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Since joining the DOE Joint Genome Institute in 2016, Dr. Otani has been studying secondary metabolism in microbes, … His research activity is focused on developing and implementing new technologies and methodologies that … He is particularly interested in understanding how, when and why microbes decide to produce which …

… reprogramming. The Science If it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck, so the adage goes, it must be a … State University and the University of Michigan studying how virus infections cause significant metabolic changes in … microbial cells that are transformed into virocells, and how the outcomes of these infections can affect the …

Researchers start pinning down how a fungal symbiont spurs growth of poplar, a potential … fungus  Mortierella elongata enjoys a dual lifestyle; it can thrive in the soil as a saprophyte, living off decaying … U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). By better understanding how poplar responds to its intimate associations with …

… have both the machinery to make products such as proteins, and the mechanisms for maintenance to keep processes running … the small molecules glycerol and itaconic acid to see how the cell-free system allowed them to increase the … in the absence of cell walls. If we can continue to learn how to focus the carbon flux, we can avoid transport …

… 2025 recipient of the Microbiome Data Prize by the American Society for Microbiology (ASM). Roux leads the Viral … networking opportunities and fosters discussions on how to capture and characterize viral diversity, understand … and large-scale data analysis to better characterize how viruses infect soil microbes and influence how soil …

… archaeal genomes provide new insights into an ancient metabolism. Methane is a greenhouse gas 20 times … “Therefore, determining under which form it emerged and how it gave rise to the different pathways we see today is … Borrel and Gribaldo said. “Overall, these results show a striking case of how metabolic diversity can emerge …

… 2022 marks the JGI’s 25th anniversary . Over the next few months, we’ll be revisiting a number of notable achievements that showcase our collaborations and capabilities to enable great … Ho, Maria Mendoza, Erone Cao and Sabah Ul-Hasan share how these experiences have influenced their career journeys. …

… for bioenergy.   The Science Hydrothermal vents are ocean-floor openings in the Earth’s crust that emit hot, … ecosystems. This means they hold clues for understanding how life thrives in extreme environments. They also produce … 40 samples from five oceanic regions to better understand how these hydrothermal ecosystems function in such extreme …

For many scientists, the culmination of their work into a written … machine learning tools. “This was very exciting to see how Rhondene not only embraced the research question and … perspective about what it means to be a scientist. “To see how team science is done at an advanced and large research …

Gary Trubl, a virologist and postdoc at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, is using bioinformatics and isotopes to track how viruses influence the flow of carbon in permafrost.  …