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… Dr. Blaby-Haas joined the JGI in 2022 as lead of the Biomolecular Materials Initiative, a … Molecular Foundry, a nanoscale research and knowledge-based user facility at Berkeley Lab. She is spearheading the development of a joint user capability between the JGI and Molecular Foundry for …

…   On November 3, 2021, the JGI and the Workforce Development & Education … are solicited annually for the summer term (May through August) and selected projects will receive stipend and travel … Roux and Matthew Kellom for the JGI Metagenome Program Ellen Dow and Elisha Wood-Charlson for the DOE Systems Biology …

… of the genes in a lipid-prolific yeast. The Impact The team used this set of guide RNAs on  Yarrowia lipolytica to … furthers the U.S. Department of Energy’s goal of producing sustainable fuels from alternative sources. Moreover, the … CRISPR-Cas9 relies on RNA with a short guiding sequence (20 bp) that directs the endonuclease where to cut, but these …

… During the summer of 2021, 13 interns from UC Merced spent eight weeks working virtually with JGI mentors to investigate rigorous research projects, hone science presentation skills, and … foster a diverse future workforce in science. To learn more about each intern’s experience during their internship, …

… To put this evolutionary timescale in perspective, the genus Aspergillus has been evolving for 82 million years, … and ancient origins, fungi remain largely mysterious. Only about 200,000 fungal species have been named. Among those … have been at the forefront of tackling this enormous challenge, assembling one of the world's most comprehensive …

… CheckV can help researchers assess virus sequence fragments and data quality. The Science Through … However, assembling viral genomes from metagenomes is challenging and often results in highly fragmented data, which … suite, as well as sequences from the Global Ocean Virome 2.0 dataset based on open ocean samples. CheckV identified a …

… 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.  …

… 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 … National Laboratory. Letters of Intent are due March 16, 2022 to freely access resources at multiple DOE user …

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

… New studies show methanogenesis is not exclusively for Euryarchaeota. Atmospheric levels of methane, a potent greenhouse gas, regulate Earth’s climate. Most methane is produced … Alternate Metabolic Pathways And there is something special about these new lineages recently tied to methanogenesis. …