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06/17/2013

ESD and Living Ground-Cover Crusts

ESD’s Ulisses Nunes Da Rocha, Nick Bouskill, and Eoin Brodie are part of a cross-LBNL-divisional team analyzing soil crusts made of long-dormant cyanobacteria that become activated by rainfall, then resume dormancy when the rainfall stops.

06/12/2013

Janet Jansson Hunts Microbial DNA

ESD’s Janet Jansson stocks soil samples from around the world in her refrigerator, as part of a plan to build a global “gene atlas,” then to work out how nutrients and waste products migrate through the ecosystem.

Biofuels from Versatile Bacteria

ESD’s Tamas Torok and Hoi-Ying Holman, in collaboration with Michael Cohen of Sonoma State, are studying alkaline-tolerant bacteria that could someday increase efficiency and reduce the cost of biofuel processing.

06/11/2013

CPR & First Aid Courses Offered June 17

Margaret Torn and the EHSS training department have scheduled First Aid and CPR training for ESD staff.

Onsite Massage Program

To help staff reduce stress, the Lab hosts a weekly massage program on the main site.

06/05/2013

Smokers Reminded to Comply With Lab Policy

To diminish fire and health hazards, employees who smoke are reminded to adhere to the Lab’s policy on smoking.

05/20/2013

DSSS: What is the Soil Phenotype?

ESD welcomes John Crawford, Ph.D. (Univ. of Sydney), who will be presenting "What is the Soil Phenotype?" May 24, 2013, at 10:30am in the Bldg. 66 Auditorium.

05/17/2013

Moridis on Board of Computers & Geosciences

ESD’s George Moridis was honored by being named to the board of the journal Computers & Geosciences, an Elsevier publication that publishes high impact, original research at the interface between computer sciences and geosciences.

05/10/2013

Emergency Go Kit Contest

This year’s Emergency Go Kit Contest allows you to show your resourcefulness and win a cash prize of up to $250.

05/08/2013

George Pau Wins Early Career Research Award

ESD Website Teaser: ESD’s George Pau wins a DOE Office of Science Early Career Research Program award for his work on “A Multiscale Reduced Order Method for Integrated Earth System Modeling.”