Exploring Microbes in Arctic Soils

Understanding how climate change is affecting the Arctic landscape is no easy task. Neslihan Taş, a research scientist in the Earth and Environmental Sciences Area who is affiliated with the Environmental Genomics and Systems Biology Division, is studying how microbial processes shift as arctic permafrost melts.  In 2016, Taş began collaborating with the Berkeley Synchrotron Read More …

Focusing in on Aquatic Microbes: Berkeley Lab Scientists Receive Grant for New Microscopy Approach

by Aliyah Kovner A trio of Berkeley Lab scientists has been awarded a grant by the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation to develop a unique microscopy technology that can be used to study symbiosis in aquatic microbes – biological relationships that have a large influence on ecosystems and the planet’s climate. The grant is part Read More …