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… Virophages are small viruses with double-stranded DNA genomes that co-infect eukaryotic cells along with giant viruses. Virophages are small viruses with double-stranded DNA genomes that co-infect eukaryotic … The U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science User Facility  located at …

… into an estimated 2–6 million species — dwarfing the diversity of plants. To put this evolutionary timescale in … Aspergillus has been evolving for 82 million years, making it nearly 30 times older than the entire human lineage. Yet … presents researchers with a sampling puzzle of extraordinary complexity. Beyond the sheer number of undiscovered …

… archaea likely played a key role in determining the composition of the Earth’s atmosphere and regulating the global … For Guillaume Borrel and Simonetta Gribaldo of the Institut Pasteur in France, the importance of methanogenesis and … all types of anaerobic environments suggest the diversity of methane metabolisms is “vastly underestimated.” In …

… Takemura at the US Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, or JGI.  Two special days occur in April: the 50th … But for them to be able to pull that water through the whole plant system, they need to open these pores in their … a group of plants in the Agave family with fleshy, sword-like leaves, often with spikes along their edges. …

… dry rot Serpula lacrymans adapted to a new ecological habitat. The Science By comparing genetic information from … in adapting to manmade environments. The Impact Due to its aggressive capacity to damage the wood in homes, … in harnessing the brown rot Serpula lacrymans towards breaking down plant mass for conversion to sustainable, …

… are available) spotlighted the metabolomic analysis capability available through the  Community Science Program (CSP) . This includes mass … 4. Q:  Any advice on normalizing metabolomic data from a whole microbial community, without having cell counts or … The U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at …

… Miscanthus  sequence offers insights into benefits of polyploidy and perenniality. The Science A reference … often appear in discussions of rapidly growing plants whose biomass can be renewably converted into energy or … smaller) models, Miscanthus has a large and complex genome whose evolutionary history and perennial lifecycle makes it …

… RIViT-seq technology could speed up associating transcription … While characterizing sigma factors is the most straightforward application of the technology, in principle, RIViT-seq … assay. The second step consists of RNA sequencing of whole transcriptomes, and the third is determining the …

… of actinobacteria Streptomyces is more than just a funny word. The 500 species described within the group are responsible for roughly two-thirds of … be used as biocontrol agents and to promote plant growth. It is the largest genus within Actinobacteria and therefore …

… WHEN: May 6-10, 2019 WHERE: JGI With DOE investments in graphical processing unit (GPU)-based high-performance computing resources, an … hackathon led by the Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility (OLCF), NVIDIA, and the Department of Energy (DOE) Joint …

… a graduate student in Brett Baker’s lab at the University of Texas at Austin, will defend his dissertation. Some … Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) program , which awards graduate students the opportunity to pursue part of their thesis research at one of the …

… A new view into a symbiosis could offer benefits to address climate change: pulling atmospheric carbon into soil and boosting biofuel feedstocks with less fertilizer. For millions of years, underground … carbon, while fungi deliver water and nutrients. In order to do so, these organisms share space at cellular …