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… The Science The first step in the deadly dance between a virus and microbial cell is an embrace. For a virus with a … the US Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science user facility located at … injection of mutations in a particular gene might boost an organism’s fitness. Moreover, the discovery of more than …

… participants. Over the past two years, Myco-Ed has been used in 15 individual classrooms across the country, … faculty and researchers at the DOE Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility, and the DOE … It’s a key problem to solve because fungi are very diverse organisms with potential biotechnology applications in a …

… Researchers report a new reference genome for eucalyptus in the July edition of the journal G3 Genes | Genomes | … , with significant advances compared to the 2014 Eucalyptus grandis reference genome that has been widely adopted. … The new improved genome assembly generated through the JGI’s Community Science Program will help support targeted …

… scant, Ace Lake’s bacteria instead go through a boom and bust cycle aligned with light availability. A long-running … for nearly five decades. In these frigid systems, where organisms higher up in the food web like fish do not exist, … Ace Lake were collected over a 10-year period and sent to JGI for metagenomic sequencing. A study  recently published …

… Cas14 proteins discovered from JGI’s IMG/M database and biochemically characterized at UC … The Science Researchers report the discovery of miniature Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats … a potential therapy for both genetic and complex disease. Finally, gene editing is being used to understand how a …

… sigma factors that initiate transcription in bacteria. Using this technology, which combines an in vitro … the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at … of RIViT-seq to other transcription factors and even other organisms can fuel a deeper understanding of these …

… yield and climate resilience of algae — for potential use as biomass or in biomass conversion to biofuel. Summary … the ocean; this affects the growth and survival of the microorganisms that live there.  A  Communications Biology … the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at …

… to terrestrial life paves the way for innovations in sustainable agriculture and clean energy. These evolutionary … in marginal lands and with minimal resources. Enabling the use of non-arable land for biomass production — that can be … the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at …

… The Impact Traditional methods for breaking down biomass use aerobic methods (those using oxygen) to remove lignin … biomass production and bioproduct engineering. Summary That organisms make use of cellulose and hemicellulose is … Research Center. O’Malley is also affiliated with JBEI. The JGI data portals and pipelines helped identify potential …

… CheckV can help researchers assess virus sequence fragments and data quality. The Science Through … uncultivated viruses. Following up on those guidelines, JGI researchers have now developed CheckV (pronounced … completeness and removal of contamination from the host organism. As reported in Nature Biotechnology , a team from …