{"670096":{"#nid":"670096","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Novel bacterial proteins from seafloor shine light on climate and astrobiology","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAround the coasts of the continents, where slopes sink down into the sea, tiny cages of ice called clathrates trap methane gas, preventing it from escaping and bubbling up into the atmosphere. Until now, the biological process behind how methane gas remains stable under the sea has been almost completely unknown. In a breakthrough study, a cross-disciplinary team of Georgia Tech researchers discovered a previously unknown class of bacterial proteins that play a crucial role in the formation and stability of methane clathrates. College of Sciences team members include \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\/people\/glass-dr-jennifer\u0022\u003EJennifer Glass\u003C\/a\u003E, associate professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences\u003C\/a\u003E; \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/chemistry.gatech.edu\/people\/raquel-lieberman\u0022\u003ERaquel Lieberman\u003C\/a\u003E, professor and\u0026nbsp;Sepcic-Pfeil Chair in the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/chemistry.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Chemistry and Biochemistry\u003C\/a\u003E;\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/chemistry.gatech.edu\/people\/dustin-huard\u0022\u003EDustin Huard\u003C\/a\u003E, a researcher in Lieberman\u2019s lab and first author of the study;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.marsci.uga.edu\/directory\/people\/abigail-johnson\u0022\u003EAbigail Johnson\u003C\/a\u003E, a former Ph.D. student in Glass\u2019 lab and co-first author on the paper, and\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/physics.gatech.edu\/user\/james-jc-gumbart\u0022\u003EJames (JC) Gumbart\u003C\/a\u003E, professor in the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/physics.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Physics\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;(The study was also covered at \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/indiaeducationdiary.in\/revelation-from-bacterial-proteins-illuminating-insights-for-climate-and-astrobiology\/\u0022\u003EIndia Education Diary\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/scitechdaily.com\/something-no-one-has-done-before-novel-bacterial-proteins-from-seafloor-shed-new-light-on-climate-and-astrobiology\/\u0022\u003ESciTechDaily\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.space.com\/methane-deposits-earth-proteins-search-for-alien-life\u0022\u003ESpace.com\u003C\/a\u003E, and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/astrobiology.com\/2023\/09\/novel-bacterial-proteins-from-seafloor-shine-light-on-climate-and-astrobiology.html\u0022\u003EAstrobiology\u003C\/a\u003E.)\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAround the coasts of the continents, where slopes sink down into the sea, tiny cages of ice called clathrates trap methane gas, preventing it from escaping and bubbling up into the atmosphere. Until now, the biological process behind how methane gas remains stable under the sea has been almost completely unknown. In a breakthrough study, a cross-disciplinary team of Georgia Tech researchers discovered a previously unknown class of bacterial proteins that play a crucial role in the formation and stability of methane clathrates. College of Sciences team members include \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\/people\/glass-dr-jennifer\u0022\u003EJennifer Glass\u003C\/a\u003E, associate professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences\u003C\/a\u003E; \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/chemistry.gatech.edu\/people\/raquel-lieberman\u0022\u003ERaquel Lieberman\u003C\/a\u003E, professor and\u0026nbsp;Sepcic-Pfeil Chair in the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/chemistry.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Chemistry and Biochemistry\u003C\/a\u003E;\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/chemistry.gatech.edu\/people\/dustin-huard\u0022\u003EDustin Huard\u003C\/a\u003E, a researcher in Lieberman\u2019s lab and first author of the study;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.marsci.uga.edu\/directory\/people\/abigail-johnson\u0022\u003EAbigail Johnson\u003C\/a\u003E, a former Ph.D. student in Glass\u2019 lab and co-first author on the paper, and\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/physics.gatech.edu\/user\/james-jc-gumbart\u0022\u003EJames (JC) Gumbart\u003C\/a\u003E, professor in the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/physics.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Physics\u003C\/a\u003E. (The study was also covered at \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/indiaeducationdiary.in\/revelation-from-bacterial-proteins-illuminating-insights-for-climate-and-astrobiology\/\u0022\u003EIndia Education Diary\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/scitechdaily.com\/something-no-one-has-done-before-novel-bacterial-proteins-from-seafloor-shed-new-light-on-climate-and-astrobiology\/\u0022\u003ESciTechDail\u003C\/a\u003Ey, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.space.com\/methane-deposits-earth-proteins-search-for-alien-life\u0022\u003ESpace.com\u003C\/a\u003E, and\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/astrobiology.com\/2023\/09\/novel-bacterial-proteins-from-seafloor-shine-light-on-climate-and-astrobiology.html\u0022\u003EAstrobiology\u003C\/a\u003E. )\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34434","created_gmt":"2023-10-02 14:06:48","changed_gmt":"2023-10-23 15:12:04","author":"Renay San Miguel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"ScienceDaily ","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.sciencedaily.com\/releases\/2023\/09\/230927155317.htm","dateline":{"date":"2023-09-27T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2023-09-27T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"364801","name":"EAS"},{"id":"85951","name":"School of Chemistry and Biochemistry"},{"id":"126011","name":"School of Physics"}],"categories":[{"id":"141","name":"Chemistry and Chemical Engineering"},{"id":"154","name":"Environment"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"166926","name":"School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences"},{"id":"166928","name":"School of Chemistry and Biochemistry"},{"id":"79441","name":"jennifer glass"},{"id":"10858","name":"Raquel Lieberman"},{"id":"192970","name":"James Gumbert"},{"id":"179715","name":"methane clathrates"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}