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… terpene synthase gene family across eucalypt lineages. The Science From the distinct smell of eucalyptus to the flavor … between the two species. The work was reported in the journal Heredity . In order to understand the gene expression … and abiotic stress responses. Overall, this study improves our understanding of the terpene synthase gene family and …

… Twice a year, the DOE Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) program awards … mission areas across the 6 Office of Science research programs. Among the recipients of the latest SCGSR award is … are developing cutting edge technologies to answer our most pressing problems. I’m very much looking forward to …

… collaboration is available for licensing. The Science In  Nature Communications , researchers describe a … efforts align with BER missions to provide the fundamental science to support innovations for bioproduction and advance … separating urine from other waste streams and recovering resources that could be used for products such as agricultural …

… mobile genetic elements like plasmids and viruses. The Science Mobile genetic elements (MGEs) are genetic entities … National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), with computing resources provided by NERSC, another user facility at Berkeley … currently has more than 700,000 plasmids from genomes, metagenomes and metatranscriptomes. To lower barriers to …

… to freely investigate the genes of more than 100 algae. The Science Interested in the genomes of algae? You now have one … They play key roles in global carbon cycling, are sources of natural products, and have potential as biofuel … Genomes and Microbiomes (IMG/M) system for microbial and metagenome datasets, MycoCosm for comparative analysis of …

… allows microbes to adapt to changing environments. The Science The first step in the deadly dance between a virus … Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science user facility located at Lawrence Berkeley National … sampled all at once from the same environment, called metagenomes. Why? Simon Roux, who led the research team and …

… of mammals is, for the first time, seen in a plant. The Science Sex in plants can be befuddling. Most species are … Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at Lawrence Berkeley National … The JGI sequenced the shrub willows through the  Community Science Program , using long-read sequencing to assemble the …

… to host some of the brightest minds in genetics as part of our  2022 Annual Meeting . The meeting was a hybrid event, … made possible by CRISPR-Cas9; the Weizmann Institute of Science’s Assaf Vardi, who delved into algae blooms and the … through the detailed steps taken during their experimental journey to this discovery. Now, Doudna and her team are …

… described host-virus dynamics in a microbial mat. The Science In microbial mats, communities of microorganisms … interactions. This work,  recently published in  The ISME Journal , by contrast, relied on methods that eschew … the virus in 34 hosts or 26 percent of the single cells. Metagenomics sequencing then allowed the team to ask, for …

… June 24-28: Module 2/Microbial Genomics & Metagenomics Workshop The workshop is addressed to students … professionals of biology, biomedical research, the health sciences and related fields who are interested in learning … sharing concepts, tools and research results in genomics, metagenomics and the human microbiome. The workshop will …

… decade” by Clarivate Analytics. Those from the JGI whose publications rank in the top 1% by citations for field and … York Times 2022 List of Firsts as well as other year-end science discovery lists.  Updates to the Genomic … crop, as well as the discussion of key cassava genomic resources. Genome annotations for cassava are available on the …

… to enable improvements in microbial oil production. The Science CRISPR-Cas9 is a powerful, high-throughput … goal of producing sustainable fuels from alternative sources. Moreover, the team says the approach they used to … to legend, Abraham Lincoln once said, “Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four …