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… To set up flexible, repeatable experiments on plants and microbes, Trent Northen’s group at Berkeley Lab created a fabricated ecosystem – an EcoFAB. These small plastic growth chambers let researchers … around the world compare their work consistently. And EcoFABs also work well in the classroom. This episode, we …

… The US Department of Energy’s favorite tree is poplar. They’re the fastest … trees in the Northern Hemisphere, making them tantalizing plants to harness for bioenergy. In this episode, hear from … to making poplar an economical and sustainable source of energy and materials. …

… BioEnergy Institute) are looking for new ways to engineer plants. So they’ve looked into wasps that program oak trees …

… early Earth conditions. The Science Through a combination of sequencing tools and techniques applied to samples … the JGI’s Community Science Program , the team used metagenome assemblies, transcriptomes and single amplified genomes from samples collected from several locations to …

… Congratulations to Susannah Tringe , one of eight scientists and engineers who received the 2020 Ernest Orlando Lawrence Award , one of DOE’s highest honors! Tringe, a microbiologist, was … communities in carbon cycling, in interactions with plants, and as drivers of methane production, nutrient …

… April marks both the 50th celebration of Earth Day on April 22, and DNA Day on April 25. As both … to living on a changing planet. Mo Kaze is a University of California (UC), Merced graduate student working with  Susannah Tringe , JGI’s User Programs deputy and head of the Microbial Systems group through the  DOE Office of …

… studies.  This conference is inspired by the vision of standardized fabricated ecosystems (EcoFABs) designed for precise manipulation and reproducible experimentation of microbiome dynamics. Together, we will explore …

… a graduate student in Brett Baker’s lab at the University of Texas at Austin, will defend his dissertation. Some of his research was conducted at the JGI through the DOE Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) program …

… Hugh Cross; [Below] Zac Freedman, Martin Jonikas, Lotus Lofgren, Fumito Maruyama, Lauren Stadler, Tingting Xiang and … the research consortium aims to generate over a terabase of sequence. “We are thrilled to support this year’s CSP … approaches to unravel functional capabilities of plants, microbes and microbial communities, and …

… National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON) is a network of field research sites designed to collect long-term open … available for research over 100,000 samples and specimens of over 60 different types of NEON samples and specimens per year. This NEON-focused …

… JGI User Executive Committee (UEC) : Roland Hatzenpichler of Montana State University, Teresa Pawlowska of Cornell University, and Jana U’Ren (pronounced … shaping the assembly of fungal endophytes across land plants and lichens, mentioned her interest in guiding JGI …

… from their summer experiences at the JGI Berkeley Lab offers a variety of programs to help inspire and train the next generation of … CalTeach initiative. During their time at the Joint Genome Institute, they interacted with interns from other …