2000

In August, 1999, the DOE, through its Office of Biological and Environmental Research, awarded 23 research grants in the NABIR program. The awards covered scientific research in five of NABIR's seven scientific program elements:

Biotransformation and Biodegradation

Projects	PIs
Biodegradation of PuEDTA and Impacts on Pu Mobility	Harvey Bolton Jr. Pacific Northwest Nat'l Lab. harvey.bolton@pnl.gov
Reductive Precipitation and Stabilization of Uranium Complexed with Organic Ligands by Anaerobic Bacteria	A. J. Francis Brookhaven Nat'l Lab. francis1@bnl.gov
Impacts of Mineralogy and Competing Microbial Respiration Pathways on the Fate of Uranium in Contaminated Groundwater	Joel E. Kostka Florida State Univ. jkostka@ocean.fsu.edu
Sediment Studies of the Biological Factors Controlling the Reduction of U(VI)	Derek R. Lovley Univ. of Mass., Amherst dlovley@microbio.umass.edu
Characterization of Molecular Genetic Events Associated with Colonization of Mineral Surfaces by Geobacter sp.	Timothy S. Magnuson, Ph.D. Montana State Univ. tim_m@erc.montana.edu
Environmental Actinide Mobilty: Plutonium and Uranium Interactions with Exopolysacharides and Siderophores of Naturally-Occurring Microorganisms	Mary P. Neu Los Alamos Nat'l Lab. mneu@lanl.gov

CCommunity Dynamics and Microbial Ecology

Ecological Interactions Between Metals and Microbes That Impact Bioremediation Allan E. Konopka
Purdue Univ.
akonopka@purdue.edu
Distribution and Activity of Dissimilatory Metal-Reducing Microorganisms in Contaminated Subsurface Environments Derek R. Lovley
Univ. of Mass., Amherst
dlovley@microbio.umass.edu
Understanding the Roles of Spatial Iisolation and Carbon in Microbial Community Structure, Dynamics, and Activity for Bioremediation James M. Tiedje
Mich. State Univ.
tiedjej@pilot.msu.edu

Biomolecular Sciences and Engineering

Engineering Deinococcus radiodurans for Metal Remediation in Radioactive Mixed Waste Environments
Michael J. Daly, Ph.D.
Uniformed Services Univ. of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD
mdaly@usuhs.mil

Metabolic Engineering of Microorganisms for Actinide and Heavy Metal Precipitation Jay D. Keasling
Univ. of Calif., Berkeley
keasling@socrates.berkeley.edu
Survival and Persistence Traits of Pseudomonas fluorescens Stuart B. Levy
Center for Adaptation Genetics and Drug Resistance, Boston, MA
Starvation Promoter-Driven Metal and Radionuclide Bioremediation in Combinatorial Bacteria Dr. A.C. Matin
Stanford University
a.matin@forsythe.stanford.edu
Genes for Uranium Bioremediation in the Anaerobic Sulfate-Reducing Bacteria Judy D. Wall
Univ. of MO, Columbia
wallj@missouri.edu
Single-Molecule and Biochemistry Studies of Flavin Channeling between Flavin Reductases and EDTA Monooxygenase Sunney Xie
Harvard University
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Biogeochemical Dynamics

The Role of Biogenic Solids in the Reductive Stabilization of Metal Contaminants: Influences on Microbial Versus Chemical Pathways and Reaction Products Scott E. Fendorf
Stanford University
fendorf@stanford.edu
Hydrogen as an Indicator to Assess Biological Activity During Trace-Metal Bioremediation Peter Jaffé
Princeton University
jaffe@Princeton.EDU
The Role of Biogeochemical Dynamics in the Alteration of U Solid Phases Under Oxic Conditions Heino Nitsche
Lawrence Berkeley Nat'l Lab.
HNitsche@lbl.gov
Stabilization of Heavy Metal Contaminants in Subsurface Environments: Microbially Mediated Precipitation of Metal Sulfides from Complexes with Organic Chelates
Murthy A. Vairavamurthy
Brookhaven Nat'l Lab.
vmurthy@bnl.gov

Abstract to follow John M. Zachara

Assessment

Optimization of Nonlinear Data Analysis Tools for the Assessment of Microbial Communities Craig C. Brandt
Oak Ridge Nat'l Lab.
brandtcc@ornl.gov
Expanded Rapid, Comprehensive, Lipid Biomarker Analysis for Subsurface, Community Composition and Nutritional/Physiological Status as Monitors of Remediation and Detoxification Effectiveness David C. White
Univ. of Tenn., Oak Ridge
MILIPIDS@AOL.COM
Development and Use of rRNA Gene-Based Microarrays for Assessing Microbial Community Composition and Dynamics Jizhong Zhou
Oak Ridge Nat'l Lab.
zhouj@ornl.gov