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A special issue of Synthetic Biology celebrates research enabled by … Science Program. Fashioning DNA outside a cell is key to interrogating what genes do, how they work, and applying them to environmental and energy challenges. But not all …

… marine microbes and by extension, the ocean’s capacity to act as a carbon sink. Summary As global temperatures rise, so do instances of extreme weather events such as … up and down the water column. They recently shared their findings in Communications Biology . They reported that the …

Researchers looked across many organisms to see that aminotransferase enzymes have evolved … to core nitrogen metabolism, this team built a phylogenetic tree using bioinformatic software called FastTree … separately for billions of years have some common signatures of muli-substrate specificity. However, different …

JGI interests in algae and secondary metabolites. A total of 27 proposals have been  approved through the … generating their  genome sequences to improve breeding by genetic improvements. Apomixis is asexual reproduction … publicly available data relevant to DOE interests in finding solutions to energy and environmental challenges, …

… that showcase our collaborations and capabilities to enable great science that will help solve energy and … reference genome and releases it to the community. 2014: GENCODE project begins. To support growing sorghum and other C4 … each variety stores sugars and sequesters carbon. 2015: Epigenetic Control of Drought Tolerance in Sorghum (EPICON) …

For the first time, a team analyzes the transcriptomes of a lichen fungus and alga to understand their … explanation, according to the authors, lies in their finding that each lichen partner can sexually reproduce: genetic recombination during sex could increase the fitness …

JGI pilot project with fledgling Florida high school scientists. The Florida Everglades evokes images of fanboats skimming over swamps, while alligators peer through the waters and clouds of insects hover … encompass a wide range of ecosystems ranging from wetlands to tree islands to cattails. In 2018, the US Department of …

… technology could speed up associating transcription factors with their target genes. The Science Regulons are a … factors that initiate transcription in bacteria. Using this technology, which combines an in vitro transcription … complex as well as a sigma factor. While all bacteria encode at least one principal sigma factor responsible for …

… kick-off meeting held at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) marked the visit of an esteemed interdisciplinary delegation from the … in many impactful papers in recent years, but are also looking forward to jointly expanding into new areas of …