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… and genomics to study endosymbiotic associations within microbial eukaryotes. He hopes to broaden our understanding of the roles these associations play in the evolutionary history of life. …

… For the first time, a team analyzes the transcriptomes of a lichen fungus and alga to understand their partnership … could help inform efforts at bioengineering symbiotic microbial consortia for bioenergy crops. And because lichens … nitrocellulose filters in Petri dishes. The scientists also sequenced the fungus and photobiont’s genomes and compared …

… Kumar Gautam, Gareth Gillard, Audrey Goeckner, Jennifer Goff, Sarah Gonzalez Henao, Yang Hai, Julia G. Harenčár, … metatranscriptomics and genome assembly to investigate microbial and plant metabolism across diverse ecosystems — … including biological routes for critical minerals recovery, microbial pathways for high-value bioproducts, and …

… how they’d used metagenomics to identify over 27,000 microbial genes. The data from that study is now used across … University campuses for biotechnology education as part of a course-based undergraduate resource experience. Hear from CSU San Marcos Professor Matt Escobar and UC Davis Associate Professor …

… Understanding the shared genetic toolkit of ancestral and present-day plants The Science In a recent  … framework provided by these high quality reference genome sequences could help researchers better understand related … of plants.  Pangenomes encompass a plant’s genetic diversity beyond a single reference genome, which is key to …

… Register for the meeting here. Here are some sessions of interest (all times in PST unless otherwise noted): … on Intensive Agricultural Lands Changes Nitrogen Cycling Microbial Communities and Reduces N2O Production Potential … A finely tuned, time-resolved analysis of viral and microbial communities in the Erpe river” 8:30am Convention …

… well ] The Science The recipe for growing algae as a source of sustainable biofuels seems fairly simple: place these … Researchers collaborating across multiple institutions have sequenced and analyzed the genome of an alga that thrives in … expertise at the National Labs to screen, characterize, sequence and then analyze the genomes and multi-omics …

… Isotope Probing (SIP) is a powerful technique for studying microbial communities. These experiments can show which … SIP labwork and analysis can be very demanding.  The JGI offers SIP analysis to make these experiments accessible to … reusable, and more insightful, for the future of studying microbial communities.   …