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… The Science Within the archaeal domain, there is a group of tiny hitchhikers. These organisms are abundant and yet … interactions are difficult to study in the lab. Metagenomics provides new views of these relationships.  Recently , researchers … Systems Scientific Focus Area funded by the US Department of Energy (DE-AC02-05CH11231 to J.F.B.). The work ( proposal …

… and Mark Soghomonian share what it was like to take on one of these genomes.  …

… Annual Call. “It’s exciting to see the diverse portfolio of successful CSP proposals this year,” noted Tanja Woyke, … large-scale genomic science projects relevant to the DOE’s Office of Biological and Environmental Research (BER) … this call, as well as smaller-scale calls including our New Investigator and Functional Genomics calls, here on our …

… Mini-Metagenomics Approach Helps Identify Novel Archaeal Methane … archaea are estimated to produce 500 million tons of methane a year, which is over half the total global … These two things combined led us to conclude that our new methanogen did not belong to the Euryarchaeota, the …

… In the summer of 2015, Adam Session was a postdoc working at the DOE Joint … is an Assistant Professor at Binghamton University in New York. He and Rokhsar have  recently published a Nature … on a number of plants, including  genomes of cotton lineages and the  oilseed crop false flax – genomes that have …

… Newly developed chemiluminescent biosensors shed light on … di-GMP (Guanine Monophosphate) is found in nearly all types of bacteria and interacts with cell signaling networks that … role in regulating microbial cellulose production and biofilm formation, which affects a number of environments, …

… A tall native plant of the North American prairie, switchgrass ( Panicum virgatum ) has long been a tantalizing potential biofuel feedstock. But switchgrass has a complex genome and, … as a species, encompasses dizzying diversity. So, a team of scientists made an ambitious plan to begin to link the …

… The US Department of Energy’s favorite tree is poplar. They’re the fastest … to making poplar an economical and sustainable source of energy and materials. …

… The Science Researchers have successfully automated aspects of a commonly-used process for studying microbial … with results published in the  November 2022 issue of Microbiome . High-throughput stable isotope probing (SIP) … and improve results. Applying this method to the study of a particular fungi, researchers identified novel …

… In April 2020, we mark both the 50th celebration of Earth Day on April 22, and DNA Day on April 25. As both … Audio Two special days occur in April: the 50th celebration of Earth Day on April 22, and DNA Day on April 25. Since … at Colorado State University in Fort Collins. He’s part of a JGI-supported project studying the world’s rivers and …

… data portal allows anyone to freely investigate the genes of more than 100 algae. The Science Interested in the … Research journal. The genome portal reinforces the JGI’s new strategic focus on exploring algal biology, diversity, … Genomes and Microbiomes (IMG/M) system for microbial and metagenome datasets, MycoCosm for comparative analysis of …