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… vents are ocean-floor openings in the Earth’s crust that emit hot, mineral-rich water. These vents are too … be applied to biotechnology and medicine. A more robust understanding of these microbial communities could lead … separate, seawater seeps through cracks in the Earth’s crust and reacts with very hot rocks below, becoming an …

New studies show methanogenesis is not exclusively for Euryarchaeota. Atmospheric levels of methane, a potent greenhouse gas, regulate Earth’s climate. Most methane is produced … Alternate Metabolic Pathways And there is something special about these new lineages recently tied to methanogenesis. …

… metabolic engineering and biocatalyst design will target sustainable energy solutions, focusing on lignocellulosic thermophiles and polymer … nutrient cycling, and biogeochemistry.  You can learn more about this call, as well as our smaller-scale New …

… (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at Lawrence Berkeley National … and in the laboratory. “We are fortunate because the progenitor species of  Brachypodium hybridum are … de Zaragoza, one of the paper’s senior authors. “It offers us the possibility to explore genomically the whole complex …

… the total global methane production. They are thought to use billions of tons of the carbon dioxide trapped in … on the global carbon cycle. All methanogenic archaea use one of three pathways for methanogenesis: … and, acetoclastic. All three pathways require the gene cluster for methane production known as Mcr. Until recently, …

… going forward. Watch this short video (below) to hear more about the summer from their own perspectives. The interns … JGI mentors are listed below, along with their project focus areas: Undergraduate Interns Andrew Lin and mentor Vy … career as well. Morgan Lavenstein Bendall : The best part about interning here is that I get to meet a lot of …

David Hibbett of Clark University fills us in on the kind of decay that makes shiitake mushrooms special. This week, he and 39 collaborators published a paper tracing how these mushrooms have evolved.  …

… working virtually with JGI mentors to investigate rigorous research projects, hone science presentation skills, and … returned to re-engage with their mentors from the previous year and continue working on their research project! The … foster a diverse future workforce in science. To learn more about each intern’s experience during their internship, …

The team has three subgroups: Synthetic Biology Lab : a user science group dedicated to user project design, assembly, and quality control Strain … Engineering Group : a research & development group and focused on new technologies and optimizing tools — including …

… (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at Lawrence Berkeley National … proposals come from investigators who have not previously been a principal investigator (PI) on an approved JGI … University of East Anglia was also approved to learn more about the roles of diatoms in carbon fixation and in aquatic …

… team led by researchers at the University of Texas (UT) at Austin, the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology … (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at Lawrence Berkeley National … reference sequence of the complex switchgrass  genome using samples collected at these gardens. Building off this …