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The Science Anaerobic fungi, which die in the presence of oxygen, dwell in herbivore guts and help them digest … for the first time, that this group is unexpectedly powerful: they can whip up dozens of complex natural products, including new ones. The Impact In the past, natural products have been an …
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As part of the JGI’s 25th anniversary celebration, the 2022 Annual … sequencing for the Human Genome Project out to the future of the institution. Their talks shed light on how the JGI … great success. “For the most difficult challenges, no one agency has enough to go for it alone,” he said. A Larger …
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In April 2020, we mark both the 50th celebration of Earth Day on April 22, and DNA Day on April 25. On March … at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, is located in one of those counties. The shelter-in-place order has since been …
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Nov. 2: Getting Credit for Scientific Contributions of Any Size What is considered to be a scientific … students (and their mentors) how to begin establishing a professional presence through getting credit for any … and Programs, and introduce best practices for anyone to get credit for their contributions to science. A …
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Pictured is a timelapse of the Integrative Genomics Building (IGB) seen above is … Area are also co-located in the IGB. Vision The vision of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office …
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A team has optimized a crucial part of CRISPR-Cas9 technology to enable improvements in microbial oil production. The Science CRISPR-Cas9 is a powerful, high-throughput gene-editing tool that can help … in Metabolic Engineering , a team of researchers likewise honed their tool before felling their research problem: at a …
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… ( CRAGE ). CRAGE enables scientists to insert large pieces of DNA (up to 60 kb) in a single step, directly into the genome. “CRAGE is central to our ability to offer host-engineering for our users,” says JGI Director … can be used to create compounds more efficiently than one strain could on its own. In work published in …
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… traits that could transfer from grasses into other crops. One grass they studied just happened to be the same species …
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… from the other JGI Portals, as well. “For thousands of scientists around the world, the JGI Genome Portal is a critical resource — it provides access to all of JGI’s genomic databases and tools,” noted Kjiersten … data more findable and easier to download is a complex one, so our joint team started small, in the tradition of …
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The latest edition of the JGI Progress Report highlights notable research and … scientific collaborations in 2018. The cover is an image of Mono Lake, a saline soda lake east of California’s … Copies are available online – click here to go download one from the archive of JGI Progress Reports. Print copies …
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In a special issue of mSystems , out May 14, 2019, JGI researchers are among the authors who offer perspectives on what the next five years of innovation could look like. In one article, Micro-Scale Applications head Rex Malmstrom and …
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… get any sunlight, and yet they still support a unique array of microorganisms adapted to living in extreme conditions. … five oceanic regions. In doing so, they found a high degree of variability in the types of microorganisms that inhabit these sites, as well as the …
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