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A team has optimized a crucial part of CRISPR-Cas9 … to enable improvements in microbial oil production. The Science CRISPR-Cas9 is a powerful, high-throughput … tool that can help scientists engineer organisms for bioenergy applications. Cas9 needs guide RNA to lead it …

Miscanthus  sequence offers insights into benefits of polyploidy and perenniality. The Science A reference genome sequence and genomic toolkit for the perennial grass Miscanthus sinensis has been …

In April 2020, we mark both the 50th celebration of Earth Day … DNA are close to our JGI hearts, we’re highlighting genomic science research that feels especially relevant to living on a changing planet. Transcript for Audio Two special days occur in April: the 50th …

Harnessing BER-funded data resources, researchers built an … and comprehensive database of fermentative prokaryotes. The Science Most organisms use oxygen to convert food into … the range of bacteria and archaea that rely on this form of metabolism, researchers recently compiled a list of …

For the last 15 years, Ray Turner has been one constant for the Joint Genome … Michael Brandt (Operations Deputy), Horst Simon (Science Deputy), Jeff Blair (Chief Laboratory Counsel) and …

Maize produces a family of compounds that protects it against infections — using surprisingly few enzymes. The Science Maize ( Zea mays ) produces a plethora of … revealed that just a handful of enzymes are needed to transform zealexins and related precursors into a bonanza of …

Analysis reveals cotton genome stability across global … Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at Lawrence Berkeley National … , both faculty investigators at the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology. “The goal has been for all this new …

Researchers start pinning down how a fungal symbiont spurs … growth of poplar, a potential biofuel feedstock.     The Science The fungus  Mortierella elongata enjoys a dual … always found among and within poplar trees, and in an effort to understand its influence on the plant, a team of …

… pick highlights from their summer experiences. This year the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility, hosted three undergraduates and seven … experiences and what they’ll take with them as they go forward in their careers.   Listed below are the interns, …

Analysis reveals the microbial community involved in a bioremediation effort. The Science In 1999, the Environmental Protection Agency …

JGI innovates protocol revealing how genetic variations in sequences … array of combinations, are unremarkable, save perhaps for the absence of all the other letters of the alphabet. … encoded in the genome sequence is part of the integrative science mission of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint …