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New evidence shows anaerobic fungi can degrade the hardiest of plant components … to tackle when it comes to breaking down a plant for energy: Cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin, … yield fuels, and removing lignin in order to do so is a resource-intensive process. Now, a new study shows how …

Puerto Nuevo is a small town along the Baja California coastline in Mexico. While conducting early field … know I still have much to learn, I certainly feel much more advanced in my understandings than I would be at this stage …

Understanding how a fundamental mechanism of evolution allows … microbes to adapt to changing environments. It also sheds light on why the rapid injection of mutations in a … under contract no. DE-AC02-05CH11231. This research used resources of the National Energy Research Scientific Computing …

The US Department of Energy’s favorite tree is poplar. They’re the … Hemisphere, making them tantalizing plants to harness for bioenergy. In this episode, hear from Oak Ridge National … us closer to making poplar an economical and sustainable source of energy and materials. …

… 2022 marks the JGI’s 25th anniversary. Over the last year, we’ve … notable achievements that showcase our collaborations and capabilities to enable great science that will help solve … poop.  “As an engineer, I think of poop as a biotech resource,” O’Malley said as she opened her talk at the  2022 …

The Department of Energy's Computational Science Graduate … program was developed to meet the Nation's growing need for science and technology professionals with advanced computer skills. During the summer of 2016,  DOE …

As set out in the JGI Five-Year Strategic Plan – “Beyond … Genome Science” – through early introduction to the resources and disciplines advanced by the JGI, we seek to inspire more students to …

Gardeners and farmers around the country recognize that crop … propagated from cuttings represent a diverse collection sourced from half of the United States. As  reported January … more than a decade ago. As sequencing technologies have advanced, assembly and annotation of the genome sequence has …

… new members to the JGI User Executive Committee (UEC) : Roland Hatzenpichler of Montana State University, Teresa … of members. Each of the researchers had particular reasons for wanting to serve on the UEC. Hatzenpichler, who studies … community and communicating their suggestions for technical capabilities and services to JGI.” The UEC represents the …

… “NeLLi 2023 Symposium” delving into the most recent expansions of the Tree of Life and latest discoveries toward … microbial novelties to deciphering metabolic and functional capabilities. Overview of Symposium Goals Metagenomic and … novel microbial lineages, leading to a new appreciation for the extent of diversity. The phylogenetic and functional …

Kjiersten Fagnan began working with JGI in 2012 as a NERSC bioinformatics computing consultant, after completing a petascale … postdoctoral fellowship at NERSC and LBNL’s Computational Research Division.. As a postdoc, her research focused on …

A special issue of Synthetic Biology celebrates research … challenges. But not all scientists have the expertise and resources to do DNA design and synthesis work. This is where … special issue of the journal Synthetic Biology puts the spotlight on JGI’s DNA design and synthesis superpower. Through …