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… disease-resistance that could prove fruitful for saving Citrus from greening disease. You’ve probably never heard of trifoliate orange. Otherwise known as  Poncirus trifoliata , it’s an evolutionary … the US Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at …

… in microbial oil production. The Science CRISPR-Cas9 is a powerful, high-throughput gene-editing tool that can help … of the genes in a lipid-prolific yeast. The Impact The team used this set of guide RNAs on  Yarrowia lipolytica to … at the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility. Y. lipolytica …

… for research training experience. Enabled by the DOE RENEW initiative, undergraduate student Ti’Yanna Watson and … fellow interns and scientists alike. Want to learn more about their experience? Watch the short video below. Video … fall for my master’s in plant soil science and my career focus is plant breeding. Ti’Yanna Watson: My mentor is Dr. Yi …

Uncovering associations between plant roots and fungi that can help or harm plant host … fungi can form such symbiotic partnerships. To learn more about these other plant-fungal relationships, an … (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at Lawrence Berkeley National …

… a computational pipeline to sift and characterize RNA virus sequences.  A zoo once offered a coloring book featuring polar bears in winter scenes that came with crayons in various shades of … and Koonin both noted that other research in parallel has reported similar “dramatic expansions” of the global RNA …

… function of a cyanobacterial protein, researchers have new insights into how these ocean photosynthesizers cycle … an array of experiments at universities and national user facilities, researchers found that this protein detects … we were able to work with on this project to ask questions about structure and function,” Blaby-Haas said.  Looking at …

Using a novel computational approach, researchers confirm microbial diversity is wilder than ever. Imagine researchers exploring a dark room … genes from isolates, there isn’t much scientists can tell about its function or its origin. As a result, these genes …

New studies show methanogenesis is not exclusively for … Alternate Metabolic Pathways And there is something special about these new lineages recently tied to methanogenesis. …

Inc. in Chicago, IL. He did his postdoctoral studies with Carl Woese at the University of Illinois at … at Argonne National Laboratory. Dr. Kyrpides’ research focus on Microbiome Research with an emphasis on Microbiome … Nature Biotechnol . 39:499-509. Harrington et al. 2020. A scoutRNA Is Required for Some Type V CRISPR-Cas …

Tracing gene regulatory networks in the model fungus  Neurospora crassa . The Science A … degrade the plant biomass. In order to learn more about these regulatory networks in the model fungus  N. …

… identify mobile genetic elements like plasmids and viruses. The Science Mobile genetic elements (MGEs) are genetic … seek to replicate themselves and spread from cell to cell. Two of the most common forms of MGEs are viruses and … biogeochemical cycles around them. By understanding more about the genomics of MGEs and their evolution at the …

… 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. …