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… Flavia Winck Vischi, Jennifer Wisecaver, Yaqi You, Yong Zhang and Zhiping Zhong. (All images courtesy of the researchers) Each year, the JGI searches for novel research projects from PIs who have not led any previously …

… a microbiome of bacteria, viruses and fungi process carbon and nitrogen, paving the way for future plants and trees … clearer picture of how burned ecosystems return to health, researchers have taken a look at microbial genomes across a … To complete this analysis, a multi-institutional team of researchers collected soil samples from a wildfire that …

… clearly. The Science The humble lichen is a superorganism: one being that is actually comprised of two (or more) … mycobiont. However, despite a century-and-a-half of lichen research, many of the symbiosis’ details remain unclear. For … deciphering their internal molecular mechanisms can help researchers better model global carbon and nitrogen cycling. …

… By studying the structure and function of a cyanobacterial protein, researchers have new insights into how these ocean … experiments at universities and national user facilities, researchers found that this protein detects iron and … DOE’s Office of Science is the largest supporter of basic research in the physical sciences in the United States, and …

… The JGI was honored to host some of the brightest minds in genetics as … the CRISPR-Cas9 investigations began as “curiosity driven research.” In the early 2000s, UC Berkeley colleague and … to address a wide range of new questions — from basic research, like learning how to optimize the gene editing …

… chromosomes of Miscanthus arose by ancient hybridization (polyploidy) and insights into the dynamics of gene … name suggests giant miscanthus literally towers over most researchers due to its prodigious capability for growth. … Innovation (CABBI), a Department of Energy (DOE) Bioenergy Research Center, along with researchers from the Energy …

… Committee (UEC) – Jack Gilbert, Ashley Shade, and Jason Stajich! They join six other JGI users already serving on … – go here to view the full roster of members. Each of the researchers had their own reasons for wishing to serve on … in mind. Microbiome ecologist Shade became Director of Research at France’s Centre National de la Recherche …

… surfaces of plants and their roles in plant health and environmental processes. The Science In a recent Microbiome paper , scientists focused on the conifer needle microbiome. The phyllosphere, which is … (DOE) Office of Science’s Biological and Environmental Research program because of its relevance to understanding …

… decoded the genome of an oil-producing green alga, and demonstrated precise gene targeting in the genome in the … optimization for enhanced lipid production. Also notable, researchers found it is missing 33 genes thought essential … the Department of Energy (DOE) Biological and Environmental Research (BER) program to advance a fundamental …

… This webinar focused on how the JGI employs single-molecule, long-read DNA sequences to aid with genome assembly and transcriptome analysis of microbial, fungal, and plant research projects.  More recently, these long-reads have … DOE’s Office of Science is the largest supporter of basic research in the physical sciences in the United States, and …

… high-performance computing resources, an upcoming hackathon led by the Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility … Office of Science user facility, aims to explore applications in the life sciences that can be ported to the GPU … with changes in industry/DOE Advanced Scientific Computing Research (ASCR) facilities. It’s a leadership opportunity …

… By characterizing the structure and function of a methylthio-alkane reductase system, researchers could open avenues for using bacteria to produce … With an eye to harnessing these nitrogenase-like enzymes, researchers have recently characterized a specific enzyme, …