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… Maize produces a family of compounds that protects it against infections — using … enzymes. The Science Maize ( Zea mays ) produces a plethora of antibiotics called zealexins. Even though scientists have … produced in every corn variety and protect maize by fending off fungal and microbial infections. Scientists had assumed …

… The JGI was honored to host some of the brightest minds in genetics as part of our  2022 Annual Meeting . The meeting was a hybrid event, with … The U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science User Facility  located at Lawrence …

… analyzing the enzymes present in the complex organic matrix of the forest floor, a team of researchers have found that there is a striking division … from their soil samples. This gene expression dataset was particularly important for characterizing fungal … Foundation (18- 25706S and 20-02022Y), by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic …

… automations for DNA design, assembly and analysis Overview of biodesign products The JGI Biodesign platform enables … BOOST provides a suite of tools to automate sequence design for assembly by Gibson, … Software Engineers in the Synthetic Biology Informatics Group …

… Large-scale comparative analysis leads to identification of biosynthetic gene clusters for novel secondary … these gaps of knowledge. In a study published November 11, 2022, in Cell Genomics , the team focused on Actinobacteria … approaches applied to relatively tractable samples like lakes and rivers could help fill in the gaps,” she added. …

… By characterizing the structure and function of a methylthio-alkane reductase system, researchers could … more.  Microbes excel at recycling the abundant miscellanea of their surroundings. Case in point: for us, the smell of the ocean simply signals we’re near the beach. For …

… Emerald Nash and mentor Jonelle Basso, Experimental Study of Root Colonization by Resident Phages of a Plant Growth … extremophile protists from a hypersaline alkaline lake in California. Sandra Hernandez Gonzalez : Out of this … and the fact that I got to do a project involving over 12,000 fungal genomes was just really, really exciting for me …

… hydroxyapatite, a high-value biomaterial with a wide range of industrial applications. The team was led by researchers at two U.S. Department of Energy national user facilities – the DOE Joint Genome … to make, and it could be sold in the United States for $50-200, generating a potential profit of $1.4 million …

… a microbial mat. The Science In microbial mats, communities of microorganisms live among viruses that infect them. But … interactions? Do generalist viruses run rampant, capable of infecting different host species? Or, do they tend to … and archaeal cells — and detected the virus in 34 hosts or 26 percent of the single cells. Metagenomics sequencing then …

… JGI interests in algae and secondary metabolites. A total of 27 proposals have been  approved through the annual  Community Science Program (CSP) call of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome … The U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science …

… have been elected to the User Executive Committee (UEC) of the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute … of Wisconsin-Madison and a co-investigator in the Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center. Her research focus is … or improving bioinformatics tools that can help with dataset analysis, as well as how they can be shared with and …

… By studying the structure and function of a cyanobacterial protein, researchers have new insights … cycle carbon in changing conditions. The products of photosynthesis are easy to point out. Plants, algae and … and longtime JGI collaborator Sabeeha Merchant’s group. In 2011, they inventoried a swath of blueprints to find parts …