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What grass is a prized ornamental and a bioenergy plant? Meet Miscanthus , an attractive addition to your garden and a potential fuel for … policy and Miscanthus will need some upgrades. In this episode, hear from scientists working on understanding …

… are a way to kick our addiction to fossil fuels. In this episode, we peek into how scientists Aindrila Mukhopadhyay and Steve Singer are harnessing the versatile bacterium Pseudomonas putida to break down biomass and … a more sustainable, biobased economy. They conduct research at the Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI) , a JGI partner and …

Dr. Frederik Schulz joined the DOE Joint Genome Institute in 2016 and is leading the New Lineages of … user community and supports various user projects in the Microbial Program. In an LDRD-funded project, Dr. Schulz … metagenomics. Nature Reviews Microbiology 20: 721 Volland, J.-M. et al. 2022. A centimeter-long bacterium …

… to develop the metabolomics program, and in 2019 became Platform Lead where she manages metabolomics production for … products. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2021;118. doi:10.1073/pnas.2019855118 2. Murphy KM, Edwards J, Louie KB, Bowen … Rocha UN, Shi S, et al. Dynamic root exudate chemistry and microbial substrate preferences drive patterns in …

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 … desert shrub that’s native to North America: guayule.  This episode was made in collaboration with our friends at the …

To set up flexible, repeatable experiments on plants and microbes, Trent Northen’s group at Berkeley Lab created a fabricated ecosystem – an EcoFAB. … And EcoFABs also work well in the classroom. This episode, we visit Los Medanos Community College to see …

… them tantalizing plants to harness for bioenergy. In this episode, hear from Oak Ridge National Laboratory scientists who have uncovered remarkable genetic …