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… gas, regulate Earth’s climate. Most methane is produced in environments without oxygen through a process called … confirmation bias, because it enables scientists to study how methanogenesis takes place in the context of the … They could just be switched off.” Yet, after extensive study, Hatzenpicher and his team were able to definitively …

… RIViT-seq technology could speed up associating transcription factors with their target genes. The … given sigma factor are inferred. Prior to this most recent study, only 12 sigma factors and 200 genes (or 209 sigma … to 399. Two of the 11 sigma factors addressed in the study were found to control more than 100 genes, one of …

… of two C. citriodora subspecies broaden understanding of the terpene synthase gene family across eucalypt … subspecies variegata genomes allowed researchers to study the conservation and evolution of the genes … part in biotic and abiotic stress responses. Overall, this study improves our understanding of the terpene synthase …

… By characterizing the structure and function of a methylthio-alkane … reductase system, researchers could open avenues for using bacteria to produce ethylene and more.  Microbes excel … innovation ecosystem. “At JGI, we’ve done the synthesis, metagenome mining, all the way from sequencing to functional …

… Do metabolic pathways from engineered yeasts still work in cell-free environments? … of sustainable chemical products,” said Jewett, one of the study’s senior authors. “But this has been done most … graduate student Blake Rasor. He and Yi, one of the study co-authors, have maintained a regular shipment …

… Sequence-based studies — from metagenomics to single-cell work — have quickly accelerated understanding of … and how sequencing and bioinformatics have sped up the study of giant viruses. The Impact In their existence as … reference genome, to sift for snippets of giant viruses in metagenomes. This has been useful in marine environments, …

… Earth and DNA are close to our JGI hearts, we’re highlighting genomic science research that feels especially relevant to living on a changing planet. Mo Kaze is a University of … and metabolism, work on which she is expanding with her study of microbes in California’s manmade water transport …

… Miscanthus  sequence offers insights into benefits of polyploidy and perenniality. The … history and perennial lifecycle makes it important to study directly. The large and complex genome of M. sinensis … is a tetraploid, with four sets of chromosomes; the study showed that these sets descend from two now-extinct …

… Dr. Sneddon is the Advanced Analysis Group Lead in the Data Science and Informatics Department at the Joint Genome Institute. His team of engineers and scientists … , PCT application PCT/US2021/018050 (published 2021). Arkin, AP, et al. KBase: The United States Department of Energy …

… Do metabolic pathways from engineered yeasts still work in cell-free environments? … of sustainable chemical products,” said Jewett, one of the study’s senior authors. “But this has been done most … graduate student Blake Rasor. He and Yi, one of the study co-authors, have maintained a regular shipment …

… Kaze, part of the 2018 cohort of the JGI-UC Merced Genomics Internship Program. Kaze is part of Mark Sistrom’s lab at … and metabolism, work on which she will expand with her study of microbes in California’s manmade water transport … lab at the University of Texas-Austin. Rambo will be studying the influence of viruses on carbon cycling in …

… Researchers looked across many organisms to see that aminotransferase enzymes have evolved mix-and-match … Facility located at Berkeley Lab. In addition to providing metagenome mining for computational analysis of the AT … around, regardless of malfunction or misplacement.  In studying this family of ATs, researchers found that these …