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… TBK Reddy gives an overview of the JGI's Genomes OnLine Database and why curated metadata matters. …

… Scientists find bee gut microbes have a division of labor when it comes to metabolizing complex polysaccharides. Honey bees are invaluable pollinators — cupids of the plant … enzymes. Honey bees rely on their gut microbiota to produce these enzymes to break down polysaccharides. But …

… Trained on environmental data, a new JGI tool more accurately … Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), led the project. He explained that large language models—artificial … methodologies developed for natural languages to study genomes,” Wang explained.  And since microbial genomes are …

… of Science User Facility located at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, are sharing their expertise in … As such, JGI is involved in a broad variety of genomics projects that relate to energy and the environment.” she … move toward characterizing the human microbiome  by its genomes and metagenome , rather than just by 16S ribosomal …

… Sustainable Berkeley Lab maintains a  calendar of Earth Month events throughout April. This year, a new group at the … now IGB-wide ZERO Waste Initiative began its most ambitious project yet: a special recycling program to recycle lab … planters, planting donated plants and swapping tips on growing greenery. With sustainability in mind, they’re …

… plants and how they adapt to their ever-changing environments better? We could unlock new innovations to drive … food, medicine, and bioenergy crops. But most available genomes are from narrow swaths of the plant tree of life. One project aims to change that. …

… shows anaerobic fungi can degrade the hardiest of plant components   The Science There are three main ingredients to … cumulatively called lignocellulose, are the primary components of hardy cell walls. It’s the cellulose and … were more capable than presumed. After all, they’re able to produce enzymes highly efficient at making use of those …

… For many scientists, the culmination of their work into a written report that is published in … the primary author on this publication and drove the entire project, Visel explained. She continued working virtually … build proteins. What Wint and her mentors discovered in the genomes helped to reinforce Charles Darwin’s “survival of …