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… Pseudomonas putida to break down biomass and help bring about a more sustainable, biobased economy. They conduct research at the … Institute (JBEI) , a JGI partner and one of the four US Department of Energy Bioenergy Research Centers.  …

… be single bacterial cells, visible to the naked eye. The unusual size is notable because bacteria aren’t usually … Université des Antilles, described the morphological and genomic features of this giant filamentous bacterium, along … explained. “This kind of discovery opens new questions about bacterial morphotypes that have never been studied …

… Science In a recent  Nature Genetics paper , researchers focused on the full composition of genes, or pangenome, of the … plant lineages makes it ideal for comparative genomics studies, offering insight into genes critical for … Summary As the planet has changed, so have plants. Curious about their ability to adapt to changing environments, …

… Simon Roux (Cross-field)  Jeremy Schmutz (Cross-field)  Susannah Tringe (Microbiology)  Tanja Woyke (Biology and Biochemistry)  Here’s a selection of studies these busy bees contributed to:  Giant bacteria visible to the … as other year-end science discovery lists.  Updates to the Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea : Under the …

… which microbes are present in a sample, to generate data about which organisms are active, and which microbes are … microbial ecosystems. These communities harbor tens of thousands of different organisms who all consume different … said. Informed by other community-driven standards from the Genomic Standards Consortium, Wilhelm and Simpson assembled …

… to carbon cycling, and is interested in understanding the genomic basis and ecological consequences of microbe-microbe interactions. Using metagenomes recovered directly from environmental … researchers have been able to gain further insights about how microbes have adapted to thrive in polar …

… and feedstocks for biomass and biofuel production. Learning about the ecology and evolution of  Dothideomycetes could … (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at Lawrence Berkeley National … Dothideomycetes species, and also provides more information about speciation events. …

… at one of the DOE national laboratories or national user facilities. As a result of the latest call , a total of … is Mo Kaze, part of the 2018 cohort of the JGI-UC Merced Genomics Internship Program. Kaze is part of Mark Sistrom’s … UC Merced School of Natural Sciences. “I’m deeply concerned about climate change and this is a remarkable opportunity to …

… training at UC Berkeley and work in the pharmaceutical industry. He holds joint appointments as Fungal and Algal … protists to plants. In 2009, he launched the JGI Fungal Genomics program which resulted in over 2500 fungal genomes … geomics and PhycoCosm portal. Dr. Grigoriev engaged thousands of researchers in genome projects and organized …