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… This highly hands-on workshop is designed to familiarize users with the Integrated Microbial Genomes & Microbiomes … wealth of public microbiome sequence data and enables the user to analyze these data with existing bioinformatic …
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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. …
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… a computational pipeline to sift and characterize RNA virus sequences. A zoo once offered a coloring book featuring … a colored-in page of that book. Published online September 28, 2022, in Cell , a team led by researchers at Tel Aviv … and Koonin both noted that other research in parallel has reported similar “dramatic expansions” of the global RNA …
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… bacteria and archaea breaking down plant matter. So since 2010, the JGI has supported researchers studying those microbial methane-makers. Eventually, that could help us dial back their emissions, while still producing things … collaborators Sinead Leahy (New Zealand Agricultural Greenhouse Gas Research Centre) and Bill Kelly (AgResearch). …
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… an interactive browser that allows algal scientists and enthusiasts to look deep into more than 100 algal genomes, … genetic underpinnings responsible for these traits takes us closer to harnessing algae for bioenergy and the greater … Office of Science of the U.S. Department of Energy [DE-AC02-05CH11231]. S.C., B.K., and I.V.G. were supported in part …
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… at one of the DOE national laboratories or national user facilities. As a result of the latest call , a total of 70 graduate students from 52 universities were selected to carry out part of their … UC Merced School of Natural Sciences. “I’m deeply concerned about climate change and this is a remarkable opportunity to …
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… sigma factors that initiate transcription in bacteria. Using this technology, which combines an in vitro … coelicolor . The Impact As an integrative genome science user facility, connecting genes to functions is part of the … efficacy of RIViT-seq, researchers recently characterized 12 sigma factors and were able to identify the associated …
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… leadership roles within large DOE-funded research programs using mass spectrometry for energy and environmental … Science Program Head at the JGI. Click to learn more about the program's areas of focus, major initiatives and … products. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 2021 May 4;118(18). https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2019855118 …
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In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have revisited a number of … may not seem to amount to much, the common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) is actually a vital source of protein in many … trait. Traditionally beans have had a shelf-life about roughly 6-9 months before their color begins to …
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… messenger RNA, which encodes a single protein. Recently reported in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences , a team of researchers has found numerous examples of polycistronic expression – in which two or … (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at Berkeley Lab and the Environmental …
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… of the genes in a lipid-prolific yeast. The Impact The team used this set of guide RNAs on Yarrowia lipolytica to … furthers the U.S. Department of Energy’s goal of producing sustainable fuels from alternative sources. Moreover, the … CRISPR-Cas9 relies on RNA with a short guiding sequence (20 bp) that directs the endonuclease where to cut, but these …
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… an interactive browser that allows algal scientists and enthusiasts to look deep into more than 100 algal genomes, … genetic underpinnings responsible for these traits takes us closer to harnessing algae for bioenergy and the greater … genomic data on algae into one place, PhycoCosm allows users to easily compile data that answers what genes are …
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