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… 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 about that work from researchers Gary Stacey (University of …

… (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility, hosted three undergraduates and seven … through their long standing internship program. In just two months, the students participated in networking … Watch the short video here to see what they had to say about their experiences and what they’ll take with them as …

… look at the soil microbes present a year after a wildfire. The Science After a wildfire burns, recovery … 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 …

… analysis leads to identification of biosynthetic gene clusters for novel secondary metabolites for multiple … microbial diversity is immense, yet much of it remains unknown. For more than a decade, researchers around the world … information as well as of important descriptive metadata about each strain. “This has been a very fruitful …

Microbial cells infected by viruses undergo metabolic reprogramming. The Science If it … State University and the University of Michigan studying how virus infections cause significant metabolic changes in … ocean could fix less carbon when infected. Little is known about virus-infected microbial cells that are transformed …

Before 2006, Olpidium was one of the many obscure fungi of Chytridiomycota (the … (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility, found that the fungus Olpidium is a link in … the effort that led to the work published in Scientific Reports . Before 2006, Olpidium was one of the many obscure …

… the DNA synthesis platform at the Joint Genome Institute, where he leads three groups focused on HTP DNA design and assembly, strain engineering and … biology and functional genomics. Prior to joining the JGI, he was a group lead at Brookhaven National Laboratory …

Dr. Udwary serves as a computational biologist for JGI’s Secondary Metabolites group. His research interests lie in use and development of bioinformatics tools for elucidation … "Natural Prodcast" podcast, a "fireside chat"-style podcast about natural products and the science and scientists of …

Researchers start pinning down how a fungal symbiont spurs growth of poplar, a potential biofuel feedstock.     The Science The fungus  Mortierella elongata enjoys a dual lifestyle; it can … were striking. Adding PM193 caused poplar cuttings to grow about 30 percent larger by dry weight than without PM193  . …

… “Microbes underpin so much of what we see on earth in terms of nutrient cycles and biogeochemical cycles…. Viruses play a pretty important role in the cycling of … Amundson at Colorado State University have many questions about the microbial communities deep underground, and before …