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… — one thing is for sure: there are lots of fungi around. Within a forest’s soil, hundreds of species decompose debris, … in New Phytologist , researchers have pioneered new understanding of which fungi take on certain functions at … was challenging, according to Martin. “Twelve years ago, when we mapped the first sequenced RNA from the soil, only …
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Collaboratory encourages user engagement. The Science In addition to the core set of "primary metabolites"—chemical … the years several secondary metabolites databases have been made available to the research community, each offering … fungal, plant, viral, and metagenome data is currently underway. … U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute …
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Scientists find bee gut microbes have a division of labor when it comes to metabolizing complex polysaccharides. Honey bees … are invaluable pollinators — cupids of the plant world facilitating the remixing of genes in the next generation of …
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… collecting nearly 500 single cells from a single low diversity hot spring sediment sample. Their work showed that … typically used as a complement to isolate sequencing, i.e. when the targeted cells cannot be cultivated in the lab. … a DOE Office of Science User Facility, is supported under Contract No. DE-AC02-05CH11231. This work was …
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… these ocean photosynthesizers cycle carbon in changing conditions. The products of photosynthesis are easy to point … work in Nature Communications takes on the challenge of understanding one of these proteins — and its role in … (gRNA-SeqRET) to produce knock-out mutants for experiments. When the cyanobacterium loses this protein, energy …
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… where the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located … (PIs) harnessed JGI’s DNA synthesis capability to better understand a special class of compounds, or secondary metabolites, called terpenes. Terpenes are made via a tangled network of enzymes in plants. To better …
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… a JGI Engagement: Accessing Functional Genomics Capabilities Webinar inviting researchers to submit white papers to … JGI was one of the first things we actually started doing when starting the lab. It has been, especially from an early … What is the review process for submitted proposals? A: When a proposal is submitted to the JGI, JGI scientists will …
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… year the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility, hosted three undergraduates and seven graduate students from UC Merced … networking workshops, data carpentry hackathons, and also made new friends while working on their summer projects. …
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… they take raw materials including sunlight, carbon and water, to convert them into energy that is then stored. A team led by researchers at the Max Planck Institute (MPI) for Terrestrial Microbiology and the University of Bordeaux have developed a platform that mimics …
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