This Ideas Challenge recognizes the need for an interdisciplinary approach to microbiome research and invites the scientific community — including microbiologists, ecologists, chemists, physicists, engineers, material scientists, nanoscientists, computational scientists and others — to submit their ideas for novel experimental tools and methods aimed at
understanding microbial interactions and function from new perspectives.
In 2016, the broad scientific community was invited to submit their ideas for novel experimental tools and methods aimed at
understanding microbial interactions and function from new perspectives.
Not exact matches
Understanding more about the
interactions between the
microbial communities — also called «microbiomes» — in the biocrusts and their adaptations to their harsh environments could provide important clues to help shed light on the roles of soil microbes in the global carbon cycle.
«With the growing
understanding that all animals are in fact in a symbiotic relationship with complex
microbial communities, the framework to consider how symbiotic
interactions shape host evolution should be expanded,» he said.
Eoin Brodie seeks to reverse engineer naturally occurring microbiomes to
understand the functional roles of the microorganisms within them and how their
interactions with one another and the environment create stable
microbial communities.
To
understand weathering, water quality, and soil formation on Earth and Mars, look no further than associate professor of geoscience Elisabeth «Libby» Hausrath, who investigates chemical
interactions between water and rocks as well as the plant and
microbial influences on those reactions.
In addition, the results of the current study can serve as a foundational dataset and resource for future investigations to
understand interactions among
microbial communities, particularly those important to human health and the environment.
Still, he said, the new data, «has important implications for
understanding the genesis of cancer and the
interaction between human cells and other
microbial or viral organisms in or around us.»
The International Leibniz Research School for
Microbial and Biomolecular
Interactions Jena - ILRS Jena is a graduate training programme with the aim to
understand communication processes among microorganisms.
One mission of the
Microbial Observatory Experiments on the International Space Station is to examine the traits and diversity of fungal isolates, to gain a better
understanding of how fungi may adapt to microgravity environments and how this may affect
interactions with humans in closed habitats.
Chapter 17 — Rhizosphere Metabolite Profiling: An Opportunity to
Understand Plant - Microbe
Interactions for Crop Improvement - Amit Verma — Crop Improvement Through
Microbial Biotechnology
Understanding the metabolism and gene expression profiles as well as inter-species
interactions within these complex
microbial communities are necessary steps in studying the diseases and finding new treatment solutions.
Reconstructing genomes from metagenomics data provides a powerful way to
understand what processes and
interactions toccur in
microbial communities.
In dogs and cats we have some knowledge of the structure of microbiomes and we now need a greater
understanding in pets of
microbial function, host - microbe
interactions and the role of nutrition.
Trean, by
understanding the complex
interactions among no - till, crop diversity, crop synergism, and the soil
microbial community, one can develop cropping systems that yield more, but do not necessarily require more inputs.