EAPSI: Investigating 'electricity-generating' Microbial Communities for Enhanced Conversion of Biomass to Hydrogen

该项目将研究“发电”微生物群落如何合作，将生物质流转化为能源产品。研究人员将使用测序技术来研究微生物群落？对某些运行条件的反应，并将与其他收集的数据相结合，以有效地描述它的特征。该项目将由日本海洋地球科学技术厅(JAMSTEC)在石井俊一博士的指导下进行，石井俊一博士是研究微生物群落的专家，开发了一条测序分析管道。所得数据将为了解微生物群落结构和功能以及如何利用工艺条件保持最佳性能提供基础。这项研究的更广泛影响延伸到所有生物能源技术，在这些技术中，我们正在努力展示燃料和化学品生产的集成系统的优势。拟议研究的总体目标是利用现代元基因组学和转录组学技术作为系统生物学方法的一部分，研究生物电化学系统，以揭示过程参数和生物质衍生的河流对群落动态的影响。该项目将由日本海洋地球科学技术厅(JAMSTEC)在石井俊一博士的指导下进行，石井俊一博士是研究微生物群落的专家，开发了一条测序分析管道。所得数据将为开发工艺参数作为管理工具提供基础，以指导和设计生物电化学系统中的最佳群落结构、代谢能力和电化学性能。此外，这项研究的更广泛影响延伸到所有生物能源技术，我们正在努力展示燃料和化学品生产的集成系统的优势。东亚和太平洋夏季学院计划下的这个奖项支持一名美国研究生的夏季研究，由NSF和日本科学促进会共同资助。

This project will study how 'electricity-generating' microbial communities work together to convert biomass streams into energy products. The researcher will use sequencing techniques to investigate the microbial community?' response to certain operational conditions, and will be combined with other collected data to effectively characterize it. This project will be conducted at the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC) under the mentorship of Dr. Shunichi Ishii, who is an expert in studying microbial communities with a developed pipeline for sequencing analysis. The resulting data will provide the foundation for understanding microbial community structure and function, and how to utilize process conditions to maintain optimal performance. The broader implications for this research stretch to all bioenergy technologies, where we are striving to demonstrate the advantages of integrated systems for fuel and chemical production. The overall goal of the proposed research is utilize modern metagenomics and transcriptomics techniques as part of a systems biology approach for investigating bioelectrochemical systems to uncover the effects of process parameters and biomass-derived streams on community dynamics. This project will be conducted at the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC) under the mentorship of Dr. Shunichi Ishii, who is an expert in studying microbial communities with a developed pipeline for sequencing analysis. The resulting data will provide the basis for developing process parameters as a management tool for directing and engineering optimal community structure, metabolic capacity, and electrochemical performance in a bioelectrochemical systems. Furthermore, the broader implications for this research stretch to all bioenergy technologies, where we are striving to demonstrate the advantages of integrated systems for fuel and chemical production.This award under the East Asia and Pacific Summer Institutes program supports summer research by a U.S. graduate student and is jointly funded by NSF and the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science.