Every year BER’s Biological Systems Science Division (BSSD) asks a program to provide detailed reports related to the mission of the program. In 2017, KBase was chosen, and the full submitted report can be found here: https://www.kbase.us/performance-metric-report-2017/
BER program reports: https://genomicscience.energy.gov/metrics/index.shtml
Ellen G. Dow, Ph.D. leads the KBase Educators Program as part of the User Engagement team. Inspired by her involvement in science outreach throughout graduate school, she left the bench to gain experience in informal education and cultivate community engagement from public to science sectors. A molecular biologist by training, Ellen applies her research experience to support emerging scientists and co-developing community resources.
Elisha M Wood-Charlson is KBase’s User Engagement Lead. She has a PhD and 10+ years of experience as a microbial ecologist focused on host-microbe-virus interactions in the marine environment. Since leaving the research bench, she has moved into the realm of scientific community engagement, with the goal of making microbiome data science more efficient through effective collaboration, building trust in online communities, and developing shared ownership throughout the scientific process.
