George Kowalchuk: Combining Large- and Small-Scale Studies to Uncover Soil-Borne Microbial Diversity
1. George A. Kowalchuk Nederlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW) Dept. Microbial Ecology Wageningen Combining large- and small-scale studies to uncover soil-borne microbial diversity Royal Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) Institute for Ecological Sciences (IEW)
2. George A. Kowalchuk Nederlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW) Dept. Microbial Ecology Wageningen What microbial ecology has to gain from the EMP? Royal Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) Institute for Ecological Sciences (IEW)
3. hybrid title “ Why the EMP is important, and what we need to keep in mind as we attempt this grand challenge”
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6. Accelerating rate of discovery < 30 years Ernst Haeckel’s tree of life The Evolution of Man (1879) 100 + years
10. Climate change The Earth does not support life because it is a nice place to live. It is a nice place to live principally because living organisms, in particular microorganisms, have shaped it to be that way. Microbes are Earth’s principle climate engineers, and the fate of our planet relies on understanding how this works
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12. Human Health and Nutrition Personalized medicine: personalized to you and your sickness Medicine based upon you, your symbionts and your pathogens (or gene expression)
19. Microbial diversity: the need to think big and small To date, we have mostly concentrated on scales of convenience as opposed to those of greatest relevance
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21. Space log Time log Coverage of traditional approaches in microbial ecology Greatest relevance to microbial organization & activity Greatest relevance to global environ-mental impact The need to think big and small Stepping outside the typical boundaries of microbial ecology
26. A Sledge-o-matic approach to microbial ecology Soil sample Sledge-o-matic: It slices , it dices, it even … circumcises But it doesn’t describe in situ microbial communities well
42. (VU-Amsterdam) Erik Verbruggen, Marcel van Heijden, James Weedon, Rien Aerts, Toby Kiers (University of Vienna) Tim Urich, Christa Schleper (O.U. Environ. Genomics) Sanghoon Kang, Zhiang He, Jizhong (Joe) Zhou (BAS) Kevin Newsham, David Pearce, Pete Convey (LBNL-Berkeley) Yvette Piceno, Eoine Brodie, Todd De Santis, Gary Andersen (U of Copenhagen) Eske Willerslev (U. Glasgow) Chris Quince, Bill Sloan (RUG) Rampal Etienne Acknowledgements (NIOO) Barbara Drigo (U. New South Wales; Sydney, Australia), Etienne Yergeau (Biotechnology Research Institute; Montréal), Eiko Kuramae, Remy Hillikens, Anna Kielak (RU Groningen), Matthias de Hollander, Agata Pijl, Hans van Veen, Wietse de Boer, Michiel Vos, Sarah Jennings, Alexandra Wolf, Juliet Huet Latest Impact Factor = 6.397 Covering the breadth of microbial ecology
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Organization of soil-borne microorganisms resemble small islands. Colored shapes represent cells of different microbial species. Shadings around micro-colonies depict spheres of interaction. Plant root shaded in green.