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… Select interns look back on meaningful lessons from their summer experiences at the JGI Berkeley Lab offers a variety of programs to help inspire and train the … next generation of STEM professionals. Students can apply for internships and work onsite with an experienced …

… Scientists find bee gut microbes have a division of labor when it comes to … The U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of … address some of the most pressing challenges of our time. For more information, please visit  …

… P. psychrophila genes drive resilience when salinity fluctuates. The Science The Arctic microalga Plocamiomonas psychrophila can thrive in changing … ice in the Arctic has decreased by more than 30% in terms of quantity and thickness. Replacing older, thicker ice with …

… How sex chromosomes “older than dinosaurs” could help improve crop yields.  The Science … genome . Now, high-quality reference genome sequences of the male and female plants, each representing a single … advances in sequencing technologies applied to the effort. The Impact Found on all continents, including …

… Retracing how the dry rot Serpula lacrymans adapted to a new ecological habitat. The Science By comparing genetic information from similar organisms, researchers have gained … plant mass for conversion to sustainable, alternative biofuels and bioproducts. This study lends insights on how the …

… Researchers at the JGI develop a tool to quickly and accurately … to replicate themselves and spread from cell to cell. Two of the most common forms of MGEs are viruses and plasmids. … software was created by researchers under the direction of Microbiome Data Science Group Lead Nikos Kyrpides at the …

… Analysis of haloarchaeal metagenomes broadens understanding … and researchers are interested in learning how these microbes have learned to adapt from marine to hypersaline … cycles, and possibly cold-temperature enzymes for biotechnological use. Summary Conditions such as extreme …

… With a new methodology, scientists are now getting more complete … from single cells. The Science Studying the  genomes of microorganisms is incredibly useful for understanding the … U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute (https:// …

… High-throughput stable isotope probing helps ID novel interactions between … The Science Researchers have successfully automated aspects of a commonly-used process for studying microbial communities, with results published in the  … National Laboratory was conducted under the auspices of the U.S. DOE under Contract DE-AC52-07NA27344. The work …

… In the summer of 2015, Adam Session was a postdoc working at the DOE Joint Genome … also holds a joint appointment with the University of California, Berkeley. Nowadays, Session is an Assistant …

… A genetic architecture that is characteristic of the sex chromosomes of mammals is, for the first time, seen in a plant. The Science Sex in … This work was supported by the NSF Dimensions of Biodiversity Program …

… A two-day kick-off meeting held at Lawrence Berkeley … from the ACTIVE SITES Research Center (ACSI), the Centre for Water and Environmental Research (ZWU) of the University … science, energy conversion and water treatment as well as microbial ecology with a focus on metabolism and ecosystem …