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… and xylose — into fatty acids that could be used for renewable fuel. In fact, lipids can make up more than 90 … of researchers sought to disrupt every gene in the genome with CRISPR-Cas9 in order to interrogate each one’s … to fix a defect in the approach: CRISPR-Cas9 relies on RNA with a short guiding sequence (20 bp) that directs the …

… a wildfire burns, recovery begins at the forest floor. Within the soil, a microbiome of bacteria, viruses and fungi … and trees to grow. However, fire changes the microbes within the soil. To get a clearer picture of how burned … from Colorado State University, the US Forest Service, New Mexico State University, the Environmental Molecular …

This year the AGU Fall Meeting, with the theme “Science is Society,” hosts sessions in New Orleans and online. Register for the meeting here. Here … on the map: continental-scale context for thousands of newly sampled microbial genomes from North American …

… in 1990 when the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) partnered with the National Institutes of Health. The DOE works with the National Nuclear Security Administration to … with the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology. Publications Grimwood, J., Gordon, L., Olsen, A. et al. The …

… livestock — specifically, from the methane-making microbes within their rumen. There is another climate-minded reason … engineering of biofuels. Since 2010, the JGI has partnered with researchers around the world to map out genomes of … than DNA alone. “It has become a tool widely used,” Leahy told JGI recently when we caught up with her. “… We are very …

Zhong Wang and Science Programs Deputy Axel Visel teamed with University of California (UC), Merced assistant … of the fifth summer of its flagship education program with UC Merced. JGI Director Nigel Mouncey and program organizers Wang, Visel and Sindi, along with UC Merced Undergraduate Research Opportunities Center …

… was green millet (Setaria viridis), a small model grass with a short lifecycle that uses a carbon fixation process … in Nature Biotechnology . Kellogg and her colleagues, along with researchers at the HudsonAlpha Institute for … it was involved in shattering by turning it off. “It’s a new shattering gene variant identified in a natural …

Montes (Major: Applied Math; Faculty Mentor: Dr. Arnold Kim)   “It is a beautiful thing, that our young campus … receive from our faculty.” Cristhian and Bryan interned with Zhong Wang and Tanja Woyke, respectively. Both of their … was featuring in a video about the importance of mentoring with Tanja Woyke and her research group – watch that video …

… pressing problems. I’m very much looking forward to working with JGI and LBNL scientists and have access to unique lab … Production in California’s Canal System,” she will work with Susannah Tringe, JGI’s User Programs deputy and head of … projects after the JGI and KBase have settled into their new shared home, the Integrative Genomics Building at …

… biofuels thanks to its drought and flood hardiness. Even with little water, full sunlight and hot temperatures, … Genome roster. Sorghum has an important feature in common with certain other cereal crops: It performs C4 … reference genome for Sorghum bicolor . Since then, 2,993 publications, 107 patent applications, and 53 patents have …

… tree, poplars are known for their genetic diversity. They hold economic value as both biofuel feedstock and their role … revealed key metabolic pathways and metabolites associated with the tree’s stress response. Finally, using … — illuminating the molecular mechanisms for adaptation within the trees. The data set generated is 25 terabytes in …

… their work. It’s fun to be around people who are generous with their time and like nerding out about the big stuff, well, the little stuff! People hold office hours and you can pop in and ask them questions … patience of my JGI PIs, having lots of data to play around with.” …