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… displacing these important cold-water communities of algae with warm-adapted ones, a trend that threatens to … tend to be dominated by prokaryotes (microorganisms without a defined nucleus). Colder waters nearer the poles, however, tend to favor eukaryotes ( microorganisms with a nucleus). These photosynthesizing eukaryotes, or …
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… Find recordings and recaps of these talks below, starting with Ari Patrinos. The Genomics Arms Race Ari Patrinos , … two kinds of scientific revolutions,” Ari Patrinos opened with this quote from Thomas Kuhn in his 25th Anniversary … of restriction enzymes in the 1960s, as well as Jill Banfield and Jennifer Doudna ’s work leading to CRISPR-Cas9. …
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… in urine to create hydroxyapatite, a high-value biomaterial with a wide range of industrial applications. The team was … partnership that combines the JGI’s genomic capabilities with the Foundry’s nanoscale materials research. As … applications of various biomaterials. These efforts align with BER missions to provide the fundamental science to …
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… pin down. Photosynthesis appears to have a lot in common with a Rube Goldberg machine: surprising dependencies, … on this structure, Grosjean and Blaby-Haas collaborated with a range of researchers across the Albert Einstein … the instrumentation — but the experts we were able to work with on this project to ask questions about structure and …
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… , IMG , GOLD , MycoCosm , and PhycoCosm , serve researchers with unique areas of focus and data and computational needs. … users who were seeking to download all the data associated with the latest version of the plant portal, weren’t able to … on the download experience from MycoCosm and PhycoCosm, with the intent of eventually transitioning to work on IMG …
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… in their hunt for anaerobic fungi. By growing extracts without oxygen in ruminant fluid — which smells terrible … into expected proteins. That work was done in collaboration with the Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory (EMSL), … than one DOE Office of Science National User Facilities , with the stroke of a single proposal. The next step for the …
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… home office (garage). There, standing at a safe distance, with proper face covering, was JGI’s Administrative Services … luminaries included from the Berkeley Lab Directorate, Mike Witherell (Director), Michael Brandt (Operations Deputy), … needs to have a great operations leader,” said Director Witherell in his event remarks. “I feel that is something …
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… Zhong Wang and Science Programs Deputy Axel Visel teamed with University of California (UC), Merced assistant … of the fifth summer of its flagship education program with UC Merced. JGI Director Nigel Mouncey and program … in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) fields. More than 20 UC Merced students have contributed to …
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… fall, a mysterious green growth appears on top of farmers’ fields: a microbial community that might be quietly …
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… biomedical research, the health sciences and related fields who are interested in learning and sharing concepts, …
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… soybean is a crop that could boost biofuels and fertilize fields. So in 2010, the JGI helped publish the original genome sequence for the soybean, Glycine max. With a full genome sequence, researchers have been able to look into soybean’s strengths – along with a fungus that threatens this important crop. Hear more …
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… biomedical research, the health sciences and related fields who are interested in learning and sharing concepts, …
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