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… David Hibbett of Clark University fills us in on the kind of decay that makes shiitake mushrooms special. This week, he and 39 collaborators published a paper tracing how these mushrooms have evolved.  …

… The Impact Understanding how individual microbes interact with each other in a community, and characterizing their … The work aligns with the ETOP mission of providing JGI users with the most current technology and expertise in … Berkeley and involving JGI researchers, reported on the development and validation of a dereplication, aggregation …

… The JGI is eager to work and share our tools with a widening circle of researchers. That’s why each year … with DOE missions and from PIs who have not led any previously-accepted proposals — through the New Investigator call … December 2024 review. You can also find more information about the JGI’s various proposal calls here. …

… will take place November 18-19, 2026 on the UC Berkeley campus. Organized every two years since 2018, the goal of this … together a “Viral Ecogenomics” community to foster discussion on how to best capture and characterize uncultivated viral diversity, understand the role of viruses in natural ecosystems, and functionally explore viral …

… Streamlined genome with precise gene targeting transforms oil-producing alga into a powerful platform for developing ​​bio-based industrial products.    The Science Scientists have fully … for producing specialty oils, chemical feedstocks and industrial precursors — as well as to better enable the mining …

… difficult to sequence and assemble, in turn limiting the use of modern, genomic breeding in these crops. For diploid … species, sequencing programs generally focus on a genotype with two identical sets of chromosomes to produce a … the French Agricultural Research Centre for International Development (CIRAD), who worked on sequencing and assembling …

… In this episode, we peer into plant cells. Researchers are using measurements from single cells to understand which … and more. And eventually, their findings could help us grow better crops, with less impact on our planet. …

… in terms of nutrient cycles and biogeochemical cycles…. Viruses play a pretty important role in the cycling of … Amundson at Colorado State University have many questions about the microbial communities deep underground, and before … The video complements a recently published paper with first author Amundson in the journal Microbiome . The …

… six to the Facilities Integrating Collaborations for User Facilities (FICUS) program for fiscal year 2026, in partnership with the Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory (EMSL) … what each facility could generate individually. Learn more about the projects below. …

… This single environmental trigger highlights efficiency for users requiring multiple omics methods to examine microbial … applicable. The findings hold the potential to accelerate development of bio-based manufacturing processes for … silent under standard laboratory conditions. Researchers with the Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute …

… 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 … of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science User Facility  located at Lawrence Berkeley National …

… disease-resistance that could prove fruitful for saving Citrus from greening disease. You’ve probably never heard of trifoliate orange. Otherwise known as  Poncirus trifoliata , it’s an evolutionary cousin of the  Citrus … Citrus , appeals in other ways. It better tolerates cold, withstands pests, and, especially tantalizing, resists a …