Grants Awarded

This grant to Brown University supports research in the laboratory of Dr. Hughes Martiny. Her lab uses a combination of approaches, from genetic surveys of natural communities to field experiments and microcosm studies. Outcomes for this grant include development of new sampling and statistical methods to evaluate marine microbial activity, identification of novel factors of microbe biodiversity, and establishment of the connection between microbe biodiversity and ecosystem processes.

Since her Investigator grant was approved, Dr. Martiny has moved to the University of California, Irvine, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology.