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Microbial cells infected by viruses undergo metabolic reprogramming. The … and Environmental Research in one proposed research project. For this project, RNA sequencing was done by the JGI, and proteomics …

Maize produces a family of compounds that protects it against infections — using surprisingly few enzymes. The Science … scientists had suspected. A team  recently reported in  Nature Plants that the zealexin pathway has an “hourglass” …

Fungi from herbivore poop make surprisingly complex compounds — an energetically expensive feat … too costly for them. The Science Anaerobic fungi, which die in the presence of oxygen, dwell in herbivore guts and help … clearly have unexpected chemical potential. … This research project was supported by a grant from Santa Barbara Cottage …

Researchers start pinning down how a fungal symbiont spurs growth of poplar, a … 0002 01 to F. Martin), JGI Community sequencing program project (CSP570, DE-AC02-05CH11231), and National Science …

Chloroplast mimic a platform to capture and utilize carbon in a synthetic fixation cycle. The Science Chloroplasts are the factories in plant cells. Using photosynthesis, they take raw … faster than RuBisCo, the most common CO-2 fixing enzyme in nature. The library provided the Erb lab with enzymes that …

Earth and DNA are close to our JGI hearts, we’re highlighting genomic science research that feels especially relevant to living on a changing planet. Mo Kaze is a University of … Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) program . Her research project, “Microbial Community Structure and Methane …

Through the JGI-UC Merced Genomics Internship, graduate students Candace Cole, Mo Kaze, Akshay … by passionate scientists working on interdisciplinary projects. I feel inspired to pursue a career in STEM. … to know you and provide all resources to excel in your project.”     Vicente Ramirez, UC Merced JGI Mentor: Albert …

Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and other institutions shared their works-in-progress with 86 participants in an online workshop to … algorithms, inspired by communication networks found in nature, allows machines to “learn” features. State of the …

…   Later this year, Ian Rambo, a graduate student in Brett Baker’s lab at the University of Texas at Austin, will defend his dissertation. Some of his research was … wetlands in south Texas,” he explained. “In terms of my project, I wanted to incorporate that CSP, but also look at …

This summer, the DOE JGI hosted 10 interns who came from a wide range of backgrounds. Many of them spent the summer crunching genomic data at a computer; a few had the opportunity to … worked with Zhong Wang’s group on an aspect of the same project assigned to Sharon and Cristhian; and, Lizhen Shi , …

XXVII Conference (PAG) takes place January 12-16, 2019, in San Diego, Calif. Representatives from the DOE Joint … Genome Institute (JGI) and the  DOE Systems Biology Knowledgebase (KBase) will be at Booth 509. Stop by and chat with … science opportunities. Learn how to apply for a project with the JGI Community Science Program, and how you …

Congratulations to US Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI) staff scientist Simon Roux , who was … as part of the Early Career Research Program (ECRP). His project, “Characterizing Virus-Driven Alterations of …