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Twice a year, the DOE Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) program awards … mission areas across the 6 Office of Science research programs. Among the recipients of the latest SCGSR award is … are developing cutting edge technologies to answer our most pressing problems. I’m very much looking forward to …

… genetic toolkit of ancestral and present-day plants The Science In a recent  Nature Genetics paper , researchers … of the  Marchantia pangenome, scientists developed a resource that associates plant’s genetic variants with specific … and nucleotide-binding leucine-rich repeats (NLRs) —stood out for their roles. Peroxidases are enzymes …

… revisited a number of notable achievements that showcase our collaborations and capabilities to enable great science that will help solve energy and environmental challenges. Congratulations to Jennifer Doudna of the University of California (UC), Berkeley and …

… joined the DOE Joint Genome Institute in 2017 as the fourth Director in its 27-year history. He has a wealth of … and Bioprocessing R&D Director and Leader at Dow AgroSciences in Indianapolis. During his time in industry, Dr. … responsibilities toward the JGI internal scientific programs, the affiliated DOE National Laboratories, the …

… bioeconomy, including, potentially, methane as an energy source.  Until recently, our understanding of these … Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at Lawrence Berkeley National … — so producing methane or consuming methane, those are already diametrically opposite — but also you do not even …

… invited talks emphasize how the research infrastructure – DNA sequencing, synthesis, metabolomics, data analysis, and new technology … basis to the worldwide scientific community can advance your research goals. Keynotes: M. Francesca Cotrufo, Colorado …

… microbes from complex environmental samples. The Science A team led by researchers at the Max Planck … sample and then sorting these cells so that their DNA could be sequenced. Their protocol,  detailed in the journal  Microbiome , combines multiple techniques and was …

… climate change impact on marine microbial communities. The Science A team of researchers tracked the impact of a … Steven Hallam of the University of British Columbia was already collecting ocean water samples when The Blob started. … colleagues collected more than 270 water samples. Genomic DNA extracted from the water samples were sequenced by the …

… genes drive resilience when salinity fluctuates. The Science The Arctic microalga Plocamiomonas psychrophila can … recorded. Samples were taken again at two, six, 12 and 24 hours. By the 24-hour mark, these algae showed significant signs of recovery …

… community involved in a bioremediation effort. The Science In 1999, the Environmental Protection Agency declared the North Railroad Avenue Plume (NRAP) a Superfund site. The chemical PCE … populations rely heavily on groundwater as their only source of clean drinking water. Over 90% of the PCE in the …

UEC. As a user of the JGI and the Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory, another DOE user facility, she will … laboratory researchers. This will help the JGI shape its programs, capabilities, and resources to best meet the broad base of user community needs. …