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… exist back then,” said Hal Alper, a University of Texas at Austin professor, “but we really first heard about the JGI synthesis grant during a presentation that … Prospective users are always welcome to contact one of us about possible proposals if it’s different from what is on …

… (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility, found that the fungus Olpidium is a link in the evolution and transition of … the effort that led to the work published in Scientific Reports . Before 2006, Olpidium was one of the many obscure …

… enzyme family evolved across 90 species. “One unique thing about this work was our focus on all the kingdoms, including animals, plants, bacteria, … nitrogen metabolisms can be so varied.  As evolution has progressed, organisms have developed metabolisms that …

… snails, UC Merced graduate student Sabah Ul-Hasan and alumnus of the JGI-UC Merced Genomics Internship Program, first … Nuevo is, historically, a fishing town and we know little about its coastal microbial ecology. We also know little about where to collect the California Cone Snail  …

Virophages are small viruses with double-stranded DNA genomes that co-infect eukaryotic cells along with giant viruses. Virophages are small viruses with double-stranded DNA … a cysteine protease involved in capsid maturation. Recently reported in  Microbiome , researchers from the US Department …

Microbial cells infected by viruses undergo metabolic reprogramming. The Science If it … ocean could fix less carbon when infected. Little is known about virus-infected microbial cells that are transformed … viruses control them through infection, but little is known about the impacts of these infections on ecosystem …

Secondary Metabolites group. His research interests lie in use and development of bioinformatics tools for elucidation of biosynthetic gene clusters in bacteria and fungi. Prior to joining the JGI, he … "Natural Prodcast" podcast, a "fireside chat"-style podcast about natural products and the science and scientists of …

The Impact Traditional methods for breaking down biomass use aerobic methods (those using oxygen) to remove lignin and transform the remaining … into  biofuels and bioproducts. If anaerobic fungi could be used to effectively modify lignin without oxygen and make …

… approach to expression, scientists can now opt for various shades of grey. The ability to fine-tune the level of … addition, the team says that this experiment outlines a roadmap that is transferable to other systems, expanding the … the realm of bioenergy optimization. Summary Life is all about balance. This study,  recently published in the  …