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The Secondary Metabolism Collaboratory encourages user engagement. … for energy, growth and reproduction—most organisms produce a set of "secondary metabolites," chemical compounds … metabolites portal within the Integrated Microbial Genomes and Microbiomes (IMG/M) system known as IMG-ABC. …

A nuanced understanding of peat moss drives insight into carbon storage   The Science Boggy peatlands, which hold much of … HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology sequenced sphagnum  genomes from plants selected by a team from Duke University, … They selected two types of species: ones that preferred growing in hummocks, and others that preferred the hollows. …

… of Science User Facility located at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab). They are: Ivan Baxter of the … environments. He’s been involved in several plant genome projects through the Community Science Program. As a UEC … decomposition. She’s also participated in the 1000 Fungal Genomes Project and has an interest in cross-disciplinary …

In this episode, undergraduates adopt genomes that the JGI sequenced, but never published in the … (California State San Marcos) about how the Adopt-A-Genome project got started. Plus, Kalyani Maitra (California State Fresno) and two students, Angela and Mark Soghomonian share what it was like to take on one of these …

… of Energy’s favorite tree is poplar. They’re the fastest growing trees in the Northern Hemisphere, making them … for bioenergy. In this episode, hear from Oak Ridge National Laboratory scientists who have uncovered remarkable … genetic secrets that bring us closer to making poplar an economical and sustainable source of energy and materials. …

… 5,000 times bigger than most bacteria. To put it into context, it would be like a human encountering another human … keeps its DNA more organized. “The big surprise of the project was to realize that these genome copies that are … level. They amplified, sequenced and assembled the genomes. In parallel, Gros’ lab also used a labeling …

State University campuses for biotechnology education as part of a course-based undergraduate resource … Hess, also the chair of the JGI User Executive Committee, on how that study went from the lab to the classroom. …

More than 20 UC Merced students have contributed to the research of 13 JGI scientists since the … shared their thoughts on the students’ efforts. Ben Cole, a project scientist in Visel’s Genomics of Plant-Microbial … initiation of the Venomous Host-Microbe Consortium. Data produced during Ul-Hasan’s JGI internship led to her …

… need corn, sorghum and other crops to grow well in worse conditions: with more heat, less water and less fertilizer. Grasses do better in these conditions, so plant biologists James Schable, Guangchao Sun …

Metabolism. Methane-producing archaea are estimated to produce 500 million tons of methane a year, which is over half the total … separately. From these samples, 111 metagenome-assembled genomes (MAGs) were recovered, most of them archaea. The …