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… new microbial prey. The Impact This research provides a much more comprehensive understanding of how a fundamental … of other cell defenses that could prevent viruses from successfully replicating, even if they managed to enter the … to use them to create collections of protein variants, produced in engineered viruses or microbial cells. Researchers …

… The 11th cohort of JGI-UC Merced interns pick highlights from their summer … three undergraduates and seven graduate students from UC Merced through their long standing internship program. In … of the top scientists in their fields. I have learned so much in terms of scientific approach and as a plant …

… years ago, cyanobacteria acquired the ability to produce their own food and generate oxygen as a byproduct. The abundance of oxygen shaped the evolution of life on … by a common ancestor to all five lineages. In the lab of UC Berkeley geomicrobiologist Jill Banfield, a longtime JGI …

… improving their abilities to adapt to extreme environments such as poor soils and drought. The reference genome for M. … programs of related candidate bioenergy feedstock crops such as sugarcane and sorghum. The M. sinensis genome … to grow on marginal lands and to tolerate stressors such as drought and temperatures. Summary Images of giant …

… Microbiome Data Collaborative where she leads infrastructure and user-centered design efforts. Dr. Fagnan was on … committees for the ASCR Integrated Research Infrastructure - Architecture Blueprint Activity, the BERAC response … UC CORO participant, 2021 Member of the Networking and …

… Call. “It’s exciting to see the diverse portfolio of successful CSP proposals this year,” noted Tanja Woyke, who … Research (BER) missions in: sustainable biofuel and bioproducts production, global carbon and nutrient cycling, and … . See below for the full list of 2024 CSP Annual Call awardees. …

… the effort that led to the work published in Scientific Reports . Before 2006, Olpidium was one of the many obscure … Olpidium are obligate endoparasites of some common crops, such as lettuce and tobacco. Olpidium itself doesn’t cause much damage …

… how life thrives in extreme environments. They also produce a range of novel enzymes and other biomolecules that … biotechnologies around clean energy,  biofuels and bioproducts.  Summary Hydrothermal vents are typically found along … understand how these hydrothermal ecosystems function in such extreme conditions. They identified 511 new or recently …

… During the summer of 2021, 13 interns from UC Merced spent eight weeks working virtually with JGI … and continue working on their research project! The JGI-UC Merced internship program was founded in 2014 with the …

… Identifying and breeding varieties that have high productivity across a range of environments is becoming … Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), has produced a high-quality reference sequence of the complex … techniques to customize the crop for additional end products. The genetic diversity within this set of plants, each …

… to participate in the DOE Joint Genome Institute (JGI)-UC Merced internship program, Lawrence is now a postdoctoral … carbon. “This makes it one of the most efficient carbon-sucking ecosystems on the planet,” Lawrence said. For … When Lawrence embarked on his PhD program at UC Merced in 2013, this field was just beginning to develop …

… @ LBNL program,  with support from  the SEED program at UC Berkeley. Sally Liao came in through the DOE  Science … Jacobs : Hi. I'm Jehan Jacobs. I'm a rising sophomore at UC Berkeley studying data science. I’m here at the Lab with … Benelli: My name is Oliver Benelli. I'm a student with UC Berkeley. I'm here partially through the CalTeach …