University of Colorado Boulder

Contact Info:

Sebastian Kopf

https://geom.kopflab.org/

Grants and Identifiers:

RRID: RRID:SCR_025034

Instrumentation:

Services Provided:

Relevant Publications:

1.) Kashyap S, Caro TA, Templeton AS (2026 Mar 18). Microbial growth rates captured using Raman-SIP reveal a highly active subsurface biosphere fueled by serpentinization. Nature communications, 17(1), . . PMCID: 13150008.

2.) Rozmiarek KS, Yang J, Schambach J, Bennett H, Caro TA, Sammon J, Whiting JJ, Miller PR, Ricken B, Bigler L, Jayne RS, Fukuyama D, Jones TR, Smallwood CR (2025). Microbial and chemical predictors of methane release from a stratified thermokarst permafrost hotspot. Frontiers in microbiology, 16(), 1657143. . PMCID: 12549645.

3.) Asamoto CK, Ryu Y, Eckartt KN, Kelley-Kern J, Dietrich LE, Sigman DM, Kopf SH (2024 Nov 22). Stable isotopic signature of dissimilatory nitrate reduction is robust against enzyme mutation Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 121(48), e2416002121. . PMCID: 11621745.

Description:

Microbial culturing facility focused on growing microorganisms with diverse physiologies from photosynthesis to methanogenesis.