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 variety 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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Dr. Wiley Wolfe (@wileywolph) is a postdoc working with Scott Doney at the University of Virginia. He’s a biogeochemical modeler 🧪 who is building a “Translator” to help ocean models communicate with microbial models 🦠, a powerful tool to explore how tiny microbes impact the vast ocean and our planet 🌍.
Wiley is thrilled to be part of the ocean modeling community 🌊, even though he discovered during his Ph.D. @scripps_ocean that he gets quite seasick! Despite that, he still enjoys fieldwork and diving when the water is calm 🐠.
Photos by Erik Jepsen.
#oceanmodeling #biogeochemistry #biogeochemicalmodeling #oceanography #marinemicrobes #marinemicrobiology #computersimulations #multiscalemodeling #oceanscience #scienceandtechnology #earthsystemmodels
Last March, C-CoMP set out on the @rvatlanticexplorer 🚢 to compare diel surface ocean microbial dynamics between oligotrophic and productive regions 🌊 🦠 . Time to batten down the hatches!
Researchers and crew braved three storms ⛈️, with 30-40 kt winds and 10-20 ft seas. Despite weather delays and interruptions, the team successfully and safely completed the core mission of the cruise and collected hundreds of samples!
Photos by McKenzie Powers and Emily Hu. Videos by Daniella Asturias.
#FieldworkFriday #rvatlanticexplorer #bermuda #bermudaatlantictimeseries #sargassosea #oceanography #metabolites #marinemicrobes #phytoplankton #fieldwork #researchcruise #primaryproduction #teamscience #nsffunded #scienceandtechnology
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Mica Yang is a PhD student in Markus Covert`s lab at Stanford University. She is a mathematical modeler who uses computer simulations 💻 to study and predict the behavior of marine microbes 🦠 in diverse environments.
Mica is excited to be able to combine her interests in math and biology in a way that lets her study fascinating ocean science 🌊 topics with practical global implications.
#metabolicmodeling #genomescalemodel #marinemicrobes #marinebacteria #mathematicalmodeling #computersimulations #math #biology #oceanscience #scienceandtechnology
Happy #earthday from C-CoMP! On this day (and every day), we are honored to study the chemicals and marine microbes 🦠 that underpin ocean ecosystems 🌊 on our blue planet 🌎!
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C-CoMP in the news
JANUARY 06, 2025
An abundant phytoplankton feeds a global network of marine microbes
MIT News
FEBRUARY 13, 2024
ASLO honors Elizabeth B. Kujawinski with the 2024 G. Evelyn Hutchinson Award
WHOI News Release
JANUARY 17, 2024
Digital Microbe: A genome-informed data integration framework for collaborative research on emerging model organisms
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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.