Research Features

These short articles and interviews feature OSU research related to the subsurface biosphere. Do you have an idea for a feature? Let us know at sbi@oregonstate.edu.

Link to research features:

• Spice Up Your Subsurface Research with a Little Sushi and Sumo (posted April 2, 2008) - A conversation with Rick Colwell (College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences) about the upcoming International Symposium for Subsurface Microbiology (ISSM) in Shizuoka, Japan.

• OSU’s Confocal Microscope Facility (posted March 10, 2008) - An overview of this shared facility operated by the Center for Genome Research and Biocomputing and the Environmental Health Science Center.

• High-Throughput DNA Sequencing Technology at OSU (posted January 15, 2008) - Assistant professor Jeff Chang (Botany and Plant Pathology) discusses OSU's new Illumina 1G Genome Analyzer, some of its applications, and the logistics to get started.

• 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.

• Forest wildfire effects on soil microbial communities (posted May 3, 2007) - Features Forest Science student Cassie Hebel, who recently defended her M.S. thesis.

• Bio-barriers for groundwater remediation (posted April 2, 2007) - Features Mandy Michalsen, a Subsurface Biosphere IGERT student who recently completed her Ph.D. in Civil Engineering.

• Profile of Markus Kleber, SBI faculty member in Soil Microbiology and Chemistry (posted February 27, 2007).

• 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.

• Microbial experiments 450 meters underground (posted December 10, 2006) - Features Mark Nielsen, a Subsurface Biosphere IGERTand Oceanography doctoral student.

• Profile of Dr. Dorthe Wildenschild, SBI faculty member in Environmental Engineering (posted November 6, 2006).

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

• "Push-pull" tests - an innovative way to study underground microbes (posted April 3, 2006).

• Study of microbial fossils adds to the “Life on Mars” debate (posted March 21, 2006).

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