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Microbiology has developed, tested and deployed a pipeline to first target cells from communities of uncultivated … a more targeted genomic approach would allow researchers to focus on specific microbes within metagenome samples and … development, and researchers found that ethanol treatment improved fluorescence signals without hampering subsequent …
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Congratulations to the proposers of the 19 proposals selected for the 2023 … User Facility located at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab). “We’re very excited to start working … (BER) missions in: sustainable biofuel and bioproducts production, global carbon and nutrient cycling, and …
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… at Cornell, IBM, Utah State University, and semiconductor equipment manufacturer KLA-Tencor before joining the JGI in 2002. Initially focused on building tools to facilitate expert curation of human gene models in …
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… and DNA Day on April 25. As both Earth and DNA are close to our JGI hearts, we’re highlighting genomic science research that feels especially relevant to living on a changing planet. Transcript for Audio Two … to living on a changing planet. In this short audio production, we’ll hear from Ed Hall, an ecologist at …
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… that showcase our collaborations and capabilities to enable great science that will help solve energy and … and cell motility. It’s also a model for studying lipid production in other algae that may be more viable for … would go on to work on research that identified signaling pathways in Chlamydomonas. So, Merchant was primed to …
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… that showcase our collaborations and capabilities to enable great science that will help solve energy and … oxygen. Both sugarcane and corn share this photosynthetic pathway. However, neither crop shares sorghum’s hardiness, … To support growing sorghum and other C4 plants for biofuel production, John Mullet (Texas A & M and Great Lakes …
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The Integrative Genomics Building (IGB) seen above is home to the DOE Joint Genome Institute (JGI). Researchers from … capabilities, large-scale data, and professional expertise to support the global research community in studies of … and environmental systems. We optimize our service to the community through responsibly managing our people and …
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… facilitate discovery of new secondary metabolites. Prior to joining the JGI, he studied transcriptional regulation, … in understanding how, when and why microbes decide to produce which metabolites. … BS, Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology Master's, Biotechnology, …
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… learning methods were applied on sequenced fungal genomes to classify gene families. The Science As a proof of … from decaying organic matter (saprobes), and many plant pathogens known to infect most major food crops and feedstocks for biomass and biofuel production. Learning about the ecology and evolution of …
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… To understand virus-host dynamics, computation helps fill in … cultivation can’t. The Science At first, viruses are merely toolkits. To do anything, they must find a host, and not … like carbon fixation , nitrogen cycling and methane production. Meanwhile, environmental viruses are constantly …
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… from reseachers who translate genomic information into biological function. Through our CSP Functional Genomics … leverage the JGI’s DNA synthesis and omics capabilities to enhance understanding of gene and genome function. … and developing high-throughput methods to reveal metabolic pathways that could ultimately enable new or more efficient …
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Over 40 percent of the cereal crop’s genes respond to drought stress. The Science Fields of drooping stalks and … this to be a candidate bioenergy crop for its potential production of biomass on marginal lands not usable for … fungi (AMF), known to provide plants with nutrients and pathogen protection. Specifically, gene expression in that …
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