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… 25th anniversary. Over the last year, we’ve been revisiting a number of notable achievements that showcase our collaborations and capabilities to enable great science that … challenges.   Usually, plants have the upper hand against any kind of biomass breakdown. They’ve spent millions …

Maize produces a family of compounds that protects it against infections — using surprisingly few enzymes. The Science Maize ( Zea mays ) …

… diversity hotspots Over the past few decades, advancements in sequencing technologies have led to an abundance of microbial genomes becoming available to the global research community.  Published January …

On July 6, scientists from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and other institutions shared their works-in-progress with 86 participants in an online workshop to …

… to disease-resistance that could prove fruitful for saving Citrus from greening disease. You’ve probably never heard of trifoliate … Science User Facility located at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), played a critical role in …

… development of multicellular organisms. Not all bacterial lineages harnessed aerobic respiration when the Cyanobacteria … same clade as Cyanobacteria, applied strategies other than photosynthesis to gain and harness energy. As reported … applied by a common ancestor to all five lineages. In the lab of UC Berkeley geomicrobiologist Jill Banfield, a …

… between fungal guilds, genes and function. If a tree falls in the forest — whether or not anyone registers the sound — … warms. However, these are complicated interactions to untangle. Fungi work in cooperation to support a forest, and … Science User Facility located at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) sequenced 1 trillion bases — a …

In   April 2020, we mark both the 50th celebration of Earth … 22, and DNA Day on April 25.  On March 17, 2020, a shelter-in-place order for all residents took effect in six San … counties. The JGI, located at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, is located in one of those counties. The …

Team develops a computational pipeline to sift and characterize RNA virus sequences.  A zoo once offered a coloring book featuring polar bears in winter scenes that came … Science User Facility located at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) describe a computational pipeline …

Fine-tuning metabolic gene expression helps identify variants in … to other systems, expanding the technologies available for other JGI users outside the realm of bioenergy … Science User Facility located at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab). Researchers used a library-based …

Antarctic algae need their vitamins; zinc fuels some of their most important functions. Even … have found that polar algae rely on dissolved zinc to photosynthesize. Thomas Mock, a marine microbiologist at the … Science User Facility located at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) through the JGI Community Science …

A “bait and hook” single-cell genomic approach to bioprospecting. The Science One of the most vital pieces of equipment … Science User Facility located at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab). Using a single-cell screen, they …