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… reductase system, researchers could open avenues for using bacteria to produce ethylene and more.  Microbes excel … funded by the Biological and Environmental Research (BER) program, together with understanding enabled by Basic Energy … contexts.  “That allows us now to really start thinking about the structure-function relationship. What could we do, …

… of the genes in a lipid-prolific yeast. The Impact The team used this set of guide RNAs on  Yarrowia lipolytica to … furthers the U.S. Department of Energy’s goal of producing sustainable fuels from alternative sources. Moreover, the … is actually essential. Through the JGI’s  Community Science Program , the scientists thus set out to identify which …

… ways to engineer plants. So they’ve looked into wasps that program oak trees to raise their young in structures called galls.  In this episode, hear from Kasey and Patrick about how this project unfolded, and how they worked with the JGI's metabolomics program to find out more about these weird little pods. …

… scant, Ace Lake’s bacteria instead go through a boom and bust cycle aligned with light availability. A long-running … cycling takes place only on a microbial level. Previous studies focused on the Southern Ocean have found that in … Lab). The work was enabled by the JGI’s Community Science Program. For most months each year, Ace Lake is covered in …

… Sherbo, Jennifer E. Smith, Chin Chin Too, Brooke Weigel, Susanne Wilken, Jing Yuan, and Brittany N. Zepernick.    Each … The New Investigator call , part of our  Community Science Program , allows us to work and share our tools with a … the October 2026 review. You can also find more information about the JGI’s  various proposal calls here. …

… to Africa to global oceans. Through the Community Science Program of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science user facility, 24 large-scale proposals have been accepted … the University of Minnesota is interested in learning more about the fungal endophytes of soybean and how they deter …

… currently heads the Genome Analysis group. In this role he supervises the Genome Assembly, QA/QC, and User Support Analysis teams. Together, these teams provide analysis support and R&D for production and user science. He received his Ph.D. from the Wellcome Trust …

… specific conditions – in over a dozen plants. To learn more about the project, HudsonAlpha’s Research Communication … It was developed to improve plant genome annotations at the US Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI)*, … Faculty Investigator Jeremy Schmutz is the Plant Program Lead at the JGI. Sarah:  Why is a resource like this …

… down potential biomass sources in ways we are only just beginning to understand. A better understanding of rumen … around the world, encompassing 54 researchers from 14 organizations across nine countries. Learn more about the Hungate1000 work led by AgResearch collaborators …

… The Science In a recent Microbiome paper , scientists focused on the conifer needle microbiome. The phyllosphere, … pine, Douglas fir and Engelmann spruce–to learn more about conifer needle microbiomes. The survey showed what … Office of Science’s Biological and Environmental Research program because of its relevance to understanding the …

… Our research is focused on the discovery and characterization of novel bacterial, archaeal and eukaryotic microbes and viruses in environmental sequence data. We use multi-omics (metagenomics, metatranscriptomics, single … Exploring the fascinating world of giant viruses, which challenge our understanding of viral complexity …

… forest floor. Within the soil, a microbiome of bacteria, viruses and fungi process carbon and nitrogen, paving the way … from a wildfire that burned at the Colorado-Wyoming border, about a year after the fire. They sampled soil across a … for User Science (FICUS) initiative . In this program, researchers leverage the capabilities of more than …