcation of Stable Isotope Labeling and Microbial Community Analysis IB-2774A
Production of Bacterial Microcompartments for Synthetic Biology Applications IB- 2013-014
APPLICATIONS OF TECHNOLOGY: Biotechnology Carbon capture and sequestration Biofuels production Drug delivery Specialty chemical manufacturing Vaccine development ADVANTAGES: Small, uniform geometries Long lasting (> 2 months) Semipermeable membrane walls Allows engineered pore selectivity Does not rely on natural operon sequences Well … [Read more...] about Production of Bacterial Microcompartments for Synthetic Biology Applications IB- 2013-014