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… specifically to turn their biomass into sustainable biofuel and bioproducts. John Mullet, a biologist at Texas A&M University, tells us how sorghum’s historical — and literal …

… day help other organisms survive hotter, drier climates. So University of Tuscia researchers Laura Selbmann and Claudia Coleine are …

… Tanja Woyke , who has been elected to the American Academy of Microbiology (AAM) ! She is among the 68 new Fellows in … Ocean Sciences and as Associate Adjunct Professor at the University of California, Merced. Woyke received a 2014 … elected to the AAM: fungal researcher Jason Stajich of the University of California, Riverside, and virus ecology …

… Lake Mendota sits right next to the University of Wisconsin, Madison. And Trina McMahon's lab has been … So a few years ago, when they set out to analyze 500 metagenomes, it was the biggest project the JGI had ever put …

… researchers have known that many datasets miss a key part of microbial genomes: the mobile genetic elements, or MGEs, … in the future. Join Sarah Bagby (Case Western Reserve University) and Simon Roux (JGI) as they talk about their …

… Programs, he focuses on the development and implementation of strategic initiatives at the JGI. Dr. Visel received his … methods for elucidating the gene regulatory landscape of vertebrate genomes, which led to the discovery of … Adjunct Professor at the School of Natural Sciences at the University of California, Merced. Dr. Visel also served as …

… serving on the UEC – go here to view the full roster of members. Each of the researchers had their own reasons … to serve on the UEC. For microbial ecologist Gilbert at the University of California (UC) San Diego, being on the UEC is … (CNRS) in October and maintains a lab at Michigan State University. She aims to help overcome common user …

… in the journal Science . It detailed how they’d used metagenomics to identify over 27,000 microbial genes. The data from that study is now used across California State University campuses for biotechnology education as part of a course-based undergraduate resource experience. Hear …

… tiny algae. The cold polar oceans give rise to some of the largest food webs on Earth. And at their base are … said Thomas Mock, marine microbiologist at the University of East Anglia (UEA, UK) and senior author of the … regard,” said Andy Allen, biological oceanographer at the University of California, San Diego and the Scripps …

… Understanding the shared genetic toolkit of ancestral and present-day plants The Science In a recent  … paper , researchers focused on the full composition of genes, or pangenome, of the model plant  Marchantia polymorpha. Commonly known as … to S. Cheng and from the URPP Evolution in Action of the University of Zurich, grants from the Swiss National Science …

… In April 2020, we mark both the 50th celebration of Earth Day on April 22, and DNA Day on April 25. As both …   ALISON:  Hey! I’m Alison Takemura at the US Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, or JGI.  Two special days … Karolina Heyduk, an evolutionary plant biologist at the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa. I recently caught up with …