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… specific conditions – in over a dozen plants. To learn more about the project, HudsonAlpha’s Research Communication … author Avinash Sreedasyam, a HudsonAlpha senior scientist, about the project. The story is reposted here in modified … It was developed to improve plant genome annotations at the US Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI)*, …

The Science Chloroplasts are the factories in plant cells. Using photosynthesis, they take raw materials including … from the atmosphere than current natural processes and use it as a sustainable resource for making high-value … provided the Erb lab with enzymes that led to a previously reported synthetic CO2-fixation pathway called the “CETCH …

… (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at Lawrence Berkeley National … assesses what fraction of the microbial diversity we know about, and proposes a path forward to curate and cultivate … bacterial diversity. The team conservatively estimated that about 42% of the bacterial diversity has no genomic …

… (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science user facility, 24 large-scale proposals have been accepted … the University of Minnesota is interested in learning more about the fungal endophytes of soybean and how they deter … this approach would also allow researchers to learn more about what is and is not modifiable in crops, which can help …

… down potential biomass sources in ways we are only just beginning to understand. A better understanding of rumen … from 14 organizations across nine countries. Learn more about the Hungate1000 work led by AgResearch collaborators … inhibit microbial methane production. Another effort is in using microbial understanding to formulate a vaccine for …

… approach to expression, scientists can now opt for various shades of grey. The ability to fine-tune the level of … of essential genes in metabolic networks that were missed using traditional approaches. This novel form of … the realm of bioenergy optimization. Summary Life is all about balance. This study,  recently published in the  …

… in mammals: a structure that helps correct deleterious mutations. The Impact Shrub willow and its close relative  Populus trichocarpa,  or the poplar tree, are potential biofuel … willow is flipped: females are heterogametic. To avoid confusion with the mammalian system, the sex chromosomes are …

… forest floor. Within the soil, a microbiome of bacteria, viruses and fungi process carbon and nitrogen, paving the way … from a wildfire that burned at the Colorado-Wyoming border, about a year after the fire. They sampled soil across a … … This work was supported through a USDA NIFA award (2021-67019-34608) to M.J.W. FTICR-MS analyses were performed …

Management Group, attended a conference in Florida to discuss a JGI pilot project involving soil sampling in the … the next generation of scientists. She shares her thoughts about the experience below. In the summer of 2018, Jonathan … Preserve. They chose this location because much is unknown about the diversity of organisms (taxonomy) and particularly …