The Zak lab has recently been awarded an NSF DEB grant! The grant, titled “Ectomycorrhizal Fungi and the Enzymatic Liberation of Nitrogen from Soil Organic Matter: Ecosystem Processes and Underlying Molecular Mechanisms” (link here), will be studying the ECM and C-cycling on multiple fronts. Our goal is to understand more about the interaction of ECM lineage, nutrient cycling and decomposition. Go Zak lab!!