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… To set up flexible, repeatable experiments on plants and microbes, Trent Northen’s group at Berkeley Lab created a …

… Madison. And Trina McMahon's lab has been sampling the microbes of that lake for over 20 years, to understand how …

… datasets miss a key part of microbial genomes: the mobile genetic elements, or MGEs, that can move between organisms. … light, and opening up new options for engineering these microbes in the future. Join Sarah Bagby (Case Western …

… microbial communities. These experiments can show which microbes are handling specific nutrients, or what they're … accessible to more researchers. Ultimately, the goal is to generate SIP data that can be useful to multiple teams and …

… and analysis. This way, JGI users — both primary, data-generating users, as well as secondary, data-downloading … can access and use to manage the information being generated across disciplines  These advanced computing … ecologist and JGI user Trina McMahon has been sampling microbes at Lake Mendota, which borders the University of …

… could have arisen from. DAN UDWARY: OK, so sort of a phylogenetic reconstruction kind of a thing. ALISON NARAYAN: … to test that hypothesis through site-directed mutagenesis, we would end up with dead enzymes. So often, when … is that it gives us a tool to help us– DAN UDWARY: You can generate that data. ALISON NARAYAN: –generate– JACKIE …

… labs in one long building at Walnut Creek, after countless generations of sequencing platforms (up to 120 sequencing … unneeded Lab tagged equipment, recyclables, and general waste that would actually go to the landfill. … genomics in support of DOE missions related to clean energy generation and environmental characterization and cleanup. …

… massive comparative genomics to decode millions of mystery genes and lay a future-ready foundation     Over the past … have been named. Among those sequenced, roughly half of all genes have completely unknown functions — like a vast … completely unsampled. This creates a bottleneck: Without genetic blueprints from diverse fungi, researchers struggle …

… using measurements from single cells to understand which genes help plants grow, get nutrients, weather drought, and …

… beautiful properties of their silica shells. But what genes are responsible for such mesmerizing exteriors? …

… contains about 6% of the human genome . They discovered genes linked to conditions such as cardiovascular disease, … about 2% of the human genome. They were interested in genes involved in repair of DNA damage, and those associated … 3% of the human genome. They wanted to learn about the genes implicated in the development of breast and prostate …

… A tall native plant of the North American prairie, switchgrass ( Panicum virgatum ) has long been a tantalizing potential biofuel feedstock. But switchgrass has a complex genome and, as a species, encompasses … traits — height, biomass, hardiness to cold, etc. — to its genes. The undertaking took shovels, trucks — and more than …