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Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation Sara Bender, Program Officer, Marine Microbiology Initiative December 13, 2015
Who We Are
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“It is our hope that if Betty or I were to return to the Foundation
in a decade, a century or a millennium, while the issues the Foundation is working on might
be different, the Foundation would be recognizable to us – that it would continue to be
innovative, intellectually rigorous, take risks, operate efficiently, exercise humility, and remain
focused on measurable results.”
• MarineMicrobiologyIni/a/ve
• Data-DrivenDiscovery
• PlantBiologyInves/gatorPartnershipwithHHMI
• CaltechCommitment
• Thirty-MeterTelescope
• ImagingMolecularInterac/ons
• ScienceLearning
• EmergentPhenomenainQuantumSystems
• SpecialProjects
Foundation programs
• Andes—AmazonIni/a/ve• Conserva/onandFinancialMarketsIni/a/ve
• ForestsandAgriculturalMarketsIni/a/ve
• MarineConserva/onIni/a/ve
• OceansandSeafoodMarketsIni/a/ve• WildSalmonEcosystemsIni/a/ve• SpecialProjects
• MarineMicrobiologyIni/a/ve
• Data-DrivenDiscovery
• PlantBiologyInves/gatorPartnershipwithHHMI
• CaltechCommitment
• Thirty-MeterTelescope
• ImagingMolecularInterac/ons
• ScienceLearning
• EmergentPhenomenainQuantumSystems
• SpecialProjects
Foundation programs
• BeMyIreneMooreNursingIni/a/ve• BeMyIreneMooreSchoolofNursingatUCDavis• Pa/ent&FamilyEngagement
• ICUCareRedesign• Predic/veAnaly/cs
• Conserva/on
• ScienceandTechnologyMuseums
SynergyFund
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StrategicPhilanthropy
Our approach
• Four filters for impact:
– Potential to make a difference and produce an enduring impact
– Importance to the Foundation
– Measurable outcomes
– Contribution to a portfolio effect
• Dialogue:
– The Foundation engages in dialogues with non-profit organizations (universities, research institutes, hospitals, NGOs, etc.) and seeks alignment around goals and paths forward of mutual interest
Marine Microbiology Initiative
2019Goal
Establish a new paradigm by uncovering the principles that: (1) Govern how
microbes interact with one another;
(2) Influence the nature of microbial transformations of nutrients
ApproachesStrategies
Technology & Methods Development
• Flow CytoBOT
– Heidi Sosik (WHOI)
• Environmental Sample Processor
– Chris Scholin (MBARI)
• Seafloor incubator
– Julie Huber (MBL)
• Zooglider
– Mark Ohman (SIO)
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Photo:h8p://www-pord.ucsd.edu/~shaunj/research.html
Photo:JulieHuber
Photo:JonKaye
Field projects
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Photo:DavidKarl
Hawaii Ocean Time-series Photo:DavidNeedham
San Pedro Ocean Time Series
Single investigator and multidisciplinary team projects
Experimental Model Systems portfolio (October 2015)
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Pro/stGene/cToolDevelopment
• 35grantstotaling$8.1M• Treeoflifewell-covered• >1,000organisms• 116PIs&co-PIs• GeneWcsbecomesapart
oftheoceantoolkit
Questions