Our daily activities and agriculture can take a heavy toll on our environment. Dr. Sharon Doty, from the School of Environmental and Forest Sciences at the University of Washington, hopes to use plant-microbe partnerships to revolutionize the fields of agriculture, forestry, and bioenergy by making them more environmentally and economically sustainable. In this episode, Jacques and Irene traveled to multiple locations in the State of Washington, to follow Dr. Doty and her lab in their daily activities. They have successfully applied plant-microbe symbiosis to both the eco-sustainable cultivation of plants, as well as to the bonification of heavily polluted soils. Dr. Doty’s work was supported by grants from the NIFA-AFRI (Award # 2012-68002-19824), NIFA Award # 1012777, USDA AFRI Grant # 2010-05080, NIH SBIR Award R43ES025483, NIH SBIR Award # 1R43ES025483-01, and the Byron and Alice Lockwood Foundation. Links: The Plant Microbiology Lab, School of Environmental and Forest Sciences, University of Washington College of the Environment: http://depts.washington.edu/envaplab/ The School of Environmental and Forest Sciences, University of Washington College of the Environment: http://www.cfr.washington.edu/ University of Washington College of the Environment: https://environment.uw.edu/ For more info on applications in agrigenomics: https://www.illumina.com/areas-of-interest/agrigenomics.html For more info on applications in other areas: https://www.illumina.com/science/publication-reviews.html See all our Adventures in Genomics videos: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKRu7cmBQlah8wHBByBXEO0dNW-xNvvX_ Subscribe to the Illumina video channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxWMU29FF4kIG8YmQf6Zv0g?sub_confirmation=1 View customer spotlight videos: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKRu7cmBQlajfheLzgbI4S7xBn7IDbt79 View Illumina webinars: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKRu7cmBQlahpXlnrrXlQw9itVJ8yHwUZ View Illumina product videos: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKRu7cmBQlaj6YuZmkfxZcT9twqDgP2Xd View Illumina support videos: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKRu7cmBQlajbm2KGsICWb-JOnusJfYvM