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… Kaushal Sharma, one of five Antioch High School rising juniors … Database (GOLD) administered by the DOE JGI. T.B.K Reddy, Kaushal‘s mentor, described his student’s contributions as … assign latitude and longitude values. “This exercise helped us in filling or updating geographic information for nearly …

… scant, Ace Lake’s bacteria instead go through a boom and bust cycle aligned with light availability. A long-running … cycling takes place only on a microbial level. Previous studies focused on the Southern Ocean have found that in winter months, … This work was supported by the Australian Research Council (DP150100244) and the Australian …

… CheckV can help researchers assess virus sequence fragments and data quality. The Science Through … technologies and computational approaches, more and more virus sequences are being recovered and identified from … the quality and completeness of metagenome-assembled virus sequences vary widely. In a previous effort, an …

… combo helps further demystify biosynthetic gene clusters.  The Science Microbial secondary metabolites, those … paired CRISPR and CRAGE technologies. While CRISPR (Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats) is … has historically been limited due to the lack of robust tools available for carrying CRISPR into microorganisms. …

… to keep processes running smoothly. As  reported August 26, 2021, in  Nature Communications , researchers led by Hal Alper at The University of Texas at Austin and Michael Jewett of Northwestern University describe … system. The work complements efforts to further develop sustainable alternative approaches for manufacturing …

… Researchers report a new reference genome for eucalyptus in the July edition of the journal G3 Genes | Genomes | … , with significant advances compared to the 2014 Eucalyptus grandis reference genome that has been widely adopted. … analyses.   The Impact There are 900 species of eucalyptus. The trees are fast-growing plantation crops that supply …

… health. Three DOE national labs had people and resources focused on three human chromosomes: Lawrence Berkeley National … those associated with atherosclerosis and diabetes mellitus. Los Alamos National Lab researchers investigated … other conditions. While scientists around the world were busy sequencing the human genome, an arms race was being …

… an interactive browser that allows algal scientists and enthusiasts to look deep into more than 100 algal genomes, … genetic underpinnings responsible for these traits takes us closer to harnessing algae for bioenergy and the greater … genomic data on algae into one place, PhycoCosm allows users to easily compile data that answers what genes are …

… yield and climate resilience of algae — for potential use as biomass or in biomass conversion to biofuel. Summary … (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at Lawrence Berkeley National … also opens new avenues for utilizing these organisms in sustainable practices, such as biofuel production and natural …

… UDE familiarized themselves with the research programs and user facilities at Berkeley Lab. Commenting on the visit, JGI Director Nigel Mouncey expressed enthusiasm about the potential of this collaboration stating, … together expertise of the involved institutions will give us the opportunity to advance unique scientific knowledge …

… The Science In a recent Microbiome paper , scientists focused on the conifer needle microbiome. The phyllosphere, … area of forest ecosystems as past studies have mainly focused on root-associated microbiomes. Scientists conducted a … (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at Lawrence Berkeley National …

… team led by researchers at the University of Texas (UT) at Austin, the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology … (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at Lawrence Berkeley National … reference sequence of the complex switchgrass  genome using samples collected at these gardens. Building off this …