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Harnessing BER-funded data resources, researchers built an interactive and comprehensive database of fermentative prokaryotes. The Science Most organisms use oxygen to convert food into … along with 4,355 genomes and 13.6 million genes. The results reveal that fermentative metabolism is seen in a …
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… deep-sea vents hold vast potential for bioenergy. The Science Hydrothermal vents are ocean-floor openings in the … other biomolecules that could potentially be applied to biotechnology and medicine. A more robust understanding of … (IMG/M) portal. The study, published in the Microbiome journal, broadens our understanding of the unique …
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… of Energy Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at Lawrence Berkeley National … in finding ways to boost visibility of the CSP to encourage more plant proposals and provide feedback on … Area. He has partnered with the JGI through several user programs. He’s also bringing his fungal genetics expertise …
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Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at Lawrence Berkeley National … proteins, including those with pivotal applications in biotechnology, such as DNA editing enzymes.” Leveraging Protein … diversity has doubled, but in reality it could be three or four or five or tenfold more out there.” Digging Further into …
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… the JGI in 2016, and in 2018 was hired to be the JGI’s Data Science and Informatics department head. In 2018, Dr. Fagnan … National Microbiome Data Collaborative: enabling microbiome science. Nat Rev Microbiol 18, 313–314 (2020). … participant, 2021 Member of the Networking and Information Technology Research and Development (NITRD) Program Chair of …
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… 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 …
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DOE JGI and UC Merced to promote diversity and inclusion in science and research, two undergraduate students from UC … (NSF) and supports underrepresented minorities in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) fields. At the 2016 … Mentor: Dr. Arnold Kim) “It is a beautiful thing, that our young campus earned 25% of the research awards,” said …
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… scientists are now getting more complete genomic results from single cells. The Science Studying the genomes of microorganisms is … key to better understanding all the organisms that live in our immediate microbiome. The U.S. Department of Energy …
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… talk and a tech talk. Stop by the JGI booth to learn about our user programs and how we can help advance your science. …
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… bioeconomy, including, potentially, methane as an energy source. Until recently, our understanding of these … Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at Lawrence Berkeley National … is used to make the methane, so to speak. These organisms basically need two enzymes.” These microbes are specialized …
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Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility, developed an algorithm that a … it is a genuine inovirus.” After Roux manually curated the results and refined the algorithm, the search tool combed … result of this hidden diversity of inoviruses now overhauls our perception of this virus group – from minor curiosities …
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… celebrates research enabled by the JGI DNA Synthesis Science Program. Fashioning DNA outside a cell is key to … But not all scientists have the expertise and resources to do DNA design and synthesis work. This is where … group at the Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology in September 2021. Robinson stressed that the DNA …
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