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User Advisory Committees
… All staff members of the US Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI) commit to Lawrence Berkeley National Lab’s (Berkeley Lab’s) core values, which guide the … users and their science including technical capabilities offered, proposal review procedures and the annual meeting. …
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Extracting the Secrets of Secondary Metabolites
… biosynthetic gene clusters.  The Science Microbial secondary metabolites, those molecules not essential for growth … survival, may now be easier to characterize following a proof-of-concept study in which researchers paired CRISPR and … of the biosynthetic gene clusters that produce them. The Impact Secondary metabolites are microbial compounds …
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Better Genome Editing for Bioenergy
… A team has optimized a crucial part of CRISPR-Cas9 technology to enable improvements in microbial oil production. The Science CRISPR-Cas9 is a powerful, high-throughput … 94 percent of the genes in a lipid-prolific yeast. The Impact The team used this set of guide RNAs on  Yarrowia …
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Microbial Community Field Surveys Reveal Abundant Pseudomonas Population in Sorghum Rhizosphere Composed of Many Closely Related Phylotypes
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Position-Specific Metabolic Probing and Metagenomics of Microbial Communities Reveal Conserved Central Carbon Metabolic Network Activities at High Temperatures
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Ecological Dichotomies Arise in Microbial Communities Due to Mixing of Deep Hydrothermal Waters and Atmospheric Gas in a Circumneutral Hot Spring
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Integration of Metagenomic and Stable Carbon Isotope Evidence Reveals the Extent and Mechanisms of Carbon Dioxide Fixation in High-Temperature Microbial Communities
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Viral community analysis in a marine oxygen minimum zone indicates increased potential for viral manipulation of microbial physiological state
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Microbial communities associated with sympagic and planktonic habitats during a polar vortex influencing the North American Great Lakes Basin
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A One-Stop Shop for Analyzing Algal Genomes
… The PhycoCosm data portal allows anyone to freely investigate the genes of more than 100 algae. The Science Interested in the … them, and visualize supporting experimental data. The Impact Algae are important organisms. They play key roles in …
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Fishing for Novel Cellulose Degraders
… single-cell genomic approach to bioprospecting. The Science One of the most vital pieces of equipment for fly fishing is a … bacterium typically found in low abundances. The Impact Microbes are known to be key contributors to the … The work conducted by the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science …
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Rex Malmstrom
… Dr. Malmstrom is a Staff Scientist and leader of the Microscale Applications group. Before joining the JGI in 2010, he made the first … that reveals in situ functional activities of specific microbial groups within complex communities.  The Microscale … Ph.D. in Marine Biology/Biochemistry, University of Delaware BA in Biology, Boston University ( magna cum …
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