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For the first time in several years, the DOE Joint Genome Institute hosted several UC Merced students this past summer. This year’s cohort for the JGI-UC Merced Internship Program was …

A metagenomic look at the soil microbes present a year after a wildfire. The Science After a wildfire burns, … using both DNA and messenger RNA (mRNA) sequencing to identify those traits that have helped fungi, bacteria and viruses … … This work was supported through a USDA NIFA award (2021-67019-34608) to M.J.W. FTICR-MS analyses were performed …

… over 60 different types of NEON samples and specimens per year. This NEON-focused webinar complements a  recent … more about BioSANS. Letters of Intent are due March 17, 2021 for the FICUS proposal call. Q&A from the Webinar: …

… working virtually with her JGI mentors for nearly three years after her internship. “That level of commitment and … can be found in fossil records dating over a billion years old. It’s an insanely diverse group of organisms that … a virtual four-day data carpentry workshop for the incoming 2021 JGI-UC Merced interns to help familiarize incoming …

… diatoms and kelp. Dubbed Phytopthora ramorum (pronounced: Fy-TOFF-thor-uh ra-MOR-um) the genus in Latin translates to … relative of SOD is P. infestans , responsible for the mid-19th century Irish potato famine.   Shortly before the … disease and how to control them. Despite advances in the years since this landmark publication, SOD continued to …

… products. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 2021 May 4;118(18). https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2019855118 McGivern BB et al. Decrypting bacterial polyphenol … of Science (AAAS), 2022&2023 Biosciences Inventor of the Year 2019 R&D100 Award 2016 Berkeley Lab Director …

Q:  To what extent is natural soil a limit to identify molecules exchanged between plants and microbiomes during … in the field. By having transcriptomics data across 2 years, as well as a second field trial (which will include a … see this  Metabolomics Data Analysis – Tips from Users page.  Q:  Is the metabolic study able to build a profile …

Niyogi KK, Schmutz J, Theg SM, Blaby-Haas CE, Merchant SS. (2021) Widespread polycistronic gene expression in green … PNAS  118 (7) e2017714118 Foflonker F and Blaby-Haas CE. (2021) Co-locality to co-functionality: Eukaryotic gene … S, Blaby-Haas CE, Friedrich T, Daldal F, Koch H. (2019) The  cbb 3-type cytochrome oxidase assembly factor CcoG …

DNA synthesis and metabolomics capabilities to identify, express and characterize bioactive secondary metabolite … Identification by in vitro-sequencing (RIViT-seq) to identify RNA polymerase-sigma factor targets, and have expanded … Report Card toolkit (HERC-tk) to enable users to identify the best host to express their BGC(s). This is based on …