Additionally, we study how microbes in the Anthropocene act as sinks or sources of various greenhouse gases.
EQUIPMENT & RESOURCES
Culture Collections
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Methanogenic and several anaerobic bacterial cultures
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Diatoms
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Algae
Sediment & Water Column Sampling Technology
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Gravity corers, box cores
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Niskin bottles
In situ Technologies
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Underwater eddy covariance
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Microsensors
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Optodes
Greenhouse gas detection & Stable Isotope Analyses
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GC-IRMS Thermo Delta V Plus mass spectrometer with ConFlo-II GasBench & Precon peripherals for analysis of N2, DIC & CH4.
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Multi collector mass spectrometer precisION Elementar with Greenhouse Gas Module for analysis of N2 & N2O.
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GC with ECD, TCD, and FID and peripherals for automatic sampling
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Flow injection analyzer (FIA) for nitrous oxides NOx
Solute Detection Systems
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IC with a conductivity detector
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Coulometer for DIC measurements
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Flow injection analyzer (FIA) for DIC and/or ammonia
Elemental Analyses
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Cleanroom for trace elemental analyses
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Elemental analyzer EA-IRMS for S, C, and N
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ICP-MS Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometer for ultra-low concentrations of elements
Radioisotope Lab
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Radioactivity scintillation counter Perkin Elmer TriCarb
Bioelectrochemistry
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Potentiostats 4 (total of 22 channels)
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H-cell-type reactors, including membranes and electrodes
Molecular microbiology
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Microvolume spectrophotometer MySpec
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Laminar flow hood
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BioRad Micropulser Electroporator
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qPCR machine
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PCR machines (2)
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Epifluorescence microscopes (3)
Batch & continuous cultivation equipment
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Chemostats
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Light incubators for phototrophs
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Anaerobic chamber
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Degassing stations (4)