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… the ocean. Later during his postdoctoral work at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology he developed a high … bacterial cells and amplifying their genetic material, thus bypassing the need to culture these microbes in the lab. … probing metagenomics. mSystems 8:e01280-22. Volland et al. 2022.   A centimeter-long bacterium with DNA contained in …

… the Biosciences Area representatives to Berkeley Lab’s Inclusion, Diversity, Equity & Accountability (IDEA) Chairs … Manager of Communications & Outreach is responsible for sustaining the integrity of the JGI brand through an … Member, Capitol Science Communicators … Education … About the JGI Manager of Communications & Outreach … Awards …

In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have revisited a number of notable achievements … production in other algae that may be more viable for sustainable biofuel production. The JGI published a partial … been cited in almost one-fourth (23.8%) of publications focused on that specific algae. The reference genome is cited …

… training at UC Berkeley and work in the pharmaceutical industry. He holds joint appointments as Fungal and Algal … Algal Science Program Head at the JGI. Click to learn more about the program's areas of focus, major initiatives and … fungi.  Nature Microbiol. 8(4):596-610. Nelson et al (2022) Wildfire-dependent changes in soil microbiome …

David Hibbett of Clark University fills us in on the kind of decay that makes shiitake mushrooms special. This week, he and 39 collaborators published a paper tracing how these mushrooms have evolved.  …

In this episode, we peer into plant cells. Researchers are using measurements from single cells to understand which … and more. And eventually, their findings could help us grow better crops, with less impact on our planet. …

… and what escapes to the atmosphere in the form of greenhouse gases (e.g., carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous … enzymes in the soil and who made them. Based on data reported in the April issue of Soil Biology and Biochemistry … than expected. The transcriptome data had suggested about a 50/50 split between fungal and bacterial enzymes. …

… reference sequence of the complex switchgrass genome , using samples from common gardens growing across the … involved researchers at the University of Texas at Austin, HudsonAlpha, and the JGI. Building off this work, …

Virophages are small viruses with double-stranded DNA genomes that co-infect eukaryotic cells along with giant viruses. Virophages are small viruses with double-stranded DNA … a cysteine protease involved in capsid maturation. Recently reported in  Microbiome , researchers from the US Department …

Dehalococcoides mccartyi and  Dehalobacter restrictus,  that work together to break down PCE into the chemical … by Congress in 1980 for Superfund sites which are hazardous waste areas that require cleanup and long-term … are ongoing to complete cleanup.  The process that was used to clean up the toxic chemicals is commonly known as …

… were developed specifically to turn their biomass into sustainable biofuel and bioproducts. John Mullet, a biologist at Texas A&M University, tells us how sorghum’s historical — and literal — roots could play …

New studies show methanogenesis is not exclusively for Euryarchaeota. Atmospheric levels of methane, a potent greenhouse gas, regulate Earth’s climate. Most methane is produced … Alternate Metabolic Pathways And there is something special about these new lineages recently tied to methanogenesis. …