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… DOE user facilities EMSL and JGI announce FY 2020 collaborative … areas: Biofuels and bioproducts, Biogeochemistry, and Inter-organismal interactions. Algal research features prominently … the Sierra Nevada mountain range since 2014 to learn more about the microbial responses and feedbacks to warming …

… a JGI Engagement: Accessing Resources at Multiple DOE User Facilities with a Single Proposal webinar, inviting … Guest speaker Michelle O’Malley of UC Santa Barbara talked about how her approved FICUS proposals have helped advance her research. Learn more  here about the “Facilities Integrating Collaborations for User …

… alga into a powerful platform for developing ​​bio-based industrial products.    The Science Scientists have fully … for producing specialty oils, chemical feedstocks and industrial precursors — as well as to better enable the mining … modifications usually insert randomly in other algae, this organism lets scientists place new genes precisely where …

… (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility, hosted three undergraduates and seven … Watch the short video here to see what they had to say about their experiences and what they’ll take with them as … Project: “ 16s Sequencing of Barcoded Microbial Genomes ” Morgan Lavenstein Bendall : “It’s great meeting the wonderful …

… the world’s rivers and their microbial communities. He’s focusing on the Arkansas River and how microbes might be influencing its health.  He sat down with me to talk about his project, and riffed a bit on what it means in a … where we’re moving from when my father was born, of about 2 billion people on the planet, to you know, within my …

… the JGI has also helped researchers understand a fungus that threatens these crops as they grow. Asian Soybean Rust is a major problem. Leaves grow discolored and rust … ASR can decimate up to 60-90% of its yield.  (Learn more about the soybean genome sequence and ASR in this JGIota, a …

… identify mobile genetic elements like plasmids and viruses. The Science Mobile genetic elements (MGEs) are genetic … must examine the interactions that happen between tiny organisms (microbes) located in soils and water. MGEs like … biogeochemical cycles around them. By understanding more about the genomics of MGEs and their evolution at the …

… sequence to the public data repositories over its now 20-plus-year history. In 2019, the countdown has begun to the … of the JGI and KBase in the heart of the Lab’s 200-acre campus—with the big move from leased space in Walnut Creek, … prospective partners to generate awareness of and clarity about the JGI’s strategic directions,” said Mouncey. “In …

… resources to build up Sphagnum as a plant model system focused on carbon cycling studies, rather than for food or fuel … is estimated to be larger than any other single plant genus. Peatlands accumulate partially decomposed matter, and researchers estimate that they hold about 25 percent of the world’s soil carbon. In high …