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… The Secondary Metabolism Collaboratory encourages user engagement. The Science In addition to the core set of "primary metabolites"—chemical … by most living creatures for energy, growth and reproduction—most organisms produce a set of "secondary metabolites," …

… the opportunity to pursue part of their thesis research at one of the DOE national laboratories or national user … between 3-12 consecutive months. Their proposed research projects address scientific challenges central to Office of … Tringe’s research group focuses on the roles of microbial communities in wetland carbon cycling and the interactions …

… Research in the Woyke laboratory focuses on the utility of single-cell methods to access genetic material of uncultivated taxa of interest. One such effort is targeted at environmental cells that are from candidate phyla, major branches … to only three phyla. The Woyke group uses single-cell sequencing as a means to begin filling this gap. A primary …

… natural diversity reveals seed dispersal in wild populations for the first time. For years, Elizabeth (Toby) Kellogg … this phenotype.’”  Results from A “Massive Amount” of Sequencing  Seed dispersal is critical for plants in the … JGI group has been wonderful to collaborate with, and this [project] wouldn’t have been possible without their …

… polar oceans give rise to some of the largest food webs on Earth. And at their base are microscopic, photosynthetic … study suggests, is displacing these important cold-water communities of algae with warm-adapted ones, a trend that … expressing, the team sequenced their RNA transcripts. All sequencing was done through the JGI Community Science …

… about JGI’s  MycoCosm data portal , an interactive collection of sequenced fungal genomes, omics data and comparative … Do you accept oomycetes to be proposed for genome sequencing, or only “true fungi”? A(nswer): Our focus is on … genomes and those external genomes that enable JGI CSP projects – please first contact us at [email protected] …

… chromosomes of Miscanthus arose by ancient hybridization (polyploidy) and insights into the dynamics of gene expression as it grows back vigorously year after year (perenniality). The Impact Among the long-term aims for bioenergy feedstock crops are … DOE Center for Advanced Bioenergy and Bioproducts Innovation, which is supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, …

… Nanohaloarchaeota cultures reveal they are symbionts and not free-living organisms. The Science Researchers … biosphere), including the global carbon cycle. The JGI is sequencing large numbers of microbes and microbial communities that contribute to carbon cycling, and is …