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… growth of poplar, a potential biofuel feedstock.     The Science The fungus  Mortierella elongata enjoys a dual … effort to understand its influence on the plant, a team of scientists studied what happens to the tree’s physical … as secreted proteins. However,  M. elongata  seems to encourage the plant to have leakier cell walls and weaker …

Pictured is a timelapse of the Integrative Genomics Building (IGB) seen above is home to the DOE Joint Genome Institute (JGI). Researchers from the DOE Systems Biology Knowledgebase … Microbiome Data Collaborative (NMDC), and Berkeley Lab Biosciences Area are also co-located in the IGB. Vision The …

… lake microbial communities change with the seasons. The Science Light-harvesting bacteria (phototrophs) in … dominates these polar environments greatly contributes to our larger understanding of carbon and other nutrient cycles … Ace Lake were collected over a 10-year period and sent to JGI for metagenomic sequencing. A study  recently published …

S. Ballon is the Communications and Outreach Manager at the JGI. Prior to this role, she served as the primary … from Wesleyan University, and a graduate certificate in science communication from UC Santa Cruz. She is one of the … Equity & Accountability (IDEA) Chairs Council.   … 2020-2021, UC Women’s Initiative (North Cohort) UC Managing …

… when it comes to breaking down tough plant fibers. The Science Walk in a temperate forest filled with Norway spruce trees, and microbial activity teems beneath your feet. Both bacteria and fungi have genes that can break … proteins in the samples were then isolated and sequenced by scientists at the Environmental Molecular Sciences …

… deep-sea vents hold vast potential for bioenergy.   The Science Hydrothermal vents are ocean-floor openings in the … the makeup and functioning of a given microbial community. Scientists with the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome … (IMG/M) portal. The study,  published in the  Microbiome journal, broadens our understanding of the unique …

… datasets. The work was  recently published in the journal  Developmental Cell and provides a community resource … Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at Lawrence Berkeley National … Report Released Berkeley Lab News:  Five Berkeley Lab Scientists Receive Prestigious Five-Year Research Grant   … …

… the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at Lawrence Berkeley National … DSMZ overall, resulting not only in a valuable sequence resource to complement DSMZ’s vast strain resource, but also …

… mobile genetic elements like plasmids and viruses. The Science Mobile genetic elements (MGEs) are genetic entities … National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), with computing resources provided by NERSC, another user facility at Berkeley … genomics of MGEs and their evolution at the cellular level, scientists can better understand ecosystem-wide processes. …

… … The Deputy of Genomic Technologies serves as the JGI’s primary point of contact for all High-Throughput Data … a vision for future technical JGI directions for DOE User science. … Complete Publications Genomic Technologies … of Regents Working Group on “NIH Comparative Genomics Resource” 2021-  Co-Chair, “Advances in Genome Biology & …

… microbes from complex environmental samples. The Science A team led by researchers at the Max Planck … the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at … DNA could be sequenced. Their protocol,  detailed in the journal  Microbiome , combines multiple techniques and was …