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The Science The first step in the deadly dance between a virus and microbial cell is an embrace. For a virus with a … in single microbial and viral genomes, as well as genomes sampled all at once from the same environment, called … acknowledge support from the EMERGE Institute (NSF #2022070). Sequencing of the Stordalen Mire samples used …

… (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility, found that the fungus Olpidium is a link in … the effort that led to the work published in Scientific Reports . Before 2006, Olpidium was one of the many obscure … resolve the latter question, despite of their well-designed sampling and analysis of their data at the time. Following …

La Salle High School expressed an interest in learning more about the principles of synthetic biology, Robert Evans and Jan-Fang Cheng in the Functional Genomics group took it upon themselves to mentor them. …

… time, a team analyzes the transcriptomes of a lichen fungus and alga to understand their partnership more clearly. … microbe, tucked in the fungus’ tissue. If you’re a Marvel Comics fan, you might liken the symbiotic relationship … Their partnership is widespread and cosmopolitan: more than 20,000 ascomycete species and hundreds of microalgae are …

Melainabacteria and Sericytochromatia, members of the same clade as Cyanobacteria, applied strategies other than photosynthesis to gain and harness energy. As reported January 28, 2019 in Nature Communications , two … popularizer and communicator (and at one time, the spouse of Lynn Margulis). The information was then used to …

Over 40 percent of the cereal crop’s genes respond to drought … (UC), Berkeley, UC Agriculture and Natural Resources (ANR), US Department of Agriculture P­­lant Gene Expression Center, … root, leaf and rhizosphere (soil surrounding the root) samples from the plants at the same time each week over the …

… specific uncultivated microbes from complex environmental samples. The Science A team led by researchers at the Max … targeted genomic approach would allow researchers to focus on specific microbes within metagenome samples and … traditional shotgun metagenomics approach to learning more about environmental samples starts with researchers first …

We know all kinds of things about plastic – except, how to break it down for recycling. … a look at how these critters process plastic, to improve plastic recycling by following their lead.            …

DOE user facilities EMSL and JGI announce FY 2020 collaborative FICUS projects. Through the Facilities Integrating … the Sierra Nevada mountain range since 2014 to learn more about the microbial responses and feedbacks to warming …

Every year, the JGI sequences around 35,000 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 …

… established and emerging scientists from academia, industry, and government organizations for three days of scientific … center talk and a tech talk. Stop by the JGI booth to learn about our user programs and how we can help advance your …

Glycine max. With a full genome sequence, researchers have been 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 …