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… In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have … number of notable achievements that showcase our collaborations and capabilities to enable great science that will help … ability of these enzymes to break down these recalcitrant carbohydrates into more versatile molecules that can be then …

… bioenergy crops The Science Scientists at Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) led a team that  identified a protein … within poplar involved in plant growth, lignin production, and disease resistance.  The Impact With increased lignin and iron, engineered poplar can be used to develop bioproducts for …

… clearly. The Science The humble lichen is a superorganism: one being that is actually comprised of two (or more) participants. One is a fungus (usually belonging to the ascomycetes, one … transferring part of its photosynthetically fixed carbon to the mycobiont. However, despite a …

… high-performance computing resources, an upcoming hackathon led by the Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility … Office of Science user facility, aims to explore applications in the life sciences that can be ported to the GPU architecture. A GPU hackathon is a five-day coding event that offers participating …

… PPE or Personal Protective Equipment is worn to minimize exposure to … can cause workplace injuries and illnesses.  PPE or Personal Protective Equipment is worn to minimize exposure to … illnesses. These injuries and illnesses may result from contact with chemical, biological, physical, mechanical, or …

… interested in studying how plants interact with their environment. Prior to joining the Joint Genome Institute, his focus was primarily on how plants interpret different light cues by altering their growth program, and on how plants coordinate their gene expression with light …

… A quick snippet on Antonio Camargo and Simon Roux, a few of the JGI researchers behind software that …

… Fine-tuning metabolic gene expression helps identify variants in yeast genes. The Science … a more nuanced library approach to tuning gene expression in metabolic pathways. Compared to the traditional way, which leverages an all-or-nothing approach to … No. FA9550-14-1-0089, the Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation, and the JGI Synthesis Program under FP00005685. In …

… In microbial mats, communities of microorganisms live among viruses that infect them. But what trends govern those virus-host interactions? Do generalist viruses run rampant, capable of infecting … microbial metabolism affects the biogeochemical cycling of carbon, nitrogen, and other elements, better understanding …

… biosynthetic gene clusters.  The Science Microbial secondary metabolites, those molecules not essential for growth … may now be easier to characterize following a proof-of-concept study in which researchers paired CRISPR and CRAGE … been limited due to the lack of robust tools available for carrying CRISPR into microorganisms. CRAGE …

… chromosomes of Miscanthus arose by ancient hybridization (polyploidy) and insights into the dynamics of gene expression as it grows back vigorously year after year (perenniality). The Impact Among the long-term aims for bioenergy feedstock crops are … DOE Center for Advanced Bioenergy and Bioproducts Innovation, which is supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, …

… This single environmental trigger highlights efficiency for users requiring … omics methods to examine microbial chemical production. The Science Soil bacteria in the genus Streptomyces are … complex compounds, but stay largely dormant under standard conditions. As described in a recent issue of mSystems , …