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Do metabolic pathways from engineered yeasts still work in cell-free environments? … at The University of Texas at Austin and Michael Jewett of Northwestern University describe a two-pronged approach that … CRISPR-Cas9 that enhanced their ability to redirect the carbon in the cells toward particular pathways. In this …

A tall native plant of the North American prairie, switchgrass ( Panicum virgatum ) has long been a tantalizing potential biofuel feedstock. But switchgrass has a complex genome and, as a species, encompasses dizzying diversity. So, a team of scientists made an ambitious …

Petra is an affiliate researcher who cultivates marine algae infected by giant …

New genomes highlight the diversity of white rot fungi in the genus Lentinula   The Science Shiitake mushrooms get … Additionally, these fungi play a role in the global  carbon cycle . As decayers, Lentinula fungi access carbon …

… gas, regulate Earth’s climate. Most methane is produced in environments without oxygen through a process called … microorganisms therefore play a critical role in the global carbon cycle, and are of significant interest for their potential …

… … DAN UDWARY: You’re listening to the Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute’s Natural Prodcast, a podcast about … again? DAN UDWARY: I was just asking if the Scripps research … NADINE ZIEMERT: Oh, yeah, Scripps. Yeah. DAN …

Using a novel computational approach, researchers confirm microbial diversity is wilder than ever. … of doing a lot of unique things when it comes to energy cycles — turning biomass into things like ethanol or …

… cultures reveal they are symbionts and not free-living organisms. The Science Researchers employed multiple … with the humans and the biosphere), including the global carbon cycle. The JGI is sequencing large numbers of microbes and …

Meta-omics datasets show that CRISPR-Cas systems determine mutualism or parasitism between some archaeal hosts and … crust, there is a vast ecosystem connected to the global carbon cycle. Archaea are key players in this deep biosphere. They …

… of Natural Prodcast. A little bit of a bonus episode, since I’m off schedule, but this is an important one that … Maybe if you could talk about what your– I don’t know– research background pedigree is. I hate to like sort of like … what happens with the wildfires, right? I mean, you’re in Northern California, and it doesn’t matter where they are. …

… initiatives in bioenergy crop improvement and terrestrial carbon transformations.” The JGI’s large-scale call included … Biologie. His team proposed to sequence  Chaetoceros microalgae, or diatoms. Through the Tara Oceans Expeditions that … marine food web base, they also feature in many nutrient cycles. Thus, having reference  Chaetoceros genomes would …

A “bait and hook” single-cell genomic approach to bioprospecting. The Science … known to be key contributors to the planet’s biogeochemical cycles, but the vast majority remains uncultivated and … program (LDRD) entitled ‘Tackling microbial-mediated plant carbon decomposition using “function-driven” genomics’. …