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A special issue of Synthetic Biology celebrates research enabled by the JGI DNA Synthesis Science … Program. Fashioning DNA outside a cell is key to interrogating what genes do, how they work, and applying them to … on thiolases, a superfamily of enzymes found only in microbes, which make carbon-carbon bonds. This ability is …

After studying the mechanism of action of antifungal natural products and their derivatives during her Ph.D. in Microbiology at the Eberhard Karls University Tübingen (Germany), Dr. …

… have made strides in improving and applying a method that allows researchers to quickly modify diverse bacterial … the JGI’s Yasuo Yoshikuni and his team  announced in  Nature Microbiology an important addition to the synthetic … advantage of their joint metabolisms. Because, together, microbes can be used to create compounds more efficiently …

They survive everywhere from Antarctica to Joshua Tree National Park, despite extremely harsh conditions. And their … one day help other organisms survive hotter, drier climates. So University of Tuscia researchers Laura Selbmann and …

… and dark. But there are hotspots on the ocean floor — underwater volcanoes and hydrothermal vents — where lively …

… from Wisconsin’s Lake Mendota. In this episode: a look at the supercomputing that stitches together large datasets with the assembler program MetaHipMer2. Oak Ridge …

On July 6, scientists from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and other institutions shared their … online workshop to harness deep learning for metagenomic data.  Metagenomic data, or DNA sequencing data gathered from …

… to serve on the UEC. For microbial ecologist Gilbert at the University of California (UC) San Diego, being on the … Microbiome ecologist Shade became Director of Research at France’s Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) in October and …

Institute in 2003, following his postdoctoral training at UC Berkeley and work in the pharmaceutical industry. He … holds joint appointments as Fungal and Algal Program Head at the DOE Joint Genome Institute, a Senior Scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and an Adjunct …

Programs, he focuses on the development and implementation of strategic initiatives at the JGI. Dr. Visel received his Ph.D. in 2004 from …

Describing the largest analysis to date of the modified DNA base 5mC variations in fungi. The Science Changing an A, C, T or G in a … The best-known example of a modified DNA base is a methylation of the base cytosine at the 5th position on its carbon …

DOE Office of Science User Facility, hosted three undergraduates and seven graduate students from UC Merced through their long standing … program. In just two months, the students participated in networking workshops, data carpentry hackathons, and …