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… ] The Science The recipe for growing algae as a source of sustainable biofuels seems fairly simple: place these algae in a container with access to sunlight, water and carbon dioxide so they … feedstocks that can thrive in saltwater mitigates concerns about diverting resources such as arable land and fresh …

… pin down.  Photosynthesis appears to have a lot in common with a Rube Goldberg machine: surprising dependencies, … an array of experiments at universities and national user facilities, researchers found that this protein detects … we were able to work with on this project to ask questions about structure and function,” Blaby-Haas said.  Looking at …

… method of traditional shotgun metagenomics. One approach uses fluorescence-activated cell sorting (FACS) to sort … stable isotope probing (DNA SIP) relies on incubating DNA with isotopically-labeled compounds to link active microbes … Roux are part of the first cohort to receive Early Career Development awards as part of the Laboratory-Directed …

Dehalococcoides mccartyi and  Dehalobacter restrictus,  that work together to break down PCE into the chemical … by Congress in 1980 for Superfund sites which are hazardous waste areas that require cleanup and long-term … that can help bioremediate toxic substances has led to the development of cost-effective environmental cleanup …

Molecular Foundry, a nanoscale research and knowledge-based user facility at Berkeley lab. She earned her PhD in … Science in 2011 from the University of Florida, working with Valérie de Crécy-Lagard on using comparative genomics … Focus Area (SFA). In 2022, she joined LBNL to spearhead the development of a joint user capability between the JGI and …

… to this, he served as a Research Molecular Biologist at the USDA for 12 years where he was a driving force behind the development of numerous genomic resources that fostered the … switchgrass transformation pipeline and, in collaboration with industrial partners, generated hundreds of transgenic …

… vents are ocean-floor openings in the Earth’s crust that emit hot, mineral-rich water. These vents are too … of these microbial communities could lead to the development of new biotechnologies around clean energy,  … seeps through cracks in the Earth’s crust and reacts with very hot rocks below, becoming an extremely hot, …

Populations of Antarctic lake microbial communities change with the seasons. The Science Light-harvesting bacteria … scant, Ace Lake’s bacteria instead go through a boom and bust cycle aligned with light availability. A long-running … cycling takes place only on a microbial level. Previous studies focused on the Southern Ocean have found that in …

Using a novel computational approach, researchers confirm … wilder than ever. Imagine researchers exploring a dark room with a flashlight, only able to clearly identify what falls … genes from isolates, there isn’t much scientists can tell about its function or its origin. As a result, these genes …

… the DOE Joint Genome Institute works in partnership with the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology, which … specific conditions – in over a dozen plants. To learn more about the project, HudsonAlpha’s Research Communication … It was developed to improve plant genome annotations at the US Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI)*, …

DOE user facilities EMSL and JGI announce FY 2020 collaborative … features prominently among the eleven proposals selected with four focused on biofuels and bioproducts. For example, … the Sierra Nevada mountain range since 2014 to learn more about the microbial responses and feedbacks to warming …

… ecosystems around the world, conducting iterative searches using statistical analyses to continuously refine and … Such proteins have been adapted for therapeutic application development by Mammoth Biosciences, one of several companies … and Management.” So begins a passage from Doudna’s book about her meeting with Banfield. (Banfield’s recounting of …