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… most abundant plants in the ocean, originated in Japan before spreading around the globe. Now, scientists have shed … Nature Plants , was able to assess absolute time estimates for major colonization events. It was previously assumed, … has its own rate of change.  Once properly calibrated, each molecular clock independently provided timepoints of …

… an internship program to bring students to the JGI for research training experience. Enabled by the DOE RENEW … They also took part in many enriching workshops and networked with fellow interns and scientists alike. Want to … LaMonika Dent : I hope to gain hands-on experience in molecular biology and plant functional genomics, because …

… led by Jennifer Doudna’s group at the University of California (UC), Berkeley, which is also affiliated with … side, gene editing is being advanced as a potential therapy for both genetic and complex disease. Finally, gene editing … DNA molecules broadens the range of applications for CRISPR-Cas systems. It also underscores the untapped …

… is wild,” and admitting, “friends give me a hard time for that.” But the title brought him back to his first … just a collection of some of the folks, who’ve been pushing forward these techniques and, and making all kinds of super … work here. Dianne Newman, Caltech “What are the conditions for making metabolites we’re interested in?” Keynote Talk …

… addition to the synthetic biologist’s toolkit: a technique for  c hassis (or strain)-independent  r ecombinase- a … “CRAGE is central to our ability to offer host-engineering for our users,” says JGI Director Nigel Mouncey. Using … cover of ACS Synthetic Biology. (Wayne Keefe/Berkeley Lab) For example, the JGI first used CRAGE to engineer …

… and Elizabeth “Lizzy” Wilbanks of the University of California, Santa Barbara. They join eight other JGI users … she is committed to representing and advocating for early career users on the UEC. As a user of the JGI and the Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory, another DOE user facility, …

… microbial mats at Yellowstone offer researchers an analog for studying early Earth conditions. Additionally, … high-temperature (thermophilic) microbes are of interest for their potential use in number of biotechnological applications. Molecular biology has benefited from heat-stable enzymes …

… world’s most harvested crop by tonnage, sugarcane accounts for 80% of global sugar production. A reference genome for the sugarcane cultivar R570 has been  published in  … sugarcane  genome , the JGI provides foundational genetic information that crop breeders can use to improve sugarcane …