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… On July 6, scientists from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and other institutions shared their works-in-progress with 86 participants in … of Science User Facility  located at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, is committed to advancing genomics in …

… fluctuates. The Science The Arctic microalga Plocamiomonas psychrophila can thrive in changing conditions. A recent study shows that when salinity is reduced in … Excellence Fund to Sentinelle Nord is acknowledged. Additional support was by way of the Fonds de recherche du Québec …

… The PhycoCosm data portal allows anyone to freely investigate the genes of more than 100 algae. … Science Interested in the genomes of algae? You now have one place where you can browse the genetic blueprints of these photosynthetic organisms. PhycoCosm is one of the largest data repositories of its kind, with an …

… habitat. The Science By comparing genetic information from similar organisms, researchers have gained insights on why the dry rot ( Serpula lacrymans ) is so destructive … reveals the genomic changes Serpula lacrymans has undergone in adapting to manmade environments. The Impact Due to …

… JGI is in the process of shifting its operations from Walnut Creek to the heart of the Berkeley Lab campus. By Friday, October 18, the production sequencing labs in Building 100 were silent. Twenty years … after the JGI united the genomics expertise of three national labs in one long building at Walnut Creek, after …

… Program (ETOP) , researchers have developed and improved upon a tool that combines existing DNA sequence binning algorithms, allowing them to reconstruct more near-complete genomes from soil metagenomes … other in a community, and characterizing their individual contributions, is key to understanding their ecosystem …

… 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 … with CRISPR provides researchers with a powerful addition to their toolkit to study gene function. As a …

… 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, …

… list features 6,900 researchers working in 21 fields.  Congratulations to the  2022 Highly Cited Researchers from the JGI … in their chosen field or fields through the publication of multiple highly cited papers during the last decade” … of Science User Facility  located at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, is committed to advancing genomics in …

… 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 , …

… of Science User Facility located at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Berkeley Lab), have taken stock of the … the past three decades, their study assesses what fraction of the microbial diversity we know about, and proposes a … is still unknown.  “We took a deep dive into over 1.8 million bacterial and archaeal genomes to see how much of their …

… benefits to address climate change: pulling atmospheric carbon into soil and boosting biofuel feedstocks with less fertilizer. For millions of years, underground fungi have lived in symbiosis with plant roots. Plants provide photosynthesized carbon, while fungi deliver water and nutrients. In order to do …