Dear Colleagues, We would like to invite you to submit your abstract to our AGU session in which we are seeking for contributions that use -omics data to directly inform biogeochemical model parameterization or structure. Please see the session details below and forward to interested colleagues.
We look forward to seeing you in Washington, D.C. Istem & Colin --- B033: From -omics observations to Earth System Science: how and when will molecular insight inform Earth system function? Current Earth System models frequently generate divergent predictions of key biogeochemical processes under global change, differing in both sign and magnitude. Much of this disagreement likely represents incomplete process-level understanding of the role of organisms in biogeochemical cycles and the impact of environmental change on those organisms. Genomic-, transcriptomic- and proteomic-based (‘-omics’ based) approaches are revolutionizing our understanding of the molecular basis of fundamental plant and microbial biogeochemical processes. Despite these advances, it remains to be seen how -omics observations will constrain and inform Earth system models. In this session, we particularly seek contributions where -omics information has directly informed model parameterization or structure, resulting in quantitative or qualitative improvement of model fit to biogeochemical pool and flux data. How and when does -omics information provide new insights about biogeochemistry that otherwise we could not know? We especially encourage contributions applying -omics based research to terrestrial organisms and models. https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm18/prelim.cgi/Session/44419 Conveners: Istem Fer, Colin Averill
