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… impact on marine microbial communities. The Science A team of researchers tracked the impact of a large-scale heatwave … The Blob reached southern California. Steven Hallam of the University of British Columbia was already collecting ocean … Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley …

… Joint Genome Institute and has focused on applying state-of-the-art molecular methods to address wide-ranging … DOE Joint Genome Institute, Senior Scientist at Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, and Adjunct Professor at UC Berkeley. … Ph.D in 1998 from the Department of Genetics at Stanford University where he uncovered the genetic cause of a rare …

… crop and ornamental seeds sold for the upper Midwest are often very different than those bred for Texas. Identifying … increasingly important for food, fuel and other applications, and breeders aren’t interested in waiting decades … 27, 2021 in  Nature , the team led by researchers at the University of Texas (UT) at Austin, the HudsonAlpha …

… Dr. Northen is currently a Senior Staff Scientist at Berkeley Lab. Since joining Berkeley Lab in 2008, Dr. … to link genomes with environments to understand how webs of microbes cycle carbon and sustain biomes via the development and application of advanced mass spectrometry approaches and model …

… Pictured is a timelapse of the Integrative Genomics Building (IGB) seen above is … the National Microbiome Data Collaborative (NMDC), and Berkeley Lab Biosciences Area are also co-located in the IGB. Vision The vision of the U.S. Department …

… a duck? For a team led by researchers from The Ohio State University and the University of Michigan studying how virus infections cause significant … Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley …

… annotation in fungal genomes. The Science In a proof-of-concept study, researchers demonstrated that a new … can be harnessed for a wide range of biotechnological applications, including biofuel production. Efforts such as the … 2018, in Nature Genetics , a team led by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley and the Buck Institute …

… microbial genome discoveries. Unlocking the intricate details of life’s genetic blueprint has long been a significant … or even build their own.” Researchers from Northwestern University, Johns Hopkins University, the University of … Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, is committed …

… 600 million years ago. The Science By studying the genes of land plants’ closest algal relative,  Zygnematophyceae , … Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley … Genetics by an international research consortium led by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and University of Goettingen, …

… data from that study is now used across California State University campuses for biotechnology education as part of a course-based undergraduate resource experience. Hear …

…   The Science Scientists have fully decoded the genome of an oil-producing green alga, and demonstrated precise … more precise gene-targeting. While genetic modifications usually insert randomly in other algae, this … be useful for protein production and other biotech applications. Engineers could manipulate these natural systems to …

… Massie S. Ballon is the Communications and Outreach Manager at the JGI. Through … and outreach efforts, the team aims to broaden awareness of and access to JGI public resources and the DOE mission, … She is one of the Biosciences Area representatives to Berkeley Lab’s Stewardship Community of Practice. …