Structural Proteomics Identifies Host Cell Control Points as Battlegrounds for Virus Takeover
Capturing protein structural changes in host cells exposes vulnerabilities exploited by viruses to hijack cellular machinery.
The Gut Microbiome Modifies Host Response to Environmental Exposures
Study highlights microbiome’s role in regulating xenobiotic metabolism.
Bringing Chemical Probes to the Toxicology Community
Several PNNL scientists contributed to the virtual Society of Toxicology meeting in March.
Surveying Earth’s Diverse Microbial Communities and their Metabolite Profiles
A multi-omics analysis provides the framework for gaining insights into the structure and function of microbial communities across multiple habitats on a planetary scale
Deep Learning to Predict Interspecies Spatial Interactions from Microbial Assembly Patterns
Researchers trained deep neural networks to accurately predict microbial interactions captured by fluorescence microscopy.
PNNL Scientists Elected AAAS Fellows
Two PNNL researchers, one a world-leading authority on microorganisms, the other an expert on coastal ecosystem restoration, have been elected fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Scientists Create Unprecedented Catalog of Microbial Life on Planet Earth
PNNL scientist Janet Jansson led scores of scientists who published in the journal Nature the most extensive snapshot ever of the vast microbial life on Earth.
A Little Piece of Washington State Will Blast Into Space Later Today
Soil and its microbial inhabitants from Washington state are heading for the International Space Station today.
NASA funds PNNL Microbe and Plant Research in Space
Janet Jansson and Christer Jansson of PNNL have each been awarded a NASA grant to explore how life adapts and changes during spaceflight.
Protecting climate-sensitive soil ecosystems
Researchers from Pacific Northwest National Laboratory reviewed the current state of knowledge about the impacts of climate change on soil microorganisms in different climate-sensitive soil ecosystems.