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… Over the last few months, we found an increasing number of colleagues missing elements of the required PPE in the lab. To address this issue, we … to provide our colleagues with a visual representation of JGI PPE requirements. When working in the lab, it is … and cleanup. The JGI provides integrated high-throughput sequencing and computational analysis that enable …

… Understanding how a fundamental mechanism of evolution allows microbes to adapt to changing … means using proteins on its tail fibers to latch onto a specific target on the microbial cell’s membrane. Two decades ago, a team discovered a group of viruses that had in their genomes a surprising tool: a …

… New evidence shows anaerobic fungi can degrade the hardiest of plant components   The Science There are three main … for lignin deconstruction. (The JGI also conducted RNA sequencing and alignment to the reference fungal  genome . … in plant cell walls, it enabled researchers to identify specific bond-breakages related to lignin modification …

… Register for the meeting here. Here are some sessions of interest (all times in PST unless otherwise noted): … December 7   9:15am PT (online) Town Hall on the role of user facilities in accelerating research and tips for … “Spatial metabolic profiling in roots reveals plant specific responses to drought at the Biosphere 2 tropical …

… The work was enabled in part by a community data portal of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome … the hidden secrets of soil viruses. The Impact The specific protein described in  a recent study in  Nature … AMGs in soil viruses thought to break down chitin, the gene sequences were cloned by the JGI.  The JGI’s DNA synthesis …

… Described as the “DOE Tree,” poplar is considered one of the  Flagship Plants for the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at Lawrence Berkeley … National Laboratory (BNL). The Fe deprivation RNA-seq (proposal:  10.46936/10.25585/60001386 ) was conducted …

… his doctoral research in synthetic biology and microfluidics at the University of California, San Diego. As the Sequencing Technology Implementation Lead, he directs a … at the level of individual cells across diverse plant tissues. Dr. Baumgart focuses on expanding functional …