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… and postdoc at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, is using bioinformatics and isotopes to track how viruses influence the flow of carbon in permafrost.  …

… the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility,  reported on just how morel fruiting is … leaves and woods into the atmosphere, while increasing the organic matter and fertility of the soil. Morels (Morchella …

… adopted new technologies, and made a few discoveries about the microbial mat denizens.  …

The US Department of Energy’s favorite tree is poplar. They’re … who have uncovered remarkable genetic secrets that bring us closer to making poplar an economical and sustainable source of energy and materials. …

Emily St. John, Gilberto Flores, and Peter Girguis about sampling these communities, and understanding how …

… the Joint Genome Institute, where he leads three groups focused on HTP DNA design and assembly, strain engineering and … biology and functional genomics. Prior to joining the JGI, he was a group lead at Brookhaven National Laboratory where he focused on functional genomics of phototrophs. Through this and …

… off early from aerobic fungi, which can breathe oxygen — just like we do. Oxygen is a rich source of energy, and because anaerobic fungi can’t harness it, scientists long held … the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at …

… in mammals: a structure that helps correct deleterious mutations. The Impact Shrub willow and its close relative  Populus trichocarpa,  or the poplar tree, are potential biofuel … the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at …

Congratulations to US Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI) staff scientist Simon Roux , who was recently selected … in Los Angeles, Calif.  Roux is also one of the lead organizers of the Viral EcoGenomics & Applications (VEGA) …

… at the 5th position on its carbon ring, or 5mC. In many organisms, 5mC is an important piece of how they regulate … the genome. Many plant pathogens such as the fungi that cause poplar leaf rust, are rich in transposons, which may … the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility, and others like …

David Hibbett of Clark University fills us in on the kind of decay that makes shiitake mushrooms special. This week, he and 39 collaborators published a paper tracing how these mushrooms have evolved.  …