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A two-day kick-off meeting held at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) marked the visit of an esteemed … to advance unique scientific knowledge and address global challenges.”  During the workshop UDE and Berkeley …

… (JGI) and the Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory (EMSL) for “Empowering Automated Laboratories: … to stay informed … The JGI and EMSL are U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science national scientific user facilities …

Hosted by the DOE Joint Genome Institute, the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and the Desert Research Institute, the 2025 NeLLi Symposium delves into the most recent expansions of the Tree of Life and latest discoveries toward the …

Nov. 2: Getting Credit for Scientific Contributions of Any Size What is considered to be a scientific contribution? This session will … students (and their mentors) how to begin establishing a professional presence through getting credit for any …

Jan. 7: New Capabilities to Study Secondary Metabolism   Although there are still a large number of secondary metabolites yet to be discovered and their … accessing these untapped metabolic capabilities is often tedious and resource intensive. This is often due to, …

… at Cornell, IBM, Utah State University, and semiconductor equipment manufacturer KLA-Tencor before joining the JGI … focused on building tools to facilitate expert curation of human gene models in support of JGI’s contributions to … plant genomics.      Nucleic Acids Research 40, D1178. Publications … Scientific Advisory Board member, InterMine …

Miscanthus  sequence offers insights into benefits of polyploidy and perenniality. The Science A … M. sinensis and a tetraploid  M. sacchariflorus , another species of  Miscanthus that was sequenced. Understanding the …

Bacterial enzymes play second fiddle to those from fungi when it comes to breaking down tough … analyzing the enzymes present in the complex organic matrix of the forest floor, a team of researchers have found that … on and in forest soil also better enriches models of global carbon and nitrogen cycling, both on the ground and …

After studying the mechanism of action of antifungal natural products and their … 2020. Giant virus diversity and host interactions through global metagenomics. Nature 578, 432-436. Bowers et al. … User Programs … Education … Awards and Service … Selected Publications …

… complex compounds — an energetically expensive feat thought to be too costly for them. The Science Anaerobic fungi, which die in the presence of oxygen, dwell in herbivore guts and help them digest … . Yet, combing through the genomes of four anaerobic fungal species has revealed, for the first time, that this group is …

Miscanthus  sequence offers insights into benefits of polyploidy and perenniality. The Science A … M. sinensis and a tetraploid M. sacchariflorus , another species of Miscanthus that was sequenced. Understanding the …

… a microbial mat. The Science In microbial mats, communities of microorganisms live among viruses that infect them. But … viruses run rampant, capable of infecting different host species? Or, do they tend to specialize, infecting just a single host? Another wrinkle …