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… enzyme family evolved across 90 species. “One unique thing about this work was our focus on all the kingdoms, including animals, plants, bacteria, … different Swiss Army knives — explaining a bit more about why and how nitrogen metabolism is so robust and …

… funded by a DOE training grant.  Building off the previous year’s project, undergraduate interns Tamyra Long and … the Oakland soccer club this summer.  Want to learn more about their experience? Watch the short video below:  Video … with Zyiah and Tamyra this summer and teaching them more about how to analyze data. Zyiah Mikes : Dr. Yi Zhai is our …

… La Salle High School expressed an interest in learning more about the principles of synthetic biology, Robert Evans and …

… down potential biomass sources in ways we are only just beginning to understand. A better understanding of rumen … from 14 organizations across nine countries. Learn more about the Hungate1000 work led by AgResearch collaborators … inhibit microbial methane production. Another effort is in using microbial understanding to formulate a vaccine for …

… 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 cousin of the  Citrus genus, which gives us lemons, kumquats, …

… the genetic codes of plants is often challenging because in many plants chromosomes are present in more than two … his words, the history of the strawberry is complicated because, “when you have comparisons to other closely related … an early algorithm and developing it in order to talk about the subgenome identity.”  These days, Session is …

… The practices that support agriculture – such as efficiently using dwindling water resources and restoring and maintaining healthy soils – are at the heart of sustaining food and bioenergy security for a steadily growing … population. Anuvia Plant Nutrients , a small Florida business producing bio-based plant nutrition products that …

… ecological consequences of microbe-microbe interactions. Using metagenomes recovered directly from environmental … researchers have been able to gain further insights about how microbes have adapted to thrive in polar … Nanohaloarchaeota were predicted to be capable of autonomous growth because they had larger genome sizes and their …

… We know all kinds of things about plastic – except, how to break it down for recycling. …

… the genome. Many plant pathogens such as the fungi that cause poplar leaf rust, are rich in transposons, which may help the pathogens … (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility, and others like it, are uncovering the true … The work conducted by the US Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office …

… samples — from plants, algae, bacteria, archaea, fungi, viruses — to support scientists around the world. Most of those … send their samples in from afar, without ever hearing much about the sequencing lab. So today, Chris Daum walks through …

… able to look into soybean’s strengths – along with a fungus that threatens this important crop. Hear more about that work from researchers Gary Stacey (University of …