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… of a commonly-used process for studying microbial communities, with results published in the  November 2022 issue … DNA of specific microbes who consume the labeled food or water. Later, their DNA can be tested for the isotope, which … carbon and mitigating greenhouse gas emissions, and understanding how to improve soil health can help mitigate …

… cycling impact.   The Science Enabled by the JGI’s Community Science Program (CSP), researchers are developing a … is overseeing the SPRUCE (Spruce and Peatland Responses Under Changing Environments) project, assessing how northern … plant, but it thrives in nutrient-poor, acidic and waterlogged environments, occupying every continent except …

… , a new study suggests, is displacing these important cold-water communities of algae with warm-adapted ones, a trend that … at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory — with a desire to understand the nuance and gradation of how eukaryotic …

… in a microbial mat. The Science In microbial mats, communities of microorganisms live among viruses that infect them. … can affect their prey in different ways. They have the capacity to kill outright, replicating so thoroughly that they … cycling of carbon, nitrogen, and other elements, better understanding the predator-prey dynamics in these mats helps …

The JGI User Executive Committee (UEC) represents the JGI user community and is responsible for providing input and advice on JGI … affect users and their science including technical capabilities offered, proposal review procedures, and the annual …

Applications group. Before joining the JGI in 2010, he made the first ever measurements of in situ growth rates and carbon consumption of SAR11 bacteria, … Later during his postdoctoral work at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology he developed a high throughput approach …

… of secondary metabolism. Natural products, secondary metabolites, and specialized metabolites all refer to the chemicals that make species unique and … the environment, and human health. As the JGI acts on its goals in — and builds out its capabilities for — …

National Lab biologist Jennifer Pett-Ridge collaborated with JGI scientists on an ambitious project: to bring in robots to help process … activity in soil. Now, the researchers and robots have made these experiments easier for scientists everywhere. …

… source of energy, and because anaerobic fungi can’t harness it, scientists long held that these fungi don’t have the … Laboratory. More recently, O’Malley’s team has begun to understand the outsized role the fungi play in digesting … baumin. Baumin is an antioxidant, previously known to be made only by aerobic fungi. In order to identify more of the …

Ray Turner has been one constant for the Joint Genome Institute. On July 1, 2020, that all changed. Ray’s vigilant … as the IGB from the old Bevatron site. Ray knew, he said, “when to be firm on the science requirements and when to be … home, land it. It’s your dedication to detail that has made the IGB such a wonderful facility that will serve the …

Zhong Wang and Science Programs Deputy Axel Visel teamed with University of California (UC), Merced assistant … organizers Wang, Visel and Sindi, along with UC Merced Undergraduate Research Opportunities Center coordinator … of UC Merced’s history and already in its five years has made a really strong impact,” she said. “I look forward to …

… around the globe. Now, scientists have shed light on both when and how eelgrass adapted and evolved throughout its history. Their research, published in  August 2023 in  … 67 million years ago, the ancestor to eelgrass underwent a whole genome duplication event, doubling all of …