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… fungi can degrade the hardiest of plant components   The Science There are three main ingredients to tackle when it … yield fuels, and removing lignin in order to do so is a resource-intensive process. Now, a new study shows how … to slowly break down lignin (think of a fallen, decomposing tree in the forest). Because oxygen is essential to how …

… Kjiersten Fagnan began working with JGI in 2012 as a NERSC bioinformatics computing consultant, after … the JGI in 2016, and in 2018 was hired to be the JGI’s Data Science and Informatics department head.  Dr. Fagnan is also … how the JGI supports the entire data life cycle through resources including the JGI portals, and our broader data …

… Harnessing BER-funded data resources, researchers built an interactive and comprehensive database of fermentative prokaryotes. The Science Most organisms use oxygen to convert food into … a list of with more than 8,300 organisms from multiple sources, including the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint …

… Right now, our natural rubber comes from just one tree species: Hevea brasiliensis . It’s great at producing … guayule.  This episode was made in collaboration with our friends at the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology. …

… 19. Following the completion of the Human Genome Project in 2003, he developed sequencing, assembly, and improvement … Program, focusing on the organization of community driven science for JGI Plant Flagship Genomes and DOE relevant … Jeremy Schmutz is the Plant Science Program Head at the JGI. Click to learn more about …

… class at Florida’s Boca Raton Community High School. The course had a defined set of objectives, and started with an … Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI) , a DOE Office of Science User Facility. She took special interest in it … partnership. The class decided to do an environmental microbial community (metagenomic) soil study in an untouched …