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Spring 2021: Microbiome studies

Affiliations:
Project Leader: Jeff Brady
jeffbrady@tamu.edu
Soil and Crop Sciences
Faculty Mentor:
Meeting Times:
Friday 10:00AM-11:00AM
Team Size:
7
Open Spots: 0
Special Opportunities:
Conference attendance and presentation is encouraged for all members
Team Needs:
Mandatory: Completion of introductory microbiology and lab with a passing grade. Desired: Experienced with micropipettors, pipetting robots, DNA extractions, PCR, plant cultivation in greenhouse/growth chambers, microbial media preparation and culturing, bioinformatics (Linux command line, Usearch, QIIME, R, Vegan, etc.).
Description:
This project involves microbiome studies on plant/microbe interactions with native and invasive plants, on environmental microbial impacts due to confined animal feeding operations (particularly with regard to converting dairy waste to biochar for agricultural uses), and other impacts on environmental microbiomes from anthropogenic activities. Project activities will include sample collection, preparation of DNA sequencing libraries, and bioinformatic analysis of massively parallel sequencing data to understand microbial community dynamics.

Written by:
Elif Kilicarslan
Published on:
January 30, 2021

Categories: FullTags: Spring 2021

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