BERAC Meeting, October 6-7, 2011, Rockville, MD

BERAC Meeting
October 6-7, 2011
Rockville, MD

Agenda

Presentations

Sharlene Weatherwax, State of BER Report

Gary Geernaert, Climate and Environmental Sciences Division Update

Todd Anderson, Biological Systems Science Division Update

Susan Hubbard, Science Talk – Geophysical Signatures of Subsurface Microbially-Mediated Processes: Toward Quantification of In-Situ Ecosystem Functioning

William Brinkman, Comments from the Director, Office of Science

Dan Bush, BSSD COV report

Dan Hitchcock, ASCR Overview

Roland Hirsch, Structural Biology Report

Pablo Rabinowicz, Biosystems Design Report

Wanda Ferrell (report presented by Dorothy Koch), GoAmazon Report

Highlights

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Scientists engineered strains of Novosphingobium aromaticivorans to produce carotenoids, organic pigments that give carrots and salmon their colors and that are a popular nutritional supplement.

Multitasking Microbes Could Improve Biofuel Economics

Genetically modified bacteria brews two valuable products from underutilized plant fiber, potentially reducing fossil fuel use.

Artist’s representation of bacteriophages, the most abundant biological entities on earth. Researchers used a new CRISPR-based technology to characterize two model phages and demonstrate the potential to extend the approach to diverse phages.

Deciphering the Functions Encoded in Phage Genomes

Scientists create a genome-wide map of gene activity in bacteriophages.

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