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… addition to the synthetic biologist’s toolkit: a technique for  c hassis (or strain)-independent  r ecombinase- a … “CRAGE is central to our ability to offer host-engineering for our users,” says JGI Director Nigel Mouncey. Using … have also harnessed CRAGE to create a plant-fertilizing microbiome. In work  reported in  Applied and Environmental …

… to spread across most of the plant’s ecosystems. The Impact For decades, the liverwort  M. polymorpha has been used as a … . The comparative framework provided by these high quality reference genome sequences could help researchers better … encompass a plant’s genetic diversity beyond a single reference genome, which is key to understanding its full …

… which could then be converted into sustainable biofuels . For its importance to the DOE mission, switchgrass is among … the University of Texas at Austin produced a high-quality reference sequence of the complex switchgrass genome. The reference genome built off more than a decade of work; as …

… research results in genomics, metagenomics and the human microbiome. The workshop will train participants in … and seminars as well as practical hands-on sessions in bioinformatics and biostatistics. …

… of the Earth’s atmosphere and regulating the global climate for life to flourish. For Guillaume Borrel and Simonetta Gribaldo of the Institut … , they mined the Integrated Microbial Genomes & Microbiomes (IMG/M) database maintained by the U.S. …

… an internship program to bring students to the JGI for research training experience. Enabled by the DOE RENEW … of Brachypodium distachyon plant root exudates on the plant microbiome. They also took part in many enriching workshops … and I’ll be attending Alabama A&M University this fall for my master’s in plant soil science and my career focus is …

For the last 15 years, Ray Turner has been one constant for the Joint Genome Institute. On July 1, 2020, that all … retired Naval Commander retires from Berkeley Lab. For the last 15 years, Ray Turner has been one constant for …

… plant species have adapted to their local environments; for example, crop and ornamental seeds sold for the upper … Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), has produced a high-quality reference sequence of the complex switchgrass  genome using … “For that, it’s necessary to have the plant’s genome as a reference. Additionally, having the gardens as a resource …

… many varied environments? Now, a recent study published in Microbiome has uncovered that SAR324 encompasses four … help regulate the global carbon cycle — fixing, transforming, and respiring carbon. Understanding the metabolisms that SAR324 and other microbes use could inform scientists’ understanding of carbon fluxes in the …

Immediately following the NeLLi Symposium, join us for a 1.5-day jamboree on November 6-7 focused on improving … of the bacterial, archaeal and microeukaryote diversity cataloged and taxonomically classified to date. Under the … assign functional “read out” to sequence data. Moving from cataloging microbial diversity to experimental …

… in the next generation of flowering vegetation. In return for their services, bees eat plant nectar and pollen. Nectar … carries out its helpful metabolism: who’s responsible for what biochemical processes? Now, an international team … bacterial clades shared between honey bee and bumblebee gut microbiomes. Researchers found that pollen’s pectin and …