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… Massie S. Ballon is the Communications and Outreach Manager at the JGI. Through multi-platform stories and outreach … science, including crafting technical reports, developing educational content, and writing feature profiles. She is … Massie Ballon is the JGI's Communications and Outreach Manager. Click to see the coverage of …

… food and fiber, but raising these animals also produces an atmosphere-warming gas: methane. Those emissions mainly come … microbes — the bacteria and archaea breaking down plant matter. So since 2010, the JGI has supported researchers … studying those microbial methane-makers. Eventually, that could help us dial back their emissions, while still …

… other crops to grow well in worse conditions: with more heat, less water and less fertilizer. Grasses do better in these … Sun and Vladimir Torrres have looked into traits that could transfer from grasses into other crops.  One grass …

… In April 2020, we mark both the 50th celebration of Earth Day on April 22, and DNA Day on April 25. As … JGI hearts, we’re highlighting genomic science research that feels especially relevant to living on a changing planet. … for Audio Two special days occur in April: the 50th celebration of Earth Day on April 22, and DNA Day on April 25. …

… Data from marine heatwave event may foreshadow climate change impact on marine microbial communities. The … A team of researchers tracked the impact of a large-scale heatwave event in the ocean known as “The Blob.” The event was … 05CH11231, the G. Unger Vetlesen and Ambrose Monell Foundations, the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research …

… complex compounds — an energetically expensive feat thought to be too costly for them. The Science Anaerobic … fungi branched off early from aerobic fungi, which can breathe oxygen — just like we do. Oxygen is a rich source of … anaerobic fungi can’t harness it, scientists long held that these fungi don’t have the energy to make complex …

… one of the most abundant plants in the ocean, originated in Japan before spreading around the globe. Now, … its history. Their research, published in  August 2023 in  Nature Plants , was able to assess absolute time estimates for major colonization events. It was previously …

… Sequence-based studies — from metagenomics to single-cell work — have quickly accelerated understanding of giant viruses. The Science In the last … scientists have discovered giants among viruses. Now categorized in their own phylum,  Nucleocytoviricota , these …

… are small viruses with double-stranded DNA genomes that co-infect eukaryotic cells along with giant viruses. … are small viruses with double-stranded DNA genomes that co-infect eukaryotic cells along with giant viruses. … an early version of the paper at the 2018 Viral EcoGenomics & Applications (VEGA) Symposium. The work also used …

… When the JGI Data Portal (https://data.jgi.doe.gov/) launched last year, it was only accessible … portal offers a way for users to more easily access public data sets through a common set of metadata. For Steve Wilson, … Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science User Facility  located at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, is committed …

… The Secondary Metabolism Collaboratory encourages user engagement. The Science In addition to … metabolites"—chemical compounds shared by most living creatures for energy, growth and reproduction—most organisms … a set of "secondary metabolites," chemical compounds that often confer specialized capabilities that allow the …

… Learn more about JGI’s  PhycoCosm data portal , an interactive collection of sequenced algal genomes, omics data and comparative analysis tools. Questions and Answers 1.  Q(uestion): … Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science User Facility  located at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, is committed …