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… Recent study shows eelgrass has been around about 2.5 million years less than previously believed.  The Science Eelgrass, one of the most … of the plant, that eelgrass began colonizing the oceans  about 3 million years ago. The study shows that figure is … and by a grant to J. Eisen, J.J.S. and J.L.O. from the US Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute Community …

… (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at Lawrence Berkeley National … and unknown. The challenge remains to learn more about what microbes are present in any given … than cellulose-degradation to tease out uncultivated microorganisms of interest from complex environmental samples. …

… As warm-adapted microbes edge polewards, they’d oust resident tiny algae. The cold polar oceans give rise to … base of marine food webs are microscopic photosynthesizing organisms called phytoplankton (from the Greek phyto for … other words, some like it hot; some do not. “We can think about the ocean, naively, as a sort of homogeneous medium. …

… targeted genomic approach would allow researchers to focus on specific microbes within metagenome samples and … traditional shotgun metagenomics approach to learning more about environmental samples starts with researchers first … (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at Lawrence Berkeley National …

… Tracing gene regulatory networks in the model fungus  Neurospora crassa . The Science A team led by … degrade the plant biomass. In order to learn more about these regulatory networks in the model fungus  N. … and Development Program of Berkeley Lab, among other organizations. …

… Sustainable Berkeley Lab maintains a  calendar of Earth Month … In the last few months, the Sustainable Garden Club has organized lunchtime gardening sessions to plant succulents … Members from across Berkeley Lab gathered to learn more about planting and tending these shoots of their own. The …

… Researchers looked across many organisms to see that aminotransferase enzymes have evolved … enzyme family evolved across 90 species. “One unique thing about this work was our focus on all the kingdoms, including animals, plants, bacteria, …

… domain, there is a group of tiny hitchhikers. These organisms are abundant and yet exceptionally small, with … they need to survive. To fill in their nutrient gaps, they must latch onto a larger host — often, a fellow archaeal … cycling across the planet. Summary To understand more about how archaeal hosts and hitchhikers coexist, …

… ecosystems around the world, conducting iterative searches using statistical analyses to continuously refine and improve the process of finding novel Cas … and Management.” So begins a passage from Doudna’s book about her meeting with Banfield. (Banfield’s recounting of …

… available to the global research community.  Published January 17, 2025 in Science Advances , researchers at the … (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at Lawrence Berkeley National … assesses what fraction of the microbial diversity we know about, and proposes a path forward to curate and cultivate …