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University of Texas at Austin, will defend his dissertation. Some of his research was conducted at the JGI through the DOE Office of Science … the SCGSR research experience was “an ideal opportunity for me to get real-world experience.” As he finalizes his …

… recognize that crop varieties grow best in certain regions. Most plant species have adapted to their local environments; for example, crop and ornamental seeds sold for the upper …

… polar oceans give rise to some of the largest food webs on Earth. And at their base are microscopic, photosynthetic … important cold-water communities of algae with warm-adapted ones, a trend that threatens to destabilize the delicate … organisms called phytoplankton (from the Greek phyto for ‘plant’ and planktos for ‘wanderer’). But they vary …

Science A team led by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley used a multi-omics approach to reconstruct and model gene regulatory pathways used by the … looking to improve the industrial production of sustainable biofuels and bioproducts. Filamentous fungi are also being …

Congratulations to the JGI’s Tanja Woyke , who has been … of 2020, selected from 118 nominees. The selection process for AAM Fellows is based on their records of scientific … of California, Merced. Woyke received a 2014 Berkeley Lab Director’s Award for Exceptional Scientific Achievement , …

In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have … within their rumen. There is another climate-minded reason for studying rumen: Livestock live off plant matter, and … methane-emissions as well as efficient engineering of biofuels. Since 2010, the JGI has partnered with researchers …

Open Green Genomes hits milestone with C. richardii The Science Fern genomes are huge, and … metabolites and associated genes are great resources for bioremediation, new agricultural applications or … can inform the efficient production of plant-based biofuels and bioproducts.  Summary A recent paper published …

… shows anaerobic fungi can degrade the hardiest of plant components   The Science There are three main ingredients to tackle when it comes to breaking down a plant for energy: Cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin, … remove lignin and transform the remaining components into  biofuels and bioproducts. If anaerobic fungi could be used …

… issue of mSystems , out May 14, 2019, JGI researchers are among the authors who offer perspectives on what the next five years of innovation could look like. … sorting (FACS) to sort cells into several small pools before sequencing to recover rare microbes. The technique was …

Tracking evolution of symbiotic lifestyles across multiple fungal lineages. … able to carry out a broader analysis than had ever been done before to look at how multiple forest fungi have independently …

… biosynthetic gene clusters.  The Science Microbial secondary metabolites, those molecules not essential for growth yet essential for survival, may now be easier to … to leverage their powers in agriculture, pharmaceuticals, biofuels and beyond.  … The work conducted by the US …

The  National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON) is a network of field research sites designed to collect … Through the  “Facilities Integrating Collaborations for User Science” (FICUS) call between the JGI and the  …