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… microbial mats at Yellowstone offer researchers an analog for studying early Earth conditions. Additionally, … high-temperature (thermophilic) microbes are of interest for their potential use in number of biotechnological applications. Molecular biology has benefited from heat-stable enzymes derived from …

… Puerto Nuevo is a small town along the Baja California coastline in Mexico. While conducting early field … waters and sediment with collaborators at the Center for Scientific Research and Higher Education at Ensenada … ecology. We also know little about where to collect the California Cone Snail  Californiconus californicus (and cone …

… Nobel Laureate Jennifer Doudna of the University of California, Berkeley and Berkeley Lab, who discussed the … algae in the ocean. “Although single-celled, photosynthetic organisms can form massive blooms in the ocean … McClintock brought this background, which focuses on cell biology and how the structure and function of chromosomes …

… Sorghum genome serves as a reference for the highly complex sugarcane genome . The Science Most … the use of modern, genomic breeding in these crops. For diploid species, sequencing programs generally focus on … Improving sugarcane breeding methods using molecular biology techniques has been hampered by the crop’s highly …

… CRAGE-CRISPR combo helps further demystify biosynthetic gene clusters.  The Science Microbial secondary metabolites, those molecules not essential for growth yet essential for survival, may now be easier to … JGI researchers was published April 2022 in Cell Chemical Biology . When it comes to insect killer P. luminescens …

… in regulating microbial cellulose production and biofilm formation, which affects a number of environments, including … researchers developed the first chemiluminescent biosensors for measuring cyclic di-GMP in bacteria through work enabled … CSP call , and the results are described in ACS Chemical Biology. Using fluorescent biosensors to monitor the …

… large DOE-funded research programs using mass spectrometry for energy and environmental research, including through the … B.S. in Chemical Engineering, University of California Santa Barbara Ph.D. in Chemistry and Biochemistry, … growth of Brachypodium in EcoFAB 2.0 reveals that nitrogen form and starvation modulate root exudation. Science …

… in early fungi and discovered genes that are critical for this process. The Impact In the absence of the … the parasite first needs to secure its own transmission before working with the host. Using the mutualistic … (Rm) and Burkholderia endobacteria, a collaborative effort led by researchers at Cornell University and scientists …

… back story — they rely on enzymes that have been evolving for billions of years. However, these enzymes are often loosely understood, leaving potential targets for crop engineering untouched. Research recently published … faculty affiliate in the Environmental Genomics and Systems Biology Division of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory …

… , along with Jenny Mortimer, Director of Plant Systems Biology at the Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI). Questions … involved? How long does it take to do all the analyses? A:  For the JGI  New Investigator and  Functional Genomics … up to 50 polar and 150 nonpolar metabolomics analyses. For the other calls, we allow up to 200 polar and up to 500 …