MBL Announces First Recipients of MBL-UChicago/Argonne Collaboration Awards

The Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) has announced the first recipients of the MBL-UChicago/Argonne Collaboration Awards.

These awards support innovative scientific collaborations among faculty at the MBL and UChicago/Argonne, in service of laying the foundation for long-term interactions between the institutions. Teams of at least one UChicago/Argonne and one MBL resident scientist are eligible to receive the awards.  The following projects were awarded:

"High-Resolution Microbiome Informatics"— A. Murat Eren, Bay Paul Center, MBL, and collaborator Jack Gilbert, Department of Ecology & Evolution, University of Chicago, will work with co-investigators Jessica Mark Welch and Mitchell Sogin of the Bay Paul Center;  Andrew Chien, Department of Computer Science, University of Chicago; and Eugene Chang, Department of Medicine, University of Chicago.

"Cytoskeletal Adaptation During Suspended Animation" — Shalin Mehta, Cellular Dynamics Program, MBL and collaborator Patrick La Rivière, Department of Radiology, University of Chicago, will work with co-investigators Hari Shroff, National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering, and Jonathan Gitlin, Bell Center, MBL.

"Developing a Pan-Arctic Ecosystem Respiration Model" — Edward Rastetter, Ecosystems Center, MBL, and collaborator Julie Jastrow, Biosciences Division, Argonne National Laboratory, will work with co-investigator Susan Natali, Woods Hole Research Center.

A second round of awards will be announced in December 2014.

Featured Image: Left to right: A. Murat Eren, Shalin Mehta, and Edward Rastetter