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… Meta-omics datasets show that CRISPR-Cas systems determine mutualism or parasitism between some archaeal hosts and their hitchhikers. The … are abundant and yet exceptionally small, with mini genomes to match. As a result, they cannot process all of the … was supported in part by the Allen Distinguished Investigator Program, through The Paul G. Allen Frontiers Group, the …

… lineages. The Science From the distinct smell of eucalyptus to the flavor of wine, terpenes are ubiquitous. A diverse … interactions. Terpenes are also economically important because of their use in industrial materials, pharmaceutical … biotic and abiotic stress responses. Overall, this study improves our understanding of the terpene synthase gene family …

… A metagenomic look at the soil microbes present a year after a wildfire. The Science After a … and nitrogen, paving the way for future plants and trees to grow. However, fire changes the microbes within the soil. … messenger RNA (mRNA) sequencing to identify those traits that have helped fungi, bacteria and viruses survive. With …

… chilly waters of Antarctica, tiny ocean-dwellers called phytoplankton play an outsize role in cycling carbon and … the essential trace metal zinc, compared to other oceans. That zinc turns out to be extremely important for polar phytoplankton.  After … User Facility  located at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, is committed to advancing genomics in support of DOE …

… A “bait and hook” single-cell genomic approach to bioprospecting. The Science One of the most vital pieces … to attract specific catches. A similar technique has been developed by researchers led by Tanja Woyke at the U.S. … are present in any given ecosystem—particularly those that are in low abundances—and their functional roles in …

… have made strides in improving and applying a method that allows researchers to quickly modify diverse bacterial genomes. In 2019, the … a portfolio of microbial hosts that users can select to be engineered. “Piloting access to this emerging technology …

… Over 40 percent of the cereal crop’s genes respond to drought stress. The Science Fields of drooping stalks and cracked earth are becoming common images in many regions due to more extreme … products.  Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench is an African grass that adroitly handles droughts, floods and poor soils. This …

… symbiont spurs growth of poplar, a potential biofuel feedstock.     The Science The fungus  Mortierella elongata … off decaying organic matter, or as an endophyte, living between a plant’s root cells. The fungus is almost always … sequenced and annotated for this study. The team found that, unlike pathogenic or mycorrhizal fungi (mutualist …

… team has optimized a crucial part of CRISPR-Cas9 technology to enable improvements in microbial oil production. The … is a powerful, high-throughput gene-editing tool that can help scientists engineer organisms for bioenergy … they used to validate their set of guide RNAs could be applied to other non-conventional organisms. Summary …

… for Scientific Contributions of Any Size What is considered to be a scientific contribution? This session will demonstrate … for students to gain research experience and how students were able to use these experiences to get credit for their …

… Gene expression in eukaryotes was long held to be monocistronic – that is, a single gene makes messenger RNA, which encodes a … a DOE Office of Science User Facility  located at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, is committed to advancing genomics in support of DOE …

… Dr. Northen is currently a Senior Staff Scientist at Berkeley Lab. Since joining Berkeley Lab in 2008, Dr. … 2015, he founded what is now the JGI Metabolomics Program to provide advanced metabolomic methods available to JGI … to link genomes with environments to understand how webs of microbes cycle carbon and sustain biomes via the …