Diatoms on the podcast This Week in Microbiology (TWiM)! The TWiM hosts discuss a carbonate-sensitive phytotransferrin in diatoms that controls iron uptake.
A.E. Allen is ASM Microbe 2018 Outstanding Abstract Award Winner for, Iron bioavailability in high-CO2 oceans: A new view of iron acquisition mechanisms in diatoms
Ph.D. student Jeffrey McQuaid awarded the 2018 Edward A. Frieman Prize for Excellence in Graduate Student Research
J. Craig Venter Institute-led Team Awarded 5-year, $10.7 M Grant from U.S. Department of Energy to Optimize Metabolic Networks in Diatoms, Enabling Next-Generation Biofuels and Bioproducts
Scientists from J. Craig Venter Institute and Scripps Institution of Oceanography Publish Study Describing Function and Mechanisms of Diatom Centromeres
Moore Foundation to Fund Scripps Scientist to Optimize Genome Editing Technology in Marine Microalgae