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A nuanced understanding of peat moss drives insight into carbon storage   The … By sequencing the genome, researchers were able to pinpoint specific U/V chromosomes (‘U’ for female and ‘V’ for male) … sex chromosomes ever identified in the plant kingdom. Specifically, researchers found that female plants within a …

During the summer of 2021, 13 interns from UC Merced spent eight weeks working … … … … … … … … … … … Blurring the Line Between Plasmids and Phages … Polymorphisms Created by Transposable Elements … … Data Metagenomic Clustering Scalable … Cataloging Lineage Specific Conserved Genes in Giant Viruses … Pan-genome …

… a microbial mat. The Science In microbial mats, communities of microorganisms live among viruses that infect them. But … interactions? Do generalist viruses run rampant, capable of infecting different host species? Or, do they tend to … turnover of microbial prey, and thus able to influence the metabolic rate of microbial communities. Because microbial …

… begins at the forest floor. Within the soil, a microbiome of bacteria, viruses and fungi process carbon and nitrogen, … the microbes within the soil. To get a clearer picture of how burned ecosystems return to health, researchers have … With this metagenomic analysis, it was possible to identify specific attributes — such as heat resistance, fast growth …

New evidence shows anaerobic fungi can degrade the hardiest of plant components   The Science There are three main … called lignocellulose, are the primary components of hardy cell walls. It’s the cellulose and hemicellulose … in plant cell walls, it enabled researchers to identify specific bond-breakages related to lignin modification …

The Science Researchers have successfully automated aspects of a commonly-used process for studying microbial … with results published in the  November 2022 issue of Microbiome . High-throughput stable isotope probing (SIP) … to it. The isotopes are incorporated into the DNA of specific microbes who consume the labeled food or water. …

In the summer of 2015, Adam Session was a postdoc working at the DOE Joint … who also holds a joint appointment with the University of California, Berkeley. Nowadays, Session is an Assistant … over the decade that I worked with Dan to develop this specific procedure.” The rapport they built during this …

… years where he was a driving force behind the development of numerous genomic resources that fostered the widespread … sorghum from seedling to maturity reveals biotic and metabolic responses. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 116 (52) … Visiting Fellowship Australia … Education … Selected Publications … Awards and Service …

… viruses outnumber the microbes by at least another order of magnitude. For years, scientists at the DOE Joint Genome … potential ," is among the five focused on tool development. Specifically, the goal of this work is to develop tools, … described this as the development of a human virome specific database of IMG/VR (Viral Resources.) Launched in …

Nov. 2: Getting Credit for Scientific Contributions of Any Size What is considered to be a scientific … students (and their mentors) how to begin establishing a professional presence through getting credit for any scientific contribution they make, whether as part of a course or internship, and before ever publishing a …

The Impact The Antarctic lakes are a “treasure trove” of unknown microbes that play critical roles in environmental processes (related to interactions of soil-sediment environments, water and air-atmosphere with … global carbon cycle. The JGI is sequencing large numbers of microbes and microbial communities that contribute to …

Over the course of the summer, the JGI-UC Merced Genomics Internship paired … interactions to functional genomics. Hear from five of the Summer 2019 interns, who briefly shared their … below. Name: Noelle Anderson Class Year: At the time of the internship, 4th year PhD student in Quantitative and …