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In April 2020, we mark both the 50th celebration of Earth Day on April 22, and DNA Day on April 25. As both …   ALISON:  Hey! I’m Alison Takemura at the US Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, or JGI.  Two special days … podcast, Genome Insider. I’m Alison Takemura. See you next time. … The U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome …

PCE (perchloroethylene) found its way into the groundwater of several communities in New Mexico via leakage from a … bioremediate toxic substances has led to the development of cost-effective environmental cleanup strategies. Summary … groundwater as their only source of clean drinking water. Over 90% of the PCE in the groundwater has been eliminated …

… features to large ecosystem-level processes for the first time. By collecting data from 27 different poplar ( Populus … data set will help identify how different elements of the ecosystem interact and respond to changes in the … their genetic diversity. They hold economic value as both biofuel feedstock and their role in carbon sequestration. …

DOE JGI, UC Merced Days after presenting the results of his summer research at the U.S. Department of Energy … involving bacteria in Arabidopsis plant roots. At the same time, Lawrence worked with Nicole Johnson in Wang’s group on … center.” The third member of the internship program’s oversight committee is QSB assistant professor Suzanne Sindi …

Congratulations to the proposers of the 19 proposals selected for the 2023 Community Science … to start working with this years’ crop of CSP recipients, over half of which are first-time PIs on a JGI proposal,” said Tanja Woyke , JGI’s deputy …

… still work in cell-free environments? (Spoiler: Yes.) Think of cells as tiny factories: within their walls they have … , researchers led by Hal Alper at The University of Texas at Austin and Michael Jewett of Northwestern … jump in the rate of product formation.” This was the first time CRISPR-Cas9 had been used to modify a cell’s genome in …

… is not exclusively for Euryarchaeota. Atmospheric levels of methane, a potent greenhouse gas, regulate Earth’s … and, if so, to what extent.  “These new groups were discovered not by cultivation, like the original methanogens … the microorganisms that we have been studying for a long time have really complicated pathways to make methane,” …

UC Merced students and their JGI mentors toasted to the end of a nine-week virtual internship. The celebration was … JGI staff. According to Axel Visel and Zhong Wang, founders of this internship program, this was the largest turnout for … the opportunity to learn valuable professional skills like time management and presentation skills.  “This program is …