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… Retracing how the dry rot Serpula lacrymans adapted to a new ecological habitat. The Science By comparing … genomic changes Serpula lacrymans has undergone in adapting to manmade environments. The Impact Due to its aggressive capacity to damage the wood in homes, …

… regulation determines when and where genes are activated to sustain life’s processes.  Traditionally, mapping this … to DAP-seq build upon the previous version in several key ways. A research biologist by training, Baumgart and his … expression maps, providing insight into how regulatory pathways control specific cell types. “A lot of these …

… algal genomes, omics data and comparative analysis tools developed by the Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a US …

… Institute and the Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory hosted a webinar to showcase how researchers can gain access to the Advanced Photon Source (APS) at Argonne National … points? A(nswer): Michael SanClements would be the person to answer this. Treating in the field may be difficult but …

… The JGI is eager to work and share our tools with a widening circle of researchers. That’s why each … how our planet’s nutrient cycles are regulated, and the ways organisms can adapt to climate change and environmental …

… in the process of shifting its operations from Walnut Creek to the heart of the Berkeley Lab campus. By Friday, October 18, the production sequencing labs in Building 100 … single-story buildings to a new 4-story building 20 miles away in another city and county began more than three years …

… Global chocolate brands can’t exist without cocoa According to the  International Cocoa Organization (ICCO), global … cocoa bean production in 2017-2018  was 4.6 million metric tons . The global chocolate brands couldn’t exist without cocoa.  But today the plant is under threat due to climate change and …

… at the JGI Berkeley Lab offers a variety of programs to help inspire and train the next generation of STEM … communication this summer, and did you have any takeaway or thing you wanted to share about it? Jehan Jacobs : I … out of that challenge is honestly my mentor’s support. He always encourages me and says, like, “I'm doing a good job,” …

… Describing the largest analysis to date of the modified DNA base 5mC variations in fungi. … of transposons and 5mC in fungi could help researchers find ways to protect poplar and other crops being considered for … fungal tree of life, they tracked the evolution of 5mC pathways across 528 species. The researchers found that unlike …

… of environments, including plants, soil, and the gut. To better understand the dynamics of this molecule, … in microbes, these biosensors may eventually lead to ways to improve cellulose-based biofuel synthesis. … in microbes, these biosensors may eventually lead to ways to improve cellulose-based biofuel synthesis. …

… Large-scale comparative analysis leads to identification of biosynthetic gene clusters for novel … Because most microbes cannot be cultivated under laboratory conditions, their genomes can’t be sequenced using … microbial diversity and function.” He is already finding ways to utilize the catalog in his own research on how …

… Microbiology has developed, tested and deployed a pipeline to first target cells from communities of uncultivated … a more targeted genomic approach would allow researchers to focus on specific microbes within metagenome samples and … This type of enrichment could be applied in a number of ways including gathering a more complete view of a …