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… have been elected to the User Executive Committee (UEC) of the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute … Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab). They are: Ivan Baxter of the Danforth Center, Sundy Maurice of the University of Oslo, Aaron …

… Since joining the DOE Joint Genome Institute in 2016, Dr. Otani has been studying secondary metabolism in microbes, … His research activity is focused on developing and implementing new technologies and methodologies that facilitate discovery of new secondary metabolites. Prior to joining the JGI, he …

… Dr. Cole is interested in studying how plants interact with their environment. Prior to joining the … Joint Genome Institute, his focus was primarily on how plants interpret different light cues by altering their growth … plant roots, focusing on genetic components required for effective colonization. In addition, Dr. Cole is …

… secondary metabolites, those molecules not essential for growth yet essential for survival, may now be easier to characterize following a proof-of-concept study in which researchers paired CRISPR and CRAGE technologies. While CRISPR (Clustered Regularly … The work conducted by the US Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science …

… A nuanced understanding of peat moss drives insight into carbon storage   The … by minimizing flood risks and filtering water. Peat formed there over thousands of years sequesters more carbon … (A.J.S.) conducted by the US Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute ( …

… living near hydrothermal deep-sea vents hold vast potential for bioenergy.   The Science Hydrothermal vents are ocean-floor openings in the Earth’s crust that emit hot, … get any sunlight, and yet they still support a unique array of microorganisms adapted to living in extreme conditions. …

… For the first time, a team has comprehensively described … a microbial mat. The Science In microbial mats, communities of microorganisms live among viruses that infect them. But what trends … by the NASA Astrobiology Institute Rock Powered Life grant. RS is supported by NSF grants DEB-1441717, OCE-1335810, …

…   To understand virus-host dynamics, computation helps fill in what … be a specific host the virus has adapted to commandeer. For bacteriophage viruses, these hosts are microbes like … viruses can do. Building on existing virus-host prediction approaches, researchers have created a new program called …

… Ancient  Chloroflexota s ditched their flagella and other traits when … . Research shows that flagella were lost in other forms of  Chloroflexota that adapted to marine environments … enable organisms to swim around. However, genome and metagenomic sequencing conducted by the U.S. Department of …

… Over 40 percent of the cereal crop’s genes respond to drought stress. The Science Fields of drooping stalks and cracked earth are becoming common images in many regions … by a growing human population and increasing demand for agricultural products.  Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench is …

… New evidence shows anaerobic fungi can degrade the hardiest of plant components   The Science There are three main … to tackle when it comes to breaking down a plant for energy: Cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin, … acknowledge their funding sources: Office of Biological and Environmental Research of the U.S. Department of Energy …

… to carbon cycling.  The Science Through a collaborative effort, researchers have identified a protein in soil viruses … The work was enabled in part by a community data portal of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome … Lab). Using 5,000 images of crystalized samples cloned and synthesized by the JGI, scientists have begun the …