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… 2019 Dr. Blaby heads the Biodesign Platform at the Joint Genome Institute, where he leads three groups focused on HTP … strain engineering and bioinformatic tool development/data analysis for synthetic biology and functional genomics. Prior to joining the JGI, he was a group lead at Brookhaven National Laboratory …

… diversity of white rot fungi in the genus Lentinula   The Science Shiitake mushrooms get their name from the same place they often source their nutrients — the shii tree, a Japanese relative … the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at …

… growth of poplar, a potential biofuel feedstock.     The Science The fungus  Mortierella elongata enjoys a dual … effort to understand its influence on the plant, a team of scientists studied what happens to the tree’s physical … as secreted proteins. However,  M. elongata  seems to encourage the plant to have leakier cell walls and weaker …

… single cell genomics complements metagenomics studies. The Science Researchers demonstrated the value of conducting … genomes then amplified and sequenced individually, offering scientists the opportunity to apply population genomics … microbial populations. The work appeared in The ISME Journal . Members of the Dunfield lab collected samples from …

… on river microbes in 90% of US continental watersheds. The Science In a recent Nature paper , researchers describe a … be the first publicly available, river-focused microbial resource that provides information at multiple scales from … systems, these communities remain understudied. Through the JGI’s Community Science Program, Colorado State University …

… at the soil microbes present a year after a wildfire. The Science After a wildfire burns, recovery begins at the … to health, researchers have taken a look at microbial genomes across a spectrum of burned soils. By connecting … and growth.  This study builds on the pyrophilous fungi the JGI has previously sequenced , and provides a powerful …