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… April marks both the 50th celebration of Earth Day on April 22, and DNA Day on April 25. As both … Tringe , JGI’s User Programs deputy and head of the Microbial Systems group through the  DOE Office of Science … Student Research (SCGSR) program . Her research project, “Microbial Community Structure and Methane Production in …

… ( CRAGE ). CRAGE enables scientists to insert large pieces of DNA (up to 60 kb) in a single step, directly into the … Mouncey. Using CRAGE, JGI has established a portfolio of microbial hosts that users can select to be engineered. … domesticate some 60 strains, inserting into them a genetic sequence that acts as a “landing pad.” Mouncey adds, “Once …

… A genetic architecture that is characteristic of the sex chromosomes of mammals is, for the first time, … first time, the sex chromosomes of shrub willow have been sequenced with sufficient resolution to analyze their … located at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. The JGI sequenced the shrub willows through the  Community Science …

… ActinoBase offers a public portal of insight into special groups of actinobacteria Streptomyces is more than just a funny … and the focus of a  recent paper published in  Microbial Genomics .   “Studying actinomyces, especially … The U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science …

… annotation in fungal genomes. The Science In a proof-of-concept study, researchers demonstrated that a new … then used a series of random insertions of a foreign DNA sequence to generate a huge pool of mutants, each containing … died and others grew well; the survivors had their DNA sequenced at the JGI as part of a 2014 Community Science …

… All participants and staff of JGI events are required to adhere to the following Code of Conduct. Event organizers will enforce this Code … requires an environment that recognizes the inherent worth of every participant. We invite all those who participate to …

… the slightly murky waters in the tube look like a scoop of stormwater, complete with leaves, debris, and even … in coastal sediments,” said Woyke, who also heads the JGI’s Microbial Program and is one of the article’s senior … the bacterial cells on the molecular level. They amplified, sequenced and assembled the genomes. In parallel, Gros’ lab …