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In this episode, we peer into plant cells. Researchers are using measurements from single cells to understand which … and more. And eventually, their findings could help us grow better crops, with less impact on our planet. …

… in mass spectrometry-centered projects, Dr. Bowen’s work focuses on developing high-performance computing workflows and … State University, Bioengineering & Metabolic Biology … 2024 Berkeley Lab Recognition of Excellence Award 2016 R&D … in mass spectrometry imaging data using CUR matrix decompositions. Analytical chemistry, 87(9), 4658–4666. …

… the Joint Genome Institute, where he leads three groups focused on HTP DNA design and assembly, strain engineering and … in cyanobacteria Nature Communications 15(1) 3167. 2024 Simirenko et al ., gRNA-SeqRET: a universal tool for … 2015 Blaby et. al., The Chlamydomonas genome project: a decade on. Trends in plant science . 19: 10, 672-680. 2014 …

Dr. Blow joined the JGI in 2009, and currently heads the User Support Analysis group. He received his Ph.D. from the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute and Cambridge University University in … UK and Lawrence Berkeley National Lab … Bowers et al. 2024. scMicrobe PTA: Near Complete Genomes from Single …

… reference sequence of the complex switchgrass genome , using samples from common gardens growing across the … involved researchers at the University of Texas at Austin, HudsonAlpha, and the JGI. Building off this work, …

… 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, …

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 genomes that co-infect …

The Science The first step in the deadly dance between a virus and microbial cell is an embrace. For a virus with a … a specific target on the microbial cell’s membrane. Two decades ago, a team discovered a group of viruses that had … injection of mutations in a particular gene might boost an organism’s fitness. Moreover, the discovery of more than …

You might know sorghum as an edible grain. But there are some sorghum … were developed specifically to turn their biomass into sustainable biofuel and bioproducts. John Mullet, a biologist at Texas A&M University, tells us how sorghum’s historical — and literal — roots could play …

New studies show methanogenesis is not exclusively for Euryarchaeota. Atmospheric levels of methane, a … through a process called methanogenesis. Methanogenic microorganisms therefore play a critical role in the global … Alternate Metabolic Pathways And there is something special about these new lineages recently tied to methanogenesis. …