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… helped plants conquer land over 600 million years ago. The Science By studying the genes of land plants’ closest algal … relative,  Zygnematophyceae , scientists have enhanced our understanding of how early plants transitioned from … able to grow in marginal lands and with minimal resources. Enabling the use of non-arable land for biomass …

… collaboration is available for licensing. The Science In  Nature Communications , researchers describe a … separating urine from other waste streams and recovering resources that could be used for products such as agricultural … million annually.  The team is working on developing new microbial strains that can synthesize other bio-based …

… mobile genetic elements like plasmids and viruses. The Science Mobile genetic elements (MGEs) are genetic entities … National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), with computing resources provided by NERSC, another user facility at Berkeley … in soils and water. MGEs like viruses and plasmids drive microbial processes and evolution. This is because MGEs can …

… revisited a number of notable achievements that showcase our collaborations and capabilities to enable great science that will help solve energy and environmental … Science group led by Nikos Kyrpides , mining the Integrated Microbial Genomics & Microbiomes (IMG/M) system’s immense …

… have uncovered genomes for just a small fraction of Earth’s microbial diversity. Because most microbes cannot be … Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at Lawrence Berkeley National … Path for Metagenomics Researchers Building upon these resources, KBase, a multi-institutional collaborative knowledge …

… datasets. The work was  recently published in the journal  Developmental Cell and provides a community resource … Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at Lawrence Berkeley National … and spatial transcriptomics technologies. JGI Science Programs Deputy Axel Visel provided a broader perspective:  …

… Four researchers have been elected to the User Executive … topics that the JGI supports that advance DOE Office of Science Biological and Environmental Research (BER) … worked closely with both the Fungal & Algal Program and the Microbial Program over the past decade in gene regulatory …

… identified a virus protein tied to carbon cycling.  The Science Through a collaborative effort, researchers have … to another, which can have a significant impact on the microbial communities within soil. Using metagenomics, … second only to cellulose.  Chitin is also a common food source for microbes living within soil. So, the chitosanase …

… Park to study how cyanobacteria are living, communally, in microbial mats. Along the way, they’ve encountered … new technologies, and made a few discoveries about the microbial mat denizens.  …

… The Integrative Genomics Building (IGB) seen above is home to the DOE Joint … 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 …

… Open Green Genomes hits milestone with C. richardii The Science Fern genomes are huge, and incredibly complex — … secondary metabolites and associated genes are great resources for bioremediation, new agricultural applications or … studied in plant research laboratories and plant biology courses across the globe for insights into reproductive, …

… 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 …