Research Areas: The Subsurface Biosphere and Global Chemical Cycles Introduction Featured Projects Researchers Publications

SBI Features about OSU Projects in this Research Area

• Developing a Biosensor to Increase Waste Water Treatment Efficiency (posted December 6, 2007) - A conversation with Botany and Plant Pathology researchers Dan Arp and Barbara Gvakharia.

• IGERT students write a review paper on anaerobic oxidation of methane (posted November 12, 2007) - Features a graduate student team from the OSU/PSU Earth’s Subsurface Biosphere IGERT program.

• Nitrogen cycling and microbial communities in forest soils (posted June 7, 2007) - Features Stephanie Boyle, a Subsurface Biosphere IGERT student who recently defended her Ph.D. in Soil Science.

• Molybdenum isotopes in marine sediments (posted February 6, 2007) - Features Rebecca Poulson, a Subsurface Biosphere IGERT student and Oceanography doctoral student.

• A comparison of nitrite producing soil bacteria (posted January 11, 2007) - Features Anne Taylor, a Subsurface Biosphere IGERT student and Environmental Engineering doctoral student.

• Profile of Dr. Rick Colwell, SBI faculty member in the College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences (posted June 1, 2006).

• Mapping the Genome of Nitrobacter winogradskyi (posted March 10, 2006) - Features Shawn Starkenburg, a Subsurface Biosphere IGERT student and doctoral student in Microbiology.

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