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Microbiome Data Collaborative (NMDC), and Berkeley Lab Biosciences Area are also co-located in the IGB. Vision  Lead … complex biological and environmental systems. We optimize our service to the community through responsibly managing … attendees with a rich agenda across our scientific programs, as well as workshops that gave participants …

… when it comes to breaking down tough plant fibers. The Science Walk in a temperate forest filled with Norway spruce trees, and microbial activity teems beneath your feet. Both bacteria and fungi have genes that can break … . To map microbial activity, Baldrian’s team distinguished four specific habitats within the forest floor: the leaf …

June 24-28: Module 2/Microbial Genomics & Metagenomics Workshop The workshop is addressed to students … professionals of biology, biomedical research, the health sciences and related fields who are interested in learning … sharing concepts, tools and research results in genomics, metagenomics and the human microbiome. The workshop will …

Michael Brandt (Operations Deputy), Horst Simon (Science Deputy), Jeff Blair (Chief Laboratory Counsel) and … in his event remarks. “I feel that is something crucial to our success, and Ray has been that. That person needs … to the ever-shifting landscape of funding Federal for programs, noted that “Ray is someone who just will get it …

… to characterize novel microbial lineages and sequence novelty and experimental approaches to assign functional … (NIOZ) Nicole Poulton , Bigelow Laboratory of Ocean Sciences Roland Hatzenpichler , Montana State University   …

… networks in the model fungus  Neurospora crassa . The Science A team led by researchers at the University of … importantly, when faced with a veritable buffet of carbon sources, these fungi detect which complex chains are … regulatory networks as they responded to available carbon sources, which ranged from simple sugars to plant biomass. …

… expensive feat thought to be too costly for them. The Science Anaerobic fungi, which die in the presence of … can breathe oxygen — just like we do. Oxygen is a rich source of energy, and because anaerobic fungi can’t harness … natural products . Yet, combing through the genomes of four anaerobic fungal species has revealed, for the first …

… described host-virus dynamics in a microbial mat. The Science In microbial mats, communities of microorganisms … interactions. This work,  recently published in  The ISME Journal , by contrast, relied on methods that eschew … the virus in 34 hosts or 26 percent of the single cells. Metagenomics sequencing then allowed the team to ask, for …

… of mammals is, for the first time, seen in a plant. The Science Sex in plants can be befuddling. Most species are … Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at Lawrence Berkeley National … The JGI sequenced the shrub willows through the  Community Science Program , using long-read sequencing to assemble the …