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… provides bioinformatics tools and analysis support for user science, with a focus on metagenomes. Passionate about automation and collaboration, she works to develop and …

… Using a novel computational approach, researchers confirm … online Oct. 11, 2023 in  Nature highlights the vast array of functional diversity of microbes through a novel … genes from isolates, there isn’t much scientists can tell about its function or its origin. As a result, these genes …

… identify mobile genetic elements like plasmids and viruses. The Science Mobile genetic elements (MGEs) are genetic … cell to cell. Two of the most common forms of MGEs are viruses and plasmids. They can be found in virtually all of … biogeochemical cycles around them. By understanding more about the genomics of MGEs and their evolution at the …

… DOE user facilities EMSL and JGI announce FY 2020 collaborative … the Sierra Nevada mountain range since 2014 to learn more about the microbial responses and feedbacks to warming … (B2 TRF) biome at the University of Arizona to learn more about climate change feedbacks including drought and …

… in terms of nutrient cycles and biogeochemical cycles…. Viruses play a pretty important role in the cycling of … these systems.” -Mike Wilkins, Colorado State University GI users and microbiome researchers Mike Wilkins and his … Amundson at Colorado State University have many questions about the microbial communities deep underground, and before …

… development, dozens of reference genomes and thousands of resequenced sorghum varieties, a resource for … how we think of things that we thought we knew everything about,” said Lovell.  In future work, a pangenome offers … — including understanding of traits we know little about.  Researchers from Colorado State University, DIRAD, …

… alga into a powerful platform for developing ​​bio-based industrial products.    The Science Scientists have fully … for producing specialty oils, chemical feedstocks and industrial precursors — as well as to better enable the mining … bioproducts in a more predictable and reliable manner. Because of the ease with which the alga can be genetically …

… amount of biomass which could then be converted into sustainable biofuels . For its importance to the DOE mission, … productivity across 1,100 miles and eight states. In 2021, using switchgrass samples from these gardens, a team led by … At the 2021 JGI Annual Meeting, David Lowry talked about a multi-year study his student conducted involving …

… are carbon-fixing microbes and targets of multiple viruses in Earth’s deep subsurface. They are abundant … ecosystems. A team of researchers described how the viruses repeatedly attempted to infect and destroy the host … Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab). To learn more about how microbial populations respond to virus infections, …

… (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility, found that the fungus Olpidium is a link in the evolution and transition of … every family of fungi. In the following guest piece, JGI user Ying Chang in the Spatafora lab describes the effort …

… yield and climate resilience of algae — for potential use as biomass or in biomass conversion to biofuel. Summary … (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at Lawrence Berkeley National … also opens new avenues for utilizing these organisms in sustainable practices, such as biofuel production and natural …