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… fungal infections. That’s why Mars, Inc., a maker of chocolate for more than 100 years and one of the world’s largest buyers of cocoa, is collaborating … improved T. cacao Matina 1-6 genome is now available for comparative purposes on the latest version of the JGI plant …
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… for the triennium 2017-2020! Established by the University of Queensland in 1986, the van Niel Prize recognizes … Woyke as a pioneer in uncovering the hidden diversity of “microbial dark matter”–that uncultured and unknown majority … techniques including single-cell genomics and metagenomics. They cited her “landmark” 2013 Nature paper , …
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… the fourth Director in its 27-year history. He has a wealth of managerial experience from almost 20 years in the … biology. Dr. Mouncey has a long-standing interest in microbial genetics that started with his education and … focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of novel production organisms and fermentation processes for …
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… tiny algae. The cold polar oceans give rise to some of the largest food webs on Earth. And at their base are … study suggests, is displacing these important cold-water communities of algae with warm-adapted ones, a trend that … point to this fundamental observation of cold and warm microbial networks, and just how clear and stark the …
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… . The Science A team led by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley used a multi-omics approach to … N. crassa is the model organism for filamentous fungi, all of which contain a wide array of plant cell-wall degrading enzymes (PCWDEs) that allow …
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