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DNA outside a cell is key to interrogating what genes do, how they work, and applying them to environmental and energy … a series of case studies, JGI scientific users share how they’ve worked with the JGI DNA Synthesis Science … bioenergy crops: current progress and challenges , details how an interdisciplinary collaboration between three …

… of environments is becoming increasingly important for food, fuel and other applications, and breeders aren’t … in species with large and complex genomes,” said Lovell. “However, new sequencing technologies have allowed us to … trying to leverage these discoveries to better understand how plants tolerate stresses and challenges in the natural …

… researchers set out to Yellowstone National Park to study how cyanobacteria are living, communally, in microbial mats. …

… projects. In one way or another, they’ve all mentioned how invaluable their time at the JGI was and how great it was to have an experienced career scientist as …

… that quickly kill the host. Understanding exactly how P. luminescens and its secondary metabolites work could … researchers to delete or activate certain genes and assess how these edits affect functionality.  CRAGE allows for the … loss- and gain-of-function. The study’s analytical data shows peaks and valleys in secondary metabolites as genes are …

… you have to perform, the kind of tasks you’re given and how this is going. Tahirah Williams : I hope to gain … was just really, really exciting for me and learning how to use the capabilities of the supercomputers here to … something that has been really exciting to be able to learn how to do. Ravikiran Madichetty : The best part of interning …

We know all kinds of things about plastic – except, how to break it down for recycling. But some hungry insects … can digest plastic. So researchers are taking a look at how these critters process plastic, to improve plastic …

… mode’, where they do very little.  SIP experiments can show which species actively munch on a specific chemical … this to untangle which microbes ate the compound and how much they ate.  These analyses provide granular insight … of an environment. For example, SIP experiments can show how soil microbes cycle nitrogen and carbon, or how …

… global researchers on projects related to understanding how the interactions between viruses and their host microbes … latest strategic plan (download a copy  here ) describes how understanding these nutrient cycles can help researchers … virome - not just those associated with disease, similar to how the Human Microbiome Project has shed light on how the …

Bob uses single-cell genomics and metagenomics to explore how microbes influence people and the environment. This …