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Steven Hallam
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Latest papers
A metagenomic survey of forest soil microbial communities more than a decade after timber harvesting.
Scientific data · 2017
Forest harvesting reduces the soil metagenomic potential for biomass decomposition.
The ISME journal · 2015
The microbial community of a passive biochemical reactor treating arsenic, zinc, and sulfate-rich seepage.
Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2015
Latest funding
- $104,000
Engineering microbial cell systems for sustainable living
NSERC · 2023 · Principal investigator
- $249,428
Modular mycelium composting toilet
SSHRC · 2023 · Co-investigator
- $150,000
High-throughput nanoscale culture and screening applications for microbiome research
NSERC · 2021 · Principal investigator
3 publications.
A metagenomic survey of forest soil microbial communities more than a decade after timber harvesting.
Wilhelm RC, Cardenas E, Leung H, Maas K, Hartmann M, Hahn A, Hallam S, Mohn WW
Forest harvesting reduces the soil metagenomic potential for biomass decomposition.
Cardenas E, Kranabetter JM, Hope G, Maas KR, Hallam S, Mohn WW
The microbial community of a passive biochemical reactor treating arsenic, zinc, and sulfate-rich seepage.
Baldwin SA, Khoshnoodi M, Rezadehbashi M, Taupp M, Hallam S, Mattes A, Sanei H
Engineering microbial cell systems for sustainable living
Principal investigators: Hallam, Steven
Keywords: microbial ecology; metagenomics; functional screening; waste resource recovery; biological engineering; microbial cell factories; synthetic microbial consortia; cell surface display; metabolic pathway reconstruction; high-performance computing
Modular mycelium composting toilet
Principal investigators: Dahmen, Joseph
High-throughput nanoscale culture and screening applications for microbiome research
Principal investigators: Hallam, Steven
Rapid high-throughput sample preparation for COVID-19 diagnostics using integrated automation systems_x000d_
Principal investigators: Hallam, Steven
Developing a platform for rapid online DNA monitoring of microbial communities in wastewater treatment systems
Principal investigators: Ziels, Ryan RM
Sources, sinks and fate of microplastics in the Strait of Georgia and its urbanized watershed: a solution-oriented natural mesocosm study.
Principal investigators: Maldonado, Maria T
Keywords: bioengineering; environmental monitoring; genomics; marine biogeochemistry; marine pollution; microfibers; microplastics; oceanography; polymer sciences; watershed
Quantum dot lighting solutions for optogenetics and precision growth of photosynthetic organisms
Principal investigators: Hallam, Steven
Microbial community responses to marine microplastics along natural and anthropogenic gradients
Principal investigators: Hallam, Steven
Nitrogen biogeochemistry and chromium isotopes in Saanich Inlet
Principal investigators: Crowe, Sean
Monitoring microbial community function during methane formation in a wastewater treatment**digester
Principal investigators: Hallam, Steven
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
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