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… that allows researchers to quickly modify diverse bacterial genomes. In 2019, the JGI’s Yasuo Yoshikuni and his team announced in Nature Microbiology an important addition to the synthetic biologist’s toolkit: a technique for c … Blow, and their team have also harnessed CRAGE to create a plant-fertilizing microbiome. In work reported in Applied …
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… On July 8, JGI’s DNA Synthesis Science group held a JGI Engagement: Accessing Functional Genomics Capabilities Webinar inviting researchers to … The consortium looked at how different bioenergy relevant plants can produce species-specific blends of terpenoids, …
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… Understanding how a fundamental mechanism of evolution allows microbes to adapt to changing environments. The … ago, a team discovered a group of viruses that had in their genomes a surprising tool: a “diversity generating … could then use these proteins to recognize individual pathogens and pull them out, like fish on a fishing line, …
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… Trained on environmental data, a new JGI tool more accurately … methodologies developed for natural languages to study genomes,” Wang explained. And since microbial genomes are simpler to model than large plant or animal genomes, they are a good starting point to …
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… bioenergy security for a steadily growing worldwide population. Anuvia Plant Nutrients , a small Florida business producing bio-based plant nutrition products that target soil enrichment, is … of Science User Facility located at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, is committed to advancing genomics in …
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… in China and involving Francis Martin from the Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA) in France and Igor … external source. The work is part of the JGI’s 1000 Fungal Genomes Project, which aims to provide genomic information … carbon from lignocellulosic-abundant matters such as plant litter and to incorporate the assimilated carbon into …
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… The purpose of this policy is to establish communication norms around JGI contributions, ensure that all contributors to a research project are … JGI Staff: Upon request, JGI staff will provide Users with a list of contributors and their corresponding ORCiD and relevant …
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… DOE RENEW initiative, undergraduate student Ti’Yanna Watson and graduate student LaMonika Dent worked with JGI … Vogel on researching the effects of Brachypodium distachyon plant root exudates on the plant microbiome. They also took part in many enriching …
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… chromosomes of mammals is, for the first time, seen in a plant. The Science Sex in plants can be befuddling. Most species are hermaphrodites, expressing both male and female gametes in one individual. But some, including shrub willow Salix … This work was supported by the NSF Dimensions of Biodiversity Program (DEB-1542509 to S.D., …
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… Genome Institute, the end of 2018 was marked by a celebration of contributing over one “petabase” – a quadrillion nucleotide bases of DNA …
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… 2023 marked a decade since the inception of the flagship internship program between the DOE Joint … summer of 2014 has grown to a total of 75 with the inclusion of the 2023 cohort. Each of them has brought invaluable … After working on his post-doctoral position with the Plant and Microbe Interaction group at Oak Ridge National …
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… from engineered yeasts still work in cell-free environments? (Spoiler: Yes.) Think of cells as tiny factories: … smoothly. As reported August 26, 2021, in Nature Communications , researchers led by Hal Alper at The University of … Michael Jewett of Northwestern University describe a two-pronged approach that starts with engineered yeast cells but …
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