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… a potential biofuel feedstock.     The Science The fungus  Mortierella elongata enjoys a dual lifestyle; it can … were striking. Adding PM193 caused poplar cuttings to grow about 30 percent larger by dry weight than without PM193  . … of Science User Facility, through its  Community Science Program in order to get  M. elongata and  I. europaea  …

… (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at Lawrence Berkeley National … and unknown. The challenge remains to learn more about what microbes are present in any given … the function-driven, single-cell screen can uncover more about cellulose-degrading microbes. The new technique is …

…   The Science Enabled by the JGI’s Community Science Program (CSP), researchers are developing a number of … resources to build up Sphagnum as a plant model system focused on carbon cycling studies, rather than for food or fuel … decomposed matter, and researchers estimate that they hold about 25 percent of the world’s soil carbon. In high …

… The JGI welcomes three new members to their User Executive Committee (UEC) – Jack Gilbert, Ashley Shade, and Jason Stajich! They join six other JGI users already serving on the UEC – go here to view the full … with new international collaborators and other scientific organizations. Fungal biologist Stajich from UC Riverside …

…   To understand virus-host dynamics, computation helps fill in what cultivation can’t. The Science At first, viruses are merely toolkits. To do anything, they must find a … prediction approaches, researchers have created a new program called iPHoP (pronounced “eye-pop”,  freely …

… experience working intermediately between academia and industry, which is something I didn’t even know existed before. … my Ph.D. What is/has been one of your favorite things about your JGI internship?  Doing the JGI internship has … from private industry. I really liked the fairly flat organizational structure, and found everyone to be welcoming …

… lend expertise to develop tools and data hub for NIH program. While the microbes in, on and around Earth outnumber the stars in the Milky Way, viruses outnumber the microbes by at least another order of … center for the HVP ," is related to developing an organizational hub for the program, to organize and manage …

… has had leadership roles within large DOE-funded research programs using mass spectrometry for energy and environmental … to provide advanced metabolomic methods available to JGI users.  Dr. Northen’s research is focused on using … Science Program Head at the JGI. Click to learn more about the program's areas of focus, major initiatives and …