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RIViT-seq technology could speed up associating transcription factors with their target genes. The Science Regulons are a group of genes that can be turned on or off by the same regulatory … three distinct RNA polymerases; in bacteria there is only one type of RNA polymerase responsible for each gene. These …

…   To understand virus-host dynamics, computation helps fill in what cultivation can’t. The Science At … With metagenomic sequencing, researchers have found more of these viruses than ever before, in all kinds of … of using phages to engineer microbial communities. One day, these phages could boost plant-microbe …

Biofuels and bioproducts are a way to kick our addiction to … Mukhopadhyay and Steve Singer are harnessing the versatile bacterium Pseudomonas putida to break down biomass and … at the Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI) , a JGI partner and one of the four US Department of Energy Bioenergy Research …

They survive everywhere from Antarctica to Joshua Tree National Park, despite extremely harsh conditions. And their survival secrets could one day help other organisms survive hotter, drier climates. So University of Tuscia researchers Laura Selbmann and Claudia Coleine are …

DOE Joint Genome Institute and has focused on applying state-of-the-art molecular methods to address wide-ranging … of a rare form of human epilepsy and subsequently generated one of the first mouse models for this common neurological …

Team develops a computational pipeline to sift and characterize RNA virus sequences.  A zoo once offered a coloring book featuring polar bears in winter … said Eugene Koonin, a senior investigator at the NCBI and one of the senior authors on the paper, of the uncovered …

Biofuels and bioproducts are a way to kick our addiction to … Mukhopadhyay and Steve Singer are harnessing the versatile bacterium Pseudomonas putida to break down biomass and … at the Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI) , a JGI partner and one of the four US Department of Energy Bioenergy Research …

Understanding how a fundamental mechanism of evolution allows microbes to adapt to changing … they managed to enter the host cell. DGRs could prove to be powerful tools not only for viruses and other microbes , but for scientists. One emerging industry application of DGRs is to use them to …

… from single cells. The Science Studying the  genomes of microorganisms is incredibly useful for understanding the … is through a method called Multiple Displacement Amplification, and most genomes that were acquired through it were … a single cell and isolating it for analysis. Once it’s alone, the cell breaks apart and its DNA is copied millions of …

Right now, our natural rubber comes from just one tree species: Hevea brasiliensis . It’s great at producing latex that becomes rubber, but it’s …

To expand access to integrated data, improve tools and infrastructure as well as … cohesive data standards, the JGI partners with a number of facilities.  … Through its partnership with NERSC and the … to facilitate these efforts. Particular areas of emphasis will be the development of tools and …