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… one-third of human-created methane emissions actually come from livestock — specifically, from the methane-making … to provide colleagues at the Salk Institute with genomic DNA samples from Ruminococcus flavefaciens (XPD3002). With … and test a ribonuclease capable of knocking down human RNA the way that CRISPR-Cas9 systems snip DNA. This could …

… both the 50th celebration of Earth Day on April 22, and DNA Day on April 25. As both Earth and DNA are close to our … changing planet. In this short audio production, we’ll hear from Ed Hall, an ecologist at Colorado State University in … project studying the world’s rivers and their microbial communities. He’s focusing on the Arkansas River and how …

… surface is reconstructed by combining a study of microbial communities (metagenomics) and a chemical labelling … attempts at virus infections. Their genomes include short DNA sequences that code for CRISPR systems, which help … foreign genetic elements by incorporating short sequences from infecting viruses and phages. In these sequences are …

… research focuses on leveraging thousands of metagenomic datasets from host-associated and environmental samples to identify and characterize genomic information from uncultivated microbes and viruses. Prior to joining the … Consortium (2018-current) Steering Committee Member, International Metagenomics and Microbiome Standards Alliance …

… led annotation and analysis of diverse eukaryotic genomes, from protists to plants. In 2009, he launched the JGI Fungal … origin of enzymatic lignin decomposition reconstructed from 31 fungal genomes.  Science.  2012;336: 1715-1719. … machinery underlies the functional diversity of forest fungi.  Science . 2011; 333: 762-765. Gobler CJ et …