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I-Min A. Chen received her Ph.D. in Computer Science. Her research has been focused on semantic and object-oriented … of the Object-Protocol Model (OPM) data management tools for scientific applications developed at Berkeley Lab. Dr. … data management infrastructure of the Integrated Microbial Genomes (IMG) family of systems. Before joining LBNL in …

To engineer yeast to do more, and understand genomes in general, Jef Boeke, Weimin Zhang (NYU Langone … way. Eventually, the goal is to create an entirely human-generated yeast genome. …

… array of combinations, are unremarkable, save perhaps for the absence of all the other letters of the alphabet. … Laboratory (Berkeley Lab). And one of the tools that researchers can apply to study the transcription factors … it can also serve as a stepping stone to studying many genomes simultaneously through multiDAP, which allows …

… that allows researchers to quickly modify diverse bacterial genomes. In 2019, the JGI’s Yasuo Yoshikuni and his team  … addition to the synthetic biologist’s toolkit: a technique for  c hassis (or strain)-independent  r ecombinase- a … BGCs make diverse molecules of value to both human and ecosystem health. But bacteria often fail to express their …

… was the symbiont community of a gutless oligochaete for which she deciphered function and host-symbiont … Biotechnology 35, 725-731. Mukherjee et al. 2017. 1,003 reference genomes of bacterial and archaeal isolates expand coverage …

Monitoring Inter-Organism Interactions Within Ecosystems Latest portfolio of approved proposals highlight … on harnessing genomics to developing sustainable resources for biofuels and bioproducts. Andrew Nelson of the Boyce … a previous international collaboration that produced the reference genome sequence for Eucalyptus grandis. Accessing …

Stable Isotope Probing (SIP) is a powerful technique for studying microbial communities. These experiments can … SIP analysis to make these experiments accessible to more researchers. Ultimately, the goal is to generate SIP data that can be useful to multiple teams and …

… in the next generation of flowering vegetation. In return for their services, bees eat plant nectar and pollen. Nectar … what biochemical processes? Now, an international team of researchers has identified the major metabolic roles of … is a division of labor by these bacterial groups. But why the strain variability? The authors think the reason may …

Research uncovers the genetic foundations that helped plants … of how plants adapted to terrestrial life paves the way for innovations in sustainable agriculture and clean energy. … Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), scientists sequenced the genomes of four  Zygnematophyceae algae, which were isolated …

… of DNA synthesis, strain engineering, and biosystems design for DOE-mission-relevant discovery and applications. This … the Synthetic Biology Pathway Engineering group. His research focus includes engineering of non-model yeasts for production of biofuels and renewable chemicals, …

… designed to familiarize users with the Integrated Microbial Genomes & Microbiomes (IMG/M) data and workflows for computational analysis and interpretation of sequence data. IMG/M is a web-based platform that provides access to the wealth of public microbiome …