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… Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at Lawrence Berkeley National … National Laboratory’s National Synchrotron Light Source II, and SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory’s … in complementary ways to investigate this protein domain. Scientists at Brookhaven National Laboratory’s NSLS-II used …
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… of the Microscale Applications group. Before joining the JGI in 2010, he made the first ever measurements of in situ … Applications group to operate a similar single-cell genomics pipeline that provides JGI users access to the … Probing (SIP) Metagenomics pipeline that reveals in situ functional activities of specific microbial groups within …
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… expensive feat thought to be too costly for them. The Science Anaerobic fungi, which die in the presence of … can breathe oxygen — just like we do. Oxygen is a rich source of energy, and because anaerobic fungi can’t harness it, scientists long held that these fungi don’t have the energy …
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… single cell genomics complements metagenomics studies. The Science Researchers demonstrated the value of conducting … genomes then amplified and sequenced individually, offering scientists the opportunity to apply population genomics … microbial populations. The work appeared in The ISME Journal . Members of the Dunfield lab collected samples from …
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… S. Ballon is the Communications and Outreach Manager at the JGI. Through multi-platform stories and outreach efforts, … aims to broaden awareness of and access to JGI public resources and the DOE mission, as well as help cultivate the … collaborators. Ms. Ballon is a molecular biology-trained science communicator with extensive experience shaping …
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… Cas14 proteins discovered from JGI’s IMG/M database and biochemically characterized at UC Berkeley and the Innovative Genomics Institute. The Science Researchers report the discovery of miniature … of thermostable Cas9 genes . The work also used resources at the National Energy Research Scientific Computing …
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… reported in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences , a team of researchers has found numerous examples … zofingiensis . “I was scrutinizing the genes of one of our species of algae and kept seeing what looked like … and first author of the article. The research team included scientists at the University of California (UC), Berkeley, …
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… hallii genomes offer insights to drought tolerance. The Science Researchers have developed a genomic model to study … including researchers at the DOE Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility, report the … of nearly a decade of work to develop genomic resources for drought tolerance in perennial grasses. The team …
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… helped plants conquer land over 600 million years ago. The Science By studying the genes of land plants’ closest algal relative, Zygnematophyceae , scientists have enhanced our understanding of how early plants transitioned from … This work was funded by the US National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER award (DBI-1652164, …
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… they are symbionts and not free-living organisms. The Science Researchers employed multiple microbiology and … and the biosphere), including the global carbon cycle. The JGI is sequencing large numbers of microbes and microbial … superphylum of extremophilic archaea first outlined by JGI scientists and their collaborators in 2013. While most DPANN …
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