Laura Meredith from the University of Arizona will pay the ECOFUN team a visit after a bout of recent fieldwork in the Amazon basin. Laura will kindly give a seminar on her research on Wednesday 24th June at 14:00 titled:
Microbe-mediated trace gas fluxes – linking ecosystem genomics to atmospheric composition
Microorganisms play a significant role in driving biogeochemical cycles that shape the composition of Earth’s atmosphere, oceans, and soils. Many microbe-mediated processes have a leading-order impact on climate variability, are susceptible to global change (potential for feedbacks), and remain difficult to predict (e.g., CH4, N2O, biological particles). In soils, understanding microbe-environment interactions is critical for predicting the response of large soil carbon reservoirs to changes in land use and climate. In my research, I quantify the microbial imprint on atmospheric composition and climate using an interdisciplinary set of methods, ranging from genomics to micrometeorology. My work focuses on resolving the genetic underpinnings of microbe-mediated biogeochemical transformations in soils that drive significant atmospheric fluxes (e.g., H2, COS, 18O-CO2, CO2, CH4)! . I utilize trace gas flux measurements, alongside genomics and geochemical measurements, to study microbe-environment interactions over various spatial and temporal scales. The goal of this talk will be to demonstrate an improve the process-based understanding at the gene level can be linked to the atmosphere.
More information on Laura’s research activities can be found on her website.
We are all looking forward to welcoming Laura to Bordeaux for a few weeks.
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