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New evidence shows anaerobic fungi can degrade the hardiest of plant components   The Science There are three main … tackle when it comes to breaking down a plant for energy: Cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin, cumulatively called … skeleton. It’s more complex, and poisons enzymes and the  microbes that make them. It’s known that aerobic fungi, like …

… 2004 to lead the Genome Biology Program and the development of the comparative analysis platforms for microbial genomes and metagenomes (IMG). He became the Metagenomics Program head in 2010 and has the combined Microbial … global RNA virome reveals diverse clades of bacteriophages. Cell . 185(21):4023-4037 Nayfach S, et al. …

… eukaryotes was long held to be monocistronic – that is, a single gene makes messenger RNA, which encodes a single … a single protein. Recently reported in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences , a team of researchers … Berkeley National Laboratory, is committed to advancing genomics in support of DOE missions related to clean energy …

Interactions Within Ecosystems Latest portfolio of approved proposals highlight biodiversity and how … intent submitted. Many of the proposals focus on harnessing genomics to developing sustainable resources for biofuels … tree species that are widely grown as feedstocks for lignocellulosic and other biorefinery products. The work builds …

… analysis for synthetic biology and functional genomics. Prior to joining the JGI, he was a group lead at … National Laboratory where he focused on functional genomics of phototrophs. Through this and post-doctoral positions at … from Chlamydomonas reinhardtii reveals continuous cell and metabolic differentiation. The Plant Cell . 27: 10, …

Scientists find bee gut microbes have a division of labor when it comes to metabolizing complex … absorbable solution of sugars. But pollen contains plant cell walls, which have complex, branching chains of … Berkeley National Laboratory, is committed to advancing genomics in support of DOE missions related to clean energy …

The latest edition of the JGI Progress Report highlights notable research and … Yosemite National Park, taken by JGI’s own Jon Bertsch. Microbes isolated from Mono Lake were sequenced by the JGI … Reports. Print copies will be available the annual JGI Genomics of Energy & Environment Meeting in San Francisco …

In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have revisited a … are everywhere — in soil, the sea and, of course, the cells of other organisms. As they infect microbes like … the microbes there,” said Simon Roux , the Viral Genomics Group Lead at the JGI.  To understand the …

Registration has closed.  The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI) is offering a five-day workshop on Microbial Genomics and Metagenomics. Details: mgm.jgi.doe.gov   This highly hands-on …

… start pinning down how a fungal symbiont spurs growth of poplar, a potential biofuel feedstock.     The Science … matter, or as an endophyte, living between a plant’s root cells. The fungus is almost always found among and within … communication between the plant and fungus. Discovering how microbes can influence plant physiology helps scientists …

… intended to accelerate basic research in the development of cellulosic ethanol and other biofuels, advancing the federal … existing data set, or the refining of new technology (e.g., single-cell genomics; metagenomics, etc.).   The faculty-level scientist …

… of life on Earth, and led to the development of multicellular organisms. Not all bacterial lineages harnessed … Facility, and research scientist Frederik Schulz in Woyke’s Single Cells group had generated and analyzed single … Berkeley National Laboratory, is committed to advancing genomics in support of DOE missions related to clean energy …