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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

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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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Team work makes the dream work! Another fantastic time-lapse of Dr. Erin McParland and Dr. Krista Longnecker working together in a feat of coordination to complete Benzoyl Chloride Derivatization on marine metabolites at sea on the @rvatlanticexplorer! 

It is challenging to measure marine metabolites due to the amount of salt in seawater and the chemical complexity and variety of the metabolites that are present. Benzoyl Chloride Derivatization is a method used to make it easier to separate amine- and alcohol-containing metabolites from seawater, increasing the ability to detect and measure metabolites containing these functional groups. 

If you are interested in learning more about this Derivatization method for marine metabolites, check out Widner et al. 2021 in the journal Analytical Chemistry! 

https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.analchem.0c03769

#fieldworkfriday #rvatlanticexplorer #marinemetabolites #metabolites #exometabolomics #marinemicrobes #phytoplankton #primaryproduction #carbon #carboncycling #teamscience #oceanography #oceandecade #oceanliteracy #integratedscience #scienceandtechnology
📣 Last week, Dr. Scott Doney, professor at @uva and member of C-CoMP, served as an expert witness for the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee joint hearing on the potential of marine carbon dioxide removal (mCDR) approaches. Scott’s testimony addressed the current state of science as well as existing knowledge gaps that need to be filled before mCDR is implemented at scale. 

You can learn more about the joint hearing and read Scott’s testimony by visiting the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology website (science.house.gov). 

#marinecdr #carboncycling #carbonsequestration #policy #energy #oceanography #congress

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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.