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McMahon's lab has been sampling the microbes of that lake for over 20 years, to understand how the freshwater ecosystem works.  So a few years ago, when they set out to … together.  The next 3 episodes are the story behind that giant assembly from Lake Mendota. In this episode: the …

… history. Retaining ancestral features of both plant and animal cells, it shares nearly 7,000 genes with … to those who study it) a powerful reference organism for studying photosynthesis and cell motility. It’s also a model for studying lipid production in other algae that may …

… decompose hardwoods on every continent besides Europe and Antarctica. A  new analysis takes a  genomic look … 60 existing sequences, this work expands the family tree for Lentinula. Within those samples, this study also tracks … their evolution could provide strategies for converting plant waste into sugars for  biofuel production. Additionally, …

Rainforests store a big fraction of all the carbon on Earth, and … take a look at what happens to that storage when a rainforest hits a drought. Tag along with their experiments in a fully enclosed, human-made ecosystem: Biosphere 2.      …

To provide broad plant genomic capabilities, the DOE Joint Genome Institute … works in partnership with the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology, which specializes in genome improvement … on a few species like Arabidopsis or rice as homology models for computational function predictions and also due …

Machine learning approach significantly expands inovirus diversity. To answer the question, “Where’s Waldo?” readers need to look for a number of distinguishing features. Several characters … with nearly all bacterial phyla across virtually every ecosystem.” By significantly expanding the known diversity …

… challenges, characterizing viruses is a key step. For decades, though, many viruses have been somewhat … previous one . To identify so many genomes, JGI researcher Antonio Camargo developed a new pipeline for identifying … in soil microbiomes could allow for more accurate ecosystem modeling. In a different vein, characterizing CRISPR defense …

… an image of a spoonful of dirt with the question: Do you want to find out what is in this soil? Jonathan had been … out to many researchers with the hope of getting support for a research project for his class of 18 juniors.  He got … This was a first of its kind project, but it is a great model of how the JGI can partner and help train the next …

… his Ph.D in 1998 from the Department of Genetics at Stanford University where he uncovered the genetic cause of a … epilepsy and subsequently generated one of the first mouse models for this common neurological disorder. In 1999, he … He is funded by DOE and through continued competitive grant support from NIH. … BA in Biology, Sonoma State …

Antarctic algae need their vitamins; zinc fuels some of their most important functions. Even in the chilly waters of Antarctica, tiny … other oceans. That zinc turns out to be extremely important for polar phytoplankton.  After peering into the function …