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… As warm-adapted microbes edge polewards, they’d oust resident … larger organisms such as whales, penguins, and seals. “The biomass of krill at least equals the biomass of all humans … contribute to an estimated 50 percent of the world’s fixed carbon, altering the balance of eukaryotic and prokaryotic …

… into how plant materials can be broken down for things like biomass and  biofuels . However, AMF and the microbial … Soil microorganisms play a critical role in sequestering carbon and mitigating greenhouse gas emissions, and understanding how to improve soil health can help mitigate …

… Do metabolic pathways from engineered yeasts still work in cell-free environments? … CRISPR-Cas9 that enhanced their ability to redirect the carbon in the cells toward particular pathways. In this … longer growing,” Rasor said. “So they can push more of the carbon that we feed into a product molecule and so we’re …

… 2022 marks the JGI’s 25th anniversary. Over the last year, we’ve …   Usually, plants have the upper hand against any kind of biomass breakdown. They’ve spent millions of years evolving … — could pave the way for many different kinds of plant-derived production.  “Sculpting those communities is really …

… Sphagnome data would enable researchers’ insights on their potential carbon cycling impact.   The Science Enabled by the JGI’s … model system for ecological and evolutionary genomics .” Understanding the nature and genetic basis of functional … The work conducted by the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome …

…   To understand virus-host dynamics, computation helps fill in what … these viral genetic sequences to their hosts is crucial to understanding what these viruses can do. Building on … organisms carry out important environmental processes like  carbon fixation , nitrogen cycling and methane production. …

… A two-day kick-off meeting held at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) marked the … Berkeley Lab.  Building on the momentum of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed between UDE and Berkeley Lab in … science, machine learning for experimental science, energy conversion and water treatment as well as microbial ecology …

… Research uncovers the genetic foundations that helped plants … relative,  Zygnematophyceae , scientists have enhanced our understanding of how early plants transitioned from water to … minimal resources. Enabling the use of non-arable land for biomass production — that can be converted into biofuels and …

… By studying the structure and function of a cyanobacterial protein, … new insights into how these ocean photosynthesizers cycle carbon in changing conditions. The products of … work in  Nature Communications takes on the challenge of understanding one of these proteins — and its role in …

… Using the IMG/M data portal, researchers have identified a virus protein tied to carbon cycling.  The Science Through a collaborative effort, … soil viruses and AMGs. It could spawn future research into understanding why these AMGs exist in the first place, and …

… Dr. Blaby-Haas joined the JGI in 2022 as lead of the Biomolecular Materials Initiative, a partnership between JGI and the … techniques, algae, and plants, while focusing on understanding the evolution and function of proteins … PhD, Microbiology and Cell Science, University of Florida NIH …