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Promoting a mechanistic understanding of the chemical currencies in marine microbial ecosystems in the context of a changing planet and through increased participation in ocean sciences

Mission

The Center for Chemical Currencies of a Microbial Planet (C-CoMP) leverages recent advances in analytical and data sciences, incorporates new ocean sampling technologies and an open-science framework, and engages scientists, educators, and policy-makers who bring a diversity of expertise, experiences, and viewpoints to bear on promoting a deeper understanding and appreciation of the chemicals and microbial processes that underpin ocean ecosystems and other microbiomes that affect our daily life.

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DEI / DEI blog series / Education

How to write effective letters for your mentees

December 4, 2024
DEI / DEI blog series / Education / Meetings

How to mentor early career researchers in making and presenting posters

Education / Experiential Learning / Field work

Students set sail as part of the University of Florida short course on Microbial Life in the Oceans

Connect with C-CoMP

Throwback to cruising across the Sargasso Sea on the @rvatlanticexplorer while surrounded by expansive, panoramic views of the ocean. 

Photo taken by Mica Yang during the C-CoMP @biosstation Research Week. 

#fieldworkfriday #ccompresearchweek #bios #rvatlanticexplorer #asthetic #oceanasthetic #bermuda #sargassosea #oceanography #metabolites #marinemicrobes #phytoplankton #primaryproduction #teamscience #bridge2phd #nsffunded #scienceandtechnology
#MTTM

McKenzie Powers is a PhD candidate in Dr. Mary Ann Moran’s lab @universityofga. McKenzie uses metabolomics and metatranscriptomics to investigate the tightly-coupled relationships between marine microbes 🦠 and nutrient cycles (e.g. carbon, nitrogen, sulfur) in the ocean 🌊. 

Specifically, her research investigates how increasing temperatures 🌡️ will change the types and concentrations of metabolites produced by phytoplankton and how these changes, in turn, will impact the marine microbes that use these metabolites. 

McKenzie is also passionate about broadening access and interest in the ocean sciences through teaching and mentoring. She played an integral role in the development of C-CoMP’s Ocean Genes Course-based Undergraduate Research Experience (CURE) and is currently writing a manuscript that outlines its implementation and success in the classroom - stay tuned! 

#metatranscriptomics #metabolites #metabolomics #marinemicrobes #marinemicrobiology #phytoplankton #oceanography #warmingplanet #nutrients #nutrientcycling #carbon #nitrogen #sulfur #broadeningaccess #broadeningparticipation #diversityinstem #coursebasedundergradresearchexperience #CUREs #oceanliteracy #labexperience #undergraduates #science #nsffunded #nsf #scienceandtechnology

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Award Information and Disclaimer

 

C-CoMP is a National Science Foundation Science and Technology Center (Award # 2019589) that is based at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed on this website are those of C-CoMP and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.