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Joel Kostka

Three-year, $1.15 million grant to researchers at Georgia Tech, Lawrence Livermore National Lab, and Oak Ridge National Lab will examine the role of the peat moss microbiome in nutrient uptake and methane dynamics of wetlands.

Julia Kubanek NMR with Serge Lavoie

What do crab urine, human lymph samples, and eons-old rock records have in common? Hundreds, thousands or more kinds of molecules make them up, so many a postdoc or graduate researcher have pulled their hair out trying to isolate one or two compounds. NMR is so much faster and more efficient, but it can be pricey, so Atlanta area universities have partnered up to optimize use and costs, and to offer use to outside researchers.

Atlanta Alliance for Data Science Education

Data science researchers at Georgia Tech are partnering with minority-serving Atlanta colleges to train a diverse workforce for the data-driven future

Nastassia Patin talks about the Ocean Voyager microbiome

Massive whale sharks headline the Ocean Voyager exhibit at the Georgia Aquarium.  Its tiniest residents are the ones that concern Nastassia Patin in ScienceMatters Episode 4.

7BK @ Georgia Tech

Mathematicians, musicians, and dancers demystify the 18th-century problem through puzzles, music, and dance.

Research on the salt marsh of Sapelo Island, Georgia (Courtesy of UGA)

Little is known about plant microbiomes, particularly those associated with salt-tolerant coastal plants like Spartina alterniflora, which dominate Georgia’s salt marshes. With funding from Georgia Sea Grant, Kostka is studying the microbes intimately associated with Spartina to better understand how the plant microbiome supports the health of Georgia’s salt marshes.