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… And EcoFABs also work well in the classroom. This episode, we visit Los Medanos Community College to see …

… results from single cells. The Science Studying the  genomes of microorganisms is incredibly useful for … most species do not grow easily in the lab. To access the genomes of uncultured  microbes , scientists usually employ … extracting single cells and then amplifying their DNA for genome sequencing was no easy task. The traditional way of …

… them tantalizing plants to harness for bioenergy. In this episode, hear from Oak Ridge National Laboratory scientists …

… in the bioenergy and biotechnology potential of algae, and sampling of the length and breadth of algal diversity, the numbers of sequenced algal genomes, and the quality of those genomes, is rising. The purpose of this Workshop is to …

… up – in January, March, and later on in the spring. In this episode, hear proposal tips from Tanja Woyke, who runs user …

… The first step in the deadly dance between a virus and microbial cell is an embrace. For a virus with a “head-tail” … ago, a team discovered a group of viruses that had in their genomes a surprising tool: a “diversity generating … by scientists at the US Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science user …

… Science group led by Nikos Kyrpides , mining the Integrated Microbial Genomics & Microbiomes (IMG/M) system’s immense … is a pioneer in metagenomic studies, recovering microbial genomes from biofilm samples at the Richmond Mine in Iron … for Some Type V CRISPR-Cas Systems Mol Cell. 2020 Aug 6;79(3):416-424.e5. doi: 10.1016/j.molcel.2020.06.022. Wright …

… to raise their young in structures called galls.  In this episode, hear from Kasey and Patrick about how this project …

… This series is the story of a giant metagenome assembly from Wisconsin’s Lake Mendota. In this episode: a look at the supercomputing that stitches together …

… though, many viruses have been somewhat invisible to the sampling experiments probing Earth’s ecosystems. Viruses … because they often need unique conditions and a specific microbial host to replicate. Sequencing genetic material … Beginning in the early 2000s , these environmental metagenomes began to offer a window into viral existence. Along …