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National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and the Laboratory for Research in Complex Systems (LRC) in Menlo Park, Calif. In the … technique known as BONCAT to identify areas involved in protein-making activities, that confirmed that the entire …

… living near hydrothermal deep-sea vents hold vast potential for bioenergy.   The Science Hydrothermal vents are … conditions. At these vents, and underwater volcanoes,  researchers studied microbial communities across five oceanic … and chemically-rich ecosystems. This means they hold clues for understanding how life thrives in extreme environments. …

Clarivate Analytics, formerly the IP & Science arm of Thomson Reuters, has released their 2019 list of Highly Cited Researchers , which includes 10 affiliated with the JGI . The … section as “those that rank in the top 1% by citations for papers published and cited between 2008-2018.” Less than …

… and Elizabeth “Lizzy” Wilbanks of the University of California, Santa Barbara. They join eight other JGI users … she is committed to representing and advocating for early career users on the UEC. As a user of the JGI and … base, including both university and national laboratory researchers. This will help the JGI shape its programs, …

… occupy more space on Earth than any other ecosystem. Therefore, understanding the microbial activity that dominates … 5-7,000 years ago and has been well-studied by many researchers for nearly five decades. In these frigid systems, where …

… within their rumen. There is another climate-minded reason for studying rumen: Livestock live off plant matter, and … of biofuels. Since 2010, the JGI has partnered with researchers around the world to map out genomes of rumen … podcast minisode. To date it is the single largest effort to provide a cataloged and curated culture and genome …

A special issue of Synthetic Biology celebrates research enabled by the JGI DNA Synthesis Science Program. … more than 10 papers, including two Nature Plants publications, in five years, have come out of the … PI on this project. “I view the program as an excellent platform to build collaborative research initiatives.” Yasuo …

… metabolites and associated genes are great resources for bioremediation, new agricultural applications or … or C-fern, specifically has been studied in plant research laboratories and plant biology courses across the globe for insights into reproductive, space and genome biology . …

… to tackle when it comes to breaking down a plant for energy: Cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin, … naturally modifying lignin.  The Impact Traditional methods for breaking down biomass use aerobic methods (those using … be impossible.  And yet, little chemical clues left some researchers wondering if perhaps the accepted narrative wasn’t …

Research yields a comprehensive tree and soil dataset for … molecular features to large ecosystem-level processes for the first time. By collecting data from 27 different …

… advances in sequencing technologies applied to the effort. The Impact Found on all continents, including … males; plant breeding experiments could be completed faster without extra crosses. The work wraps more than a decade of working with researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint …

… the microbial community involved in a bioremediation effort. The Science In 1999, the Environmental Protection … in New Mexico via leakage from a local dry-cleaner. Researchers  identified two bacteria,  Dehalococcoides … and Liability Act (CERCLA) was enacted by Congress in 1980 for Superfund sites which are hazardous waste areas that …