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Trent Northen

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

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Assay:metagenomics· 4 Approach:statistical model· 3 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 2 Research Focus:clustering· 2 Research Focus:differential expression· 2 Approach:experimental assay· 2 Research Focus:cell-cell communication· 1 Research Focus:chromatin & epigenetic regulation· 1

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Distinct Strategies for Engineering Bioenergy Traits in Sorghum Drive Divergent Functional Shifts in the Rhizosphere Microbiome

Yen Ning Chai, Jutta Dalton, Yang Tian, Rita Kuo, Christopher De Ben, Daniel H. Putnam, Suzanne M. Kosina, Monikaben Nimavat, Edward Baidoo, Thomas Harwood, Katherine Louie, Ben Bowen, Christa Pennacchio, Robert Riley, Trent Northen, , Henrik Vibe Scheller

This study examines how two transgenic sorghum lines with different bioenergy traits affect their rhizosphere microbiome composition and function.

bioRxiv · Oct 9, 2026 · PreprintPlant Biology

Metagenome-guided substrate selection enriches Terriglobus, reveals co-occurring taxa, and enables isolation of a novel species

Dawn M. Chiniquy, Spencer Diamond, Hans K. Carlson, Alexey Kazakov, Devin Coleman‐Derr, Trent Northen, Jillian F. Banfield, Adam M. Deutschbauer

This study uses metagenome-guided substrate selection to enrich Terriglobus, identify co-occurring taxa, and isolate a novel species from soil.

bioRxiv · May 15, 2026 · PreprintMicrobiology

Microbiome Assembly in Zostera marina during early host development: An EcoFAB 2.0 Application for Aquatic Plant-Microbe Interactions

Gina Chaput, Emma A. Deen, Eric Quoc Pham, Sarah Crystal, Andrew Matayoshi, Peter F Andeer, Trent Northen, Jonathan A. Eisen, John J. Stachowicz, Emilia M. Sogin

This paper uses EcoFAB 2.0 to study microbiome assembly in Zostera marina seedlings, identifying stage-specific microbial indicators and demonstrating controlled microbiome manipulation.

bioRxiv · Aug 27, 2025 · PreprintMicrobiology

Processing of grassland soil C-N compounds into soluble and volatile molecules is depth stratified and mediated by genomically novel bacteria and archaea

Spencer Diamond, Peter Andeer, Zhou Li, Alex Crits-Christoph, David Burstein, Karthik Anantharaman, Katherine R. Lane, Brian C. Thomas, Chongle Pan, Trent Northen, Jillian F. Banfield

The paper links genomically novel soil microbes to depth-stratified carbon and nitrogen cycling by analyzing metagenomic and proteomic data from grassland soils.

bioRxiv · Oct 17, 2018 · PreprintMicrobiology