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… that enable fungi and algae to play a vital role in carbon cycling, biodegradation and biogeochemistry. This … Fungi, with million species, are essential for ecosystem functioning — particularly in their roles associated … endophytes, growth promoters, or pathogens) and as the most efficient degraders of plant biomass. These abilities are …

… the design and synthesis of complex genetic pathways and biosystems. It The program fosters collaboration with U.S. and … and genome portals, we study lignocellulose decomposition, CO2 fixation, redox reactions, and plant metabolite … enzymes to support mission-driven research. Rapid Metabolic Engineering: Metabolic engineering traditionally utilizes a …

… enhances our understanding of terrestrial biogeochemical cycling and inter-organismal interactions. These insights … environmental challenges, such as improving soil health, carbon sequestration and bioeconomy applications. The … drives sustainable solutions in energy, agriculture and ecosystem management. … The Microbial Program focuses on using …

… pathways, and whole chromosomes for bioenergy, nutrient cycling and bioproduct applications.  The team has three … user project design, assembly, and quality control Strain Engineering Group : a research & development group and … on new technologies and optimizing tools — including strain engineering — to make them more user accessible Synthetic …

… works to uncover the roles of small molecules in biological systems, linking them with genomic data to enhance our understanding of genome science, organisms, and ecosystems at the molecular level. Integrating genomics with … supports foundational research related to soil nutrient cycling and health, terrestrial biogeochemical processes, …

… genome, the genome predicts they often can produce around 30 – more than 30 compounds. So, this was a complete … to have an index. You have to have the computer-searching systems. So one of the enabling technologies we wanted to do … CRISPR technology, anything as genome editing, genome engineering, to make something even better and making more …

… approaches to assess microbial activity across ecosystems.  By studying microbial communities and their … communities contribute to critical processes such as carbon cycling, nutrient cycling, and energy flow. One of the key …

LanzaTech, a Skokie, Illinois-based company that recycles carbon emissions to make fuels and chemicals, improving air … economy. Acetogenic  Clostridium is considered the most efficient method of converting abundant low-cost gas … called chassis-independent recombinase-assisted genome engineering (CRAGE), which offers single-step genomic …

… levels of throughput. We also develop methods for efficient QA/QC based on next-generation sequencing … and understanding the design principles for successfully engineering pathways to function in heterologous hosts, by …

… actual molecules present in an environment that influence system behavior.  Through this identification, metabolomics … of the role small molecules play in diverse biological systems, sheds light on nutrient cycling, and leads to the discovery of new molecules and …