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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 our people and resources.     Director's Perspective Over …

… terpene synthase gene family across eucalypt lineages. The Science From the distinct smell of eucalyptus to the flavor … between the two species. The work was reported in the journal Heredity . In order to understand the gene expression … and abiotic stress responses. Overall, this study improves our understanding of the terpene synthase gene family and …

… 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 …

… Twice a year, the DOE Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) program awards … mission areas across the 6 Office of Science research programs. Among the recipients of the latest SCGSR award is … are developing cutting edge technologies to answer our most pressing problems. I’m very much looking forward to …

… collaboration is available for licensing. The Science In  Nature Communications , researchers describe a … efforts align with BER missions to provide the fundamental science to support innovations for bioproduction and advance … separating urine from other waste streams and recovering resources that could be used for products such as agricultural …

… 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 …

… 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. …

… to host some of the brightest minds in genetics as part of our  2022 Annual Meeting . The meeting was a hybrid event, … made possible by CRISPR-Cas9; the Weizmann Institute of Science’s Assaf Vardi, who delved into algae blooms and the … through the detailed steps taken during their experimental journey to this discovery. Now, Doudna and her team are …

… 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 …