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American prairie, switchgrass ( Panicum virgatum ) has long been a tantalizing potential biofuel feedstock. But …

… in 2010. As the Deputy for Science Programs, he focuses on the development and implementation of strategic initiatives at the JGI. Dr. Visel received … Institute in Hanover, Germany, where he developed novel tools for large-scale in situ gene expression analysis in …

In   April 2020, we mark both the 50th celebration of Earth Day on April 22, and DNA Day on April 25.  On March 17, 2020, a shelter-in-place order …

We count on livestock for food and fiber, but raising these animals … produces an atmosphere-warming gas: methane. Those emissions mainly come from gut microbes — the bacteria and archaea … Eventually, that could help us dial back their emissions, while still producing things like meat, milk, and wool. …

… of the DNA Synthesis Science Program since 2015. The mission of this program is to harness the power of DNA synthesis, … strain engineering, and biosystems design for DOE-mission-relevant discovery and applications. This program has … and renewable chemicals, developing genome engineering tools for non-model organisms, modulating microbe-microbe …

… and help them digest their last leafy meal. In their evolutionary history, these fungi branched off early from aerobic … and because anaerobic fungi can’t harness it, scientists long held that these fungi don’t have the energy to make … natural products, O’Malley and her team plan to use genetic tools to boost production and isolate the compounds. …

Program was brimming with excitement and determination as they came onsite. From data carpentry to science … and mentor Bryce Foster, Benchmarking Bioinformatics Tools for Sequence Similarity Searching Morgan Lavenstein … Bivins and mentor Satria Kautsar, Comparing BGC Detection Tools and Exploring Novel BGC Detection Techniques on Fungal …

… right: [above] Emma Bell, Mallory Choudoir, Sneha Couvillion, Tobin Hammer, Christina Hazard, Rachel Mackelprang, … Brook Moyers, Mei, Ran,; [below] Benjamin Peterson, Dacheng Ren, Allison Rober, Neal Scott, Chikae Tatsumi, … Felipe Valdez-Nuñez  The JGI is eager to work and share our tools with a widening circle of researchers. That’s why …

The JGI is eager to work and share our tools with a widening circle of researchers. That’s why each … we look for novel research projects — aligned with DOE missions and from PIs who have not led any previously-accepted … savviness of microbial ecosystems at the forest floor and along ocean shores. Their results could bring key insights …

… “Microbes underpin so much of what we see on earth in terms of nutrient cycles and biogeochemical … Mike Wilkins and his graduate student Kaela Amundson at Colorado State University have many questions about the microbial communities deep underground, and …

Research uncovers the genetic foundations that helped plants conquer land over 600 million years … them to adapt to life on land. Learning that these genetic tools existed in close algal relatives  to terrestrial … discovered that ancient algae already possessed genetic tools to cope with environmental stresses such as drought …

… data from the 1000 Fungal Genomes project to form new connections between fungal guilds, genes and function. If a … RNA to understand gene expression, and developed new tools to map that soil RNA to fungal genomes.  The U.S. … pipelines that other teams can use around the world. These tools give researchers a way to access much more information …