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X-WR-CALNAME:EECE SEMINAR ~    Dr. Romy Chakraborty
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DESCRIPTION:Romy Chakraborty\, Senior Scientist and Department Head\, \nMol
 ecular Ecology and Biogeochemistry\nEarth and Environmental Sciences Area\
 nLawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL)\n\nMicrobial Consortia for E
 cosystem Services\n\nAbstract: Microbial communities perform critical ecos
 ystem services by driving carbon and nutrient cycling\, supporting plant h
 ealth\, and maintaining ecosystem health. Despite advances in sequencing\,
  culturomics\, and multi-omics that reveal diversity and metabolic potenti
 al\, natural soil microbiomes remain hard to predict or manage due to thei
 r complexity and environmental variability. Synthetic microbial ecology le
 verages reduced-complexity\, controllable defined consortia to test predic
 table microbiome interventions for soil restoration\, plant health\, and l
 ong-term ecosystem function. We will discuss general principles of constru
 cting and using synthetic communities\, and the strategies to probe microb
 ial contributions to plant responses when exposed to environmental and che
 mical stressors for understanding ecosystem responses through cross-discip
 linary connections.\n \n\nBio:\nDr. Romy Chakraborty is Head of the Molecu
 lar Ecology and Biogeochemistry Department in the Earth & Environmental Sc
 iences Area. As an environmental microbiologist\, Chakraborty has pioneere
 d identification of unique microbes mediating critical carbon and nitrogen
  metabolisms in diverse ecosystems.\n\nDr. Chakraborty is involved in exte
 nsive outreach and mentorship\, much of which is focused on diversity and 
 inclusion in STEM\, her efforts have led to very positive impacts in the c
 ommunity\, at the Laboratory\, and on the career trajectories of many dive
 rse\, early career scientists.
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LOCATION:Uncas A. Whitaker Hall\, 100
SUMMARY:EECE SEMINAR ~    Dr. Romy Chakraborty
URL;VALUE=URI:https://happenings.washu.edu/event/eece-seminar-dr-romy-chakr
 aborty
CATEGORIES:Seminar/Colloquia
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