2002

In 2002, the DOE, through its Office of Biological and Environmental Research, awarded 10 research grants in the NABIR program. The awards covered scientific research in two of NABIR's seven scientific program elements and the FRC:

Biomolecular Science and Engineering

Projects	PIs
Lateral gene transfer among subsurface bacteria	Tamar Barkay Rutgers University barkay@aesop.rutgers.edu
Mechanism of uranium reduction by Shewanella Oneidensis	Thomas J. DiChristina Georgia Tech. td19@prism.gatech.edu
Construction of Whole Genome Microarrays for Desulfovibrio vulgaris and Expression Analysis of Cells Grown Under Uranium-Reducing Conditions	Matthew W. Fields Oakridge Nat'l. Lab fieldsm1@ornl.gov
Mechanisms for the reduction of actinides and Tc(VII) in Geobacter sulfurreducens	Jon Lloyd Univ. of Manchester, UK jrlloyd@fs1.ge.man.ac.uk
Biomolecular Mechanisms for Microbe-Fe(III) Oxide Interactions in Geobacter species	Derek Lovley Univ. Mass, Amherst dlovley@microbio.umass.edu
Engineering MerR for Sequestration and MerA for Reduction of Toxic Metals and Radionuclides	Anne Summers Univ. of Georgia, Athens summers@uga.edu
The Role and Regulation of Melanin Production by Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 in Relation to Metal and Radionuclide Reduction and Immobilization	Charles E. Turick Savannah River Site, Aiken, SC Charles.Turick@srs.gov

NABIR Environmental Management (EM)

Projects	PIs
In-line Uranium Immunosensor	Diane Blake Tulane Univ. Health Sci. Center blake@tulane.edu
Field Investigations of Lactate-Stimulated Bioreduction of Cr(VI) to Cr(III) at Hanford 100H	Terry Hazen Lawrence Berkeley Nat'l. Lab tchazen@lbl.gov
In Situ Immobilization of 99Tc at the Hanford Site by Stimulation of Subsurface Microbiota	Phil Long Pacific Northwest Nat'l. Lab Philip.long@pnl.gov

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