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… Monitoring Inter-Organism Interactions Within Ecosystems Latest portfolio of … (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at Lawrence Berkeley National … of 50 letters of intent submitted. Many of the proposals focus on harnessing genomics to developing sustainable …

… In our warming world, we’ll need corn, sorghum and other crops to grow well in worse conditions: … from grasses into other crops.  One grass they studied just happened to be the same species that covered World Cup …

… from Walnut Creek to the heart of the Berkeley Lab campus. By Friday, October 18, the production sequencing labs in … home located in the heart of the Berkeley Lab main campus. On Monday, November 11, a week after they’d been  moved … asked to “KonMari” their spaces, a decluttering method focused on keeping only items that bring joy (and are necessary …

… the location of genes that provide resistance to the brown rust disease that can devastate a crop. The Impact In … foundational genetic information that crop breeders can use to improve sugarcane varieties and advance a sustainable bioeconomy. Researchers and farmers could improve …

… time, a team analyzes the transcriptomes of a lichen fungus and alga to understand their partnership more 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 of the two …

… The Science Researchers report the discovery of miniature Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats … (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility. The sequences were then … across many areas. In particular, gene editing is being used to develop drought, flooding, pest-resistant, and …

… first time, a team has comprehensively described host-virus dynamics in a microbial mat. The Science In microbial mats, communities of microorganisms live among viruses that infect them. But what trends govern those … of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science User Facility, is supported under Contract No. …

… Using the IMG/M data portal, researchers have identified a virus protein tied to carbon cycling.  The Science Through a … in the study is essentially chewing food to help  microorganisms thrive — and those microorganisms affect a lot of … Research (BER) and is a contribution of the Scientific Focus Area “Phenotypic response of the soil microbiome to …

… In March 2008, the genome sequence of the forest fungus Laccaria bicolor was published in the journal Nature . The mushroom has a symbiotic relationship with the poplar, a JGI … mycorrhizal fungus shifted the focus from looking at single organisms to applying a broader ecosystem perspective, …

… genomics can add significant value to the other commonly used culture-independent sequencing approaches including … the planet’s nutrient cycles and are potentially of use in fields ranging from agriculture to biotechnology and … tools have helped decode the genomes of tens of thousands of previously unknown and uncultivated microbes …

… have been forced to confront the awesome power that viruses have to affect nearly every aspect of our daily lives.  But for researchers who study viruses that infect organisms much smaller than humans, like bacteria, this … of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science User Facility  located at Lawrence Berkeley National …

… (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility,  reported on just how morel fruiting is triggered when nutrients are … leaves and woods into the atmosphere, while increasing the organic matter and fertility of the soil. Morels (Morchella …