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… on river microbes in 90% of US continental watersheds. The Science In a recent Nature paper , researchers describe a … be the first publicly available, river-focused microbial resource that provides information at multiple scales from … Science Program and the University of Colorado Anschutz’s Genomics Shared Resource. The work (proposal …

… about 2.5 million years less than previously believed.  The Science Eelgrass, one of the most abundant plants in the ocean, originated in Japan before spreading … many species able to occupy the regions where eelgrass flourishes. The plant can thrive in both frigid and tropical …

… to those from fungi 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 …

… “older than dinosaurs” could help improve crop yields.  The Science The fire moss Ceratodon purpureus is a short plant with a complex genome . Now, high-quality reference … comprise a full third of each moss genome, and are almost four times the size of the next largest chromosome. As the …

… of Energy Joint Genome Institute (DOE JGI), a DOE Office of Science user facility, Keedrian Olmstead was back on campus … a part of the students’ thesis,” she says. “Second, we want our students to gain the opportunity to see what research is … that would allow users to simultaneously run several programs for RNA-Seq assembly to determine which is best for …

… revisited a number of notable achievements that showcase our collaborations and capabilities to enable great science that will help solve energy and environmental … use Phaseolus as a test model quite frequently for R&D in plant genomics, because it is an inbred dicot,” Schmutz …

… joined the DOE Joint Genome Institute in 2017 as the fourth Director in its 27-year history. He has a wealth of … and Bioprocessing R&D Director and Leader at Dow AgroSciences in Indianapolis. During his time in industry, Dr. … responsibilities toward the JGI internal scientific programs, the affiliated DOE National Laboratories, the …

… to enable improvements in microbial oil production. The Science CRISPR-Cas9 is a powerful, high-throughput … goal of producing sustainable fuels from alternative sources. Moreover, the team says the approach they used to … is actually essential. Through the JGI’s  Community Science Program , the scientists thus set out to identify which …

… maintain software that support the JGI’s Synthetic Biology Program .  Representative software includes: gRNA-SeqRET , …