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… for converting plant waste into sugars for  biofuel production. Additionally, these fungi play a role in the global  carbon cycle . As decayers, Lentinula fungi access carbon previously locked away in wood, converting it into their own carbon-rich structures, as well as atmospheric carbon dioxide.  Summary …

… became Platform Lead where she manages metabolomics production for community sequencing projects and heads R&D efforts to expand the metabolomics capabilities and product offerings for JGI users.  Using cutting-edge mass … samples/year, Dr. Louie and her team work with other JGI scientists in development of new, advanced mass spectrometry …

… them to environmental and energy challenges. But not all scientists have the expertise and resources to do DNA design … worked with the JGI DNA Synthesis Science Program, which started in 2012, and what they’ve discovered through their … plants. To better pinpoint the biosynthetic routes that produce terpenes, the JGI synthesized several of the underlying …

… and cell motility. It’s also a model for studying lipid production in other algae that may be more viable for sustainable biofuel production. The JGI published a partial sequence of … of the Carnegie Institution, and Sabeeha Merchant of UCLA. Merchant is now at UC Berkeley and also a faculty …

… reason, the U.S. Department of Energy is overseeing the SPRUCE (Spruce and Peatland Responses Under Changing Environments) … unparalleled model system for ecological and evolutionary genomics .” Understanding the nature and genetic basis of …

… in the journal Science . It detailed how they’d used metagenomics to identify over 27,000 microbial genes. The data … California State University campuses for biotechnology education as part of a course-based undergraduate resource … Hear from CSU San Marcos Professor Matt Escobar and UC Davis Associate Professor Matthias Hess, also the chair …