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… New studies show methanogenesis is not exclusively for Euryarchaeota. Atmospheric levels of methane, a … as a principal investigator through the Community Science Program — as well as through the Facilities Integrating … Alternate Metabolic Pathways And there is something special about these new lineages recently tied to methanogenesis. …
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… To put this evolutionary timescale in perspective, the genus Aspergillus has been evolving for 82 million years, … and ancient origins, fungi remain largely mysterious. Only about 200,000 fungal species have been named. Among those … Joint Genome Institute (JGI)’s Fungal and Algal Science Program and JGI users have been at the forefront of tackling …
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… sequences from six hypersaline lakes, researchers focused on understanding the genomic variation in haloarchaea … and possibly cold-temperature enzymes for biotechnological use. Summary Conditions such as extreme cold, high levels of … The work has been enabled through the JGI Community Science Program (CSP) . Cavicchioli and his team compared two …
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… how their laboratory and data science efforts support users, advance foundational science and enable biotechnology … Mission As a U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science user facility supported by the Biological and Environmental Research program, the Joint Genome Institute provides advanced …
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… sigma factors that initiate transcription in bacteria. Using this technology, which combines an in vitro … that control transcription. Summary Transcription in eukaryotes is handled by three distinct RNA polymerases; in … Both are members of the JGI’s Secondary Metabolite Science Program, which Mouncey leads. RIViT-seq is a three-step …
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… the total global methane production. They are thought to use billions of tons of the carbon dioxide trapped in … this approach through the Emerging Technologies Opportunity Program (ETOP). Following that work, they partnered once … did not belong to the Euryarchaeota, the archaeal “superphylum” where this type of methanogenesis is typically …
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… (UC), Berkeley, UC Agriculture and Natural Resources (ANR), US Department of Agriculture Plant Gene Expression Center, … Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at Lawrence Berkeley National … its potential production of biomass on marginal lands not usable for conventional food crops. For that reason, its …
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… the DOE Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) program awards graduate students the opportunity to pursue … at one of the DOE national laboratories or national user facilities. As a result of the latest call , a total of … UC Merced School of Natural Sciences. “I’m deeply concerned about climate change and this is a remarkable opportunity to …
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… Joint Genome Institute in 2004 to lead the Genome Biology Program and the development of the comparative analysis … genomes and metagenomes (IMG). He became the Metagenomics Program head in 2010 and has the combined Microbial Genomes … at Argonne National Laboratory. Dr. Kyrpides’ research focus on Microbiome Research with an emphasis on Microbiome …
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… .) This plan aligns the DOE Office of Science user facility with broader national efforts to promote and … DOE Office of Biological and Environmental Research (BER) program. In service of solutions that will impact society, … support of our goals,” said Mouncey. “Creating transparency about our efforts is critical for enabling complementary and …
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… from left: [Above] Hao Chen, Matthew Cope-Arguello, Theophilus Olufemi Isimikalu, Todd H. Oakley, BJ Philmus and Aaron M. Roshotte; [Below] Paul Scesa, Kathleen … of Energy's Biological and Environmental Research (BER) program, these projects integrate cutting-edge genomic data …
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… Institute and Alabama A&M University piloted an internship program to bring students to the JGI for research training … fellow interns and scientists alike. Want to learn more about their experience? Watch the short video below. Video … fall for my master’s in plant soil science and my career focus is plant breeding. Ti’Yanna Watson: My mentor is Dr. Yi …
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