What drives soil methane munchers?
In a laboratory soil incubation, I will combine stable isotope tracing, methane (CH4) production and consumption...
How does a desert shrub start a seed?
How does a seed begin? In Ephedra, a desert shrub from an ancient, unusual lineage of seed plants, the first...
Can foldscopes, drones, and games help stop a cancer-causing parasite? (pt. II)
Let's fight a parasite that causes bladder cancer and hides in freshwater snails in rural Nigeria. Local...
PHASE 2: Algaephyte Upgrades
Despite their miniscule size, microalgae are capable of sustainably producing biofuels, pharmaceuticals...
Can we read TB’s genetic code directly from a patient's blood without growing the bacteria?
Drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) is a race against time. Culture-based methods can take almost 8 weeks to...
Between forest and homegarden, geographic patterns of genetic variation in the Mesoamerican Soncoya (Annona purpurea)
Annona purpurea is a culturally important fruit tree in Mesoamerica. This project asks how incipient domestication...
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