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… in terms of nutrient cycles and biogeochemical cycles…. Viruses play a pretty important role in the cycling of … these systems.” -Mike Wilkins, Colorado State University GI users and microbiome researchers Mike Wilkins and his … Amundson at Colorado State University have many questions about the microbial communities deep underground, and before …

… reductase system, researchers could open avenues for using bacteria to produce ethylene and more.  Microbes excel … miscellanea of their surroundings. Case in point: for us, the smell of the ocean simply signals we’re near the … contexts.  “That allows us now to really start thinking about the structure-function relationship. What could we do, …

… combo helps further demystify biosynthetic gene clusters.  The Science Microbial secondary metabolites, those … paired CRISPR and CRAGE technologies. While CRISPR (Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats) is … and other industries — yet there’s still so much about them we don’t know.  Unlocking the power of secondary …

… (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science user facility, aims to explore applications in the life … either jumpstart acceleration or optimize their code on GPUs. While the  OLCF is organizing nearly a dozen hackathons … to the Team Proposal tab to submit. For more information about the 2019 GPU Hackathons, go to:  …

… funded by a DOE training grant.  Building off the previous year’s project, undergraduate interns Tamyra Long and … the Oakland soccer club this summer.  Want to learn more about their experience? Watch the short video below:  Video … with Zyiah and Tamyra this summer and teaching them more about how to analyze data. Zyiah Mikes : Dr. Yi Zhai is our …

… in mammals: a structure that helps correct deleterious mutations. The Impact Shrub willow and its close relative  Populus trichocarpa,  or the poplar tree, are potential biofuel … willow is flipped: females are heterogametic. To avoid confusion with the mammalian system, the sex chromosomes are …

… be single bacterial cells, visible to the naked eye. The unusual size is notable because bacteria aren’t usually … explained. “This kind of discovery opens new questions about bacterial morphotypes that have never been studied … were plentiful in the single cells. The team learned about the cell’s genomic complexity. As Volland noted, “The …

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… a potential biofuel feedstock.     The Science The fungus  Mortierella elongata enjoys a dual lifestyle; it can … an endophyte, living between a plant’s root cells. The fungus is almost always found among and within poplar trees, and … were striking. Adding PM193 caused poplar cuttings to grow about 30 percent larger by dry weight than without PM193  . …

… approach to expression, scientists can now opt for various shades of grey. The ability to fine-tune the level of … of essential genes in metabolic networks that were missed using traditional approaches. This novel form of … the realm of bioenergy optimization. Summary Life is all about balance. This study,  recently published in the  …