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… edible grain. But there are some sorghum varieties, grown on marginal land with little water, which were developed … specifically to turn their biomass into sustainable biofuel and bioproducts. John Mullet, a biologist at Texas …

… Populations of Antarctic lake microbial communities change with the … occupy more space on Earth than any other ecosystem. Therefore, understanding the microbial activity that dominates … Preliminary observations regarding the contributions of algae and viruses to the ecosystem were noted, but require …

… have been elected to the User Executive Committee of the Joint Genome Institute, a Department of Energy user facility located at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Holly Bik of the University of Georgia, … State University, Jonathan Eisen of the University of California, Davis, and Michael Köpke of Lanzatech are the latest …

… A tall native plant of the North American prairie, switchgrass ( Panicum virgatum ) has long been a tantalizing potential biofuel feedstock. But switchgrass has a complex genome and, …

… Dan Udwary: You’re listening to the Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute’s Natural Prodcast, a … about natural products and the science and scientists of secondary metabolism. Hey there, and welcome back to Natural … genome miners use, including antiSMASH, MIBiG, and newer efforts, like BiG-scape and BiG-SLiCE, and now the BiG-FAM …

… 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 … A chapter of Rambo’s research focuses on how viruses influence carbon cycling in coastal mangroves. His work …

… DAN UDWARY: You’re listening to the Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute’s Natural Prodcast, a … about natural products and the science and scientists of secondary metabolism. Welcome back. This will be episode 12 of … welcome, Nadine. ALISON TAKEMURA: What is the big picture for you in your lab? NADINE ZIEMERT: Big picture, I want to …

… list features 6,900 researchers working in 21 fields.  Congratulations to the  2022 Highly Cited Researchers from the JGI recognized for their “significant influence in their chosen field or fields through the publication of multiple highly cited papers during the last decade” by …

… Bacterial enzymes play second fiddle to those from fungi when it comes to breaking … analyzing the enzymes present in the complex organic matrix of the forest floor, a team of researchers have found that … roots of the trees, the rhizosphere soil (soil under direct influence of the roots), and the remaining soil (further …

… joined the JGI in 2000 as the founding Associate Director for Computational Genomics, and led the computational efforts directed towards the sequencing, annotation, and analysis of three human chromosomes. After successful completion of … AB in Physics, Princeton University, NJ MS in Theoretical Physics, Cornell …

… In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have … ( Glycine max ) also has the advantage of reducing the need for nitrogen fertilizer. These impressive environmental and … of projects that point to the potential of seed oils as biofuel. After analyzing the original sequence, Gary Stacey …

… Novel study looks at microbiomes in aerial surfaces of plants and their roles in plant health and environmental processes. The Science In a recent Microbiome paper … there can interact with chemical defenses of plants and influence nutrient turnover over the course of a leaf’s …