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

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