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Extracting the Secrets of Secondary Metabolites
… for survival, may now be easier to characterize following a proof-of-concept study in which researchers paired … target microbes, users of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) can then employ CRISPR in …
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Building Sphagnum Genomic Resources
Sphagnome data would enable researchers’ insights on their potential carbon cycling impact.   The … Phytologist, researchers led by David Weston of Oak Ridge National Laboratory make the case for  sphagnum as “an … establishment and maintenance is supported by the US DOE, Office of Science, Office of Biological and …
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Engagement Webinar: How to Successfully Apply for a CSP Proposal
Successful Community Science Program (CSP) Applications Webinar inviting researchers to submit white papers to the CSP  … capabilities, technical feasibility, and relevance to the DOE’s mission.  Have someone proofread your proposal to make … of Science User Facility  located at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, is committed to advancing genomics in …
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Two new high-resolution crystal structures of carboxysome pentamer proteins reveal high structural conservation of CcmL orthologs among distantly related cyanobacterial species
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JGI Pitches 2022 Visiting Faculty Program Collaborations
Development & Education department of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) hosted a pitch event promoting fully-supported summer research collaborations through the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)’s Visiting Faculty Program (VFP) . The VFP is a summer …
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Single mutation at a highly conserved region of chloramphenicol acetyltransferase enables isobutyl acetate production directly from cellulose by Clostridium thermocellum at elevated temperatures
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Benjamin Cole
Dr. Cole is interested in studying how plants interact with their environment. … plant roots, focusing on genetic components required for effective colonization. In addition, Dr. Cole is … (scRNA-seq, Spatial Transcriptomics). … University of California, San Diego (PhD, 2011) Rensselaer Polytechnic …
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Nitrosococcus watsonii sp. nov., a new species of marine obligate ammonia‐oxidizing bacteria that is not omnipresent in the world's oceans: calls to validate the names ‘Nitrosococcus halophilus’ and ‘Nitrosomonas mobilis’
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JGI@25: Roots of a Mutualist Relationship
In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have … challenges. In March 2008, the genome sequence of the forest fungus Laccaria bicolor was published in the journal … collaboration between researchers at the JGI and the French National Institute for Agriculture, Food and Environment …
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An Age of CRAGE: Advances in Rapidly Engineering Non-model Bacteria
A group led by JGI scientists have made strides in improving and applying a method that allows researchers … produce. For more on this feat, see this Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) Newscenter story and this … is all the rage – and interested researchers can now request this capability. Scientists can apply to use CRAGE in …
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Triggering Morel Fruiting
Hao Tan from the Sichuan Academy of Agricultural Sciences in China and involving Francis Martin from the Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA) in France and Igor Grigoriev from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science …
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Cracking the Secrets of the Diatom’s Shell
Biofuels and bioproducts are a way to kick our addiction to fossil fuels. In this episode, we peek into how scientists Aindrila Mukhopadhyay and Steve Singer …
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