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RESEARCH INTERESTS<\/h5> <\/div> <\/div>
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PEOPLE<\/h5> <\/div> <\/div>
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OUR WORK<\/h5>

Research Interests<\/h2>

Research in the Techtmann Lab focuses on understanding the rules that govern microbial community behavior to inform engineering of microbial communities to improve environmental quality and sustainable food and biomaterial production.  We use computational, lab and field methods to address questions related to environmental biotechnology and industrial microbiology<\/p><\/div> <\/div>

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Plastic to Food<\/a><\/div> <\/div><\/div> <\/div>
Microbial Conversion of Plastic to Food<\/h5>

This project is focused on Engineering natural and synthetic microbial consorita for convert plastic waste into protein powder<\/p> <\/div> <\/div><\/div> <\/div>

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Microbial Biosensors<\/a><\/div> <\/div><\/div> <\/div>
Natural Microbial Communities as Biosensors<\/h5>

This project uses machine learning  to identify microbial biomarkers in natural microbial communities that predict  environmental phenomena<\/p> <\/div> <\/div><\/div> <\/div>

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Oil Biodegradation<\/a><\/div> <\/div><\/div> <\/div>
Bioremediation<\/h5>

This project seeks to study how natural microbial communities response to oil release and can be used in bioremediation<\/p> <\/div> <\/div><\/div> <\/div>

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Biocides<\/a><\/div> <\/div><\/div> <\/div>
Adaptations to Extreme Environments<\/h5>

This theme focuses on the study of microbial adaptations to extreme environents such as life in ice or dessication<\/p><\/div> <\/div><\/div> <\/div><\/div>

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RESEARCH INTERESTS PEOPLE PUBLICATIONS TEACHING OUR WORK Research Interests Research in the Techtmann Lab focuses on understanding the rules that govern microbial community behavior to inform engineering of microbial communities to improve environmental quality and sustainable food and biomaterial production.  We use computational, lab and field methods to address questions related to environmental biotechnology and…
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