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… regulate Earth’s climate. Most methane is produced in environments without oxygen through a process called … therefore play a critical role in the global carbon cycle, and are of significant interest for their … metagenomics to sample the entirety of a microbial community out in its natural environment, scientists have …

… RIViT-seq technology could speed up associating transcription factors with their target genes. The Science Regulons are a group of genes that can be turned on or off by the … transcription in bacteria. Using this technology, which combines an in vitro transcription assay with RNA …

… Fine-tuning metabolic gene expression helps identify variants in yeast genes. The Science … a more nuanced library approach to tuning gene expression in metabolic pathways. Compared to the traditional way, which leverages an … No. FA9550-14-1-0089, the Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation, and the JGI Synthesis Program under FP00005685. In …

…   To understand virus-host dynamics, computation helps fill in what cultivation can’t. The Science At first, viruses are merely toolkits. … of Energy, Office of Science, Biological and Environmental Research, Early Career Research Program awarded under UC-DOE Prime Contract DE-AC02-05CH11231. The work conducted by the U.S. …

… Scientists find bee gut microbes have a division of labor when it comes to metabolizing complex polysaccharides. Honey bees are invaluable pollinators — cupids of the plant … of Science User Facility  located at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, is committed to advancing genomics in …

… in graphical processing unit (GPU)-based high-performance computing resources, an upcoming hackathon led by the Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility … Office of Science user facility, aims to explore applications in the life sciences that can be ported to the GPU …

… marine heatwave event may foreshadow climate change impact on marine microbial communities. The Science A team of researchers tracked the … ocean known as “The Blob.” The event was recorded during a long-term study of microbial communities in the northeastern …

… bioenergy crops The Science Scientists at Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) led a team that  identified a protein … within poplar involved in plant growth, lignin production, and disease resistance.  The Impact With increased … to produce desirable traits.  Partly enabled by the JGI  Community Science Program New Investigator program , BNL …

… stable isotope probing helps ID novel interactions between bacteria and fungi The Science Researchers have successfully automated aspects of a commonly-used process for studying microbial communities, with … Work at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory was conducted under the auspices of the U.S. …

… Newly developed chemiluminescent biosensors shed light on how bacteria function and colonize diverse environments. The Science Cyclic … cyclic di-GMP in bacteria through work enabled by the JGI’s Community Science Program (CSP) . The Impact Cyclic di-GMP … The work conducted by the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome …

… DOE RENEW initiative, undergraduate student Ti’Yanna Watson and graduate student LaMonika Dent worked with JGI mentors Yi Zhai and John Vogel on … of root exudates, which overall influences the health and composition of the root microbiome and rhizosphere. Ti’Yanna …

… benefits to address climate change: pulling atmospheric carbon into soil and boosting biofuel feedstocks with less fertilizer. For millions of years, underground fungi have lived in symbiosis with … mycorrhizal networks can serve as a reservoir for carbon compounds that plants generate from carbon dioxide they take …