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… resources to build up Sphagnum as a plant model system focused on carbon cycling studies, rather than for food or fuel … decomposed matter, and researchers estimate that they hold about 25 percent of the world’s soil carbon. In high … can also act as a protective layer insulating permafrost from the warming regional temperatures. For this reason, the …

… soil carbon. The process to harvest energy-generating peat from these boggy wetlands produces an estimated 5% of annual greenhouse gas emissions. Understanding how sphagnum, a primary … Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science User Facility at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and the HudsonAlpha …

… sequencing the world’s river microbiomes. And they’re using team science to do it.   …

… sigma factors that initiate transcription in bacteria. Using this technology, which combines an in vitro … (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab). … the third is determining the 5’-ends by 5’-end sequencing, from which those promoter sequences recognized by a given …

… single root cells and combining the information with previously published datasets. The work was  recently published in … (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab). “This … species for which fewer ‘marker’ genes are known that are hallmarks of different cell types.” His contribution to the …

Ms. Ballon has a degree in molecular biology & biochemistry from Wesleyan University, and a graduate certificate in … the Biosciences Area representatives to Berkeley Lab’s Inclusion, Diversity, Equity & Accountability (IDEA) Chairs … Member, Capitol Science Communicators … Education … About the JGI Manager of Communications & Outreach … Awards …

… for Audio   ALISON:  Hey! I’m Alison Takemura at the US Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, or JGI.  Two … changing planet. In this short audio production, we’ll hear from Karolina Heyduk, an evolutionary plant biologist at the … meetings were still a thing, i.e. in January. She talked about her  Community Science Project proposal with JGI, in …

California (UC), Merced assistant professor Suzanne Sindi from the School of Natural Sciences and started a program … tap into the diverse talent that UC Merced has is tremendous for us, and we are very grateful for this opportunity.” … to seeing this internship program continue and I’m excited about what it will bring to the future of JGI, UC Merced and …

New evidence shows anaerobic fungi can degrade the hardiest of plant components   The Science There are three main … The Impact Traditional methods for breaking down biomass use aerobic methods (those using oxygen) to remove lignin … Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science User Facility at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and two DOE Bioenergy …

… vents are ocean-floor openings in the Earth’s crust that emit hot, mineral-rich water. These vents are too … and other microorganisms that live there.  Researchers from Portland State University and the University of … Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science User Facility at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, contributed …

Machine learning approach significantly expands inovirus diversity. To answer the question, “Where’s Waldo?” … now overhauls our perception of this virus group – from minor curiosities they become a prominent component of … a DOE Office of Science User Facility  located at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, is committed to …

… expands the global diversity of large and giant viruses. While the microbes in a single drop of water could … and eukaryotes, and they range in particle and genome size from small, to large and even giant. The genomes of giant … they are found everywhere, comparatively little is known about viruses, much less those considered large and giant. …