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A workflow for capturing the genetic make-up of specific uncultivated microbes from complex environmental samples. The Science A team led by researchers at … was demonstrated using a specific group of marine bacteria called “Vis6” that are found in North Sea algal blooms. The …

A tall native plant of the North American prairie, switchgrass ( Panicum virgatum ) has long been a tantalizing potential biofuel feedstock. But …

Six new members have been elected to the User Executive Committee (UEC) … of Science User Facility located at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab). They are: Ivan Baxter of the … Bioenergy Research Center. Her research focus is genetically engineering the plant cell wall to address dairy …

Three stories of JGI-supported research, connected to nutrient cycles. Francis Martin and Lucas Auer discuss their work on communities of forest floor fungi. Allison Joy looks into …

Dr. Malmstrom is a Staff Scientist and leader of the Microscale Applications group. Before joining the JGI in 2010, he made the first …   A centimeter-long bacterium with DNA contained in metabolically active, membrane-bound organelles. Science  …

We know all kinds of things about plastic – except, how to break it down for recycling. But some hungry insects can digest …

In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have revisited a number of notable … methane emissions actually come from livestock — specifically, from the methane-making microbes within their rumen. … six years earlier, researchers put together what they called the Hungate1000, a catalog of 410 rumen microbe …

In   April 2020, we mark both the 50th celebration of Earth Day on April 22, and DNA Day on April 25.  On March 17, 2020, a …

Rainforests store a big fraction of all the carbon on Earth, and soil microbes …

Mini-Metagenomics Approach Helps Identify Novel Archaeal Methane … Methane-producing archaea are estimated to produce 500 million tons of methane a year, which is over half the total … “superphylum” where this type of methanogenesis is typically observed, but to the “TACK” superphylum,” said study …

The Berkeley Lab Biosciences Area Entrepreneurship Program presents… Eyes on the Prize – Launching & Sustaining Startups in Synthetic … 29th, 3:00 pm – 5:30 pm 3:00 pm – 4:15 pm: Panel discussion, Q&A followed by: 4:15 pm – 5:30 pm: Hosted Hoppy Hour @ …

In April 2020, we mark both the 50th celebration of Earth Day … a special kind of plant metabolism. This metabolism, called crassulacean acid metabolism, or CAM — that’s C-A-M, …