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… that showcase our collaborations and capabilities to enable great science that will help solve energy and … DOE works with the National Nuclear Security Administration to maintain the U.S. nuclear weapons stockpile and was … with the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology.   Publications Grimwood, J., Gordon, L., Olsen, A. et al. The …

… researchers described how the viruses repeatedly attempted to infect and destroy the host archaea – and how the  … but the viruses that infect Altiarchaea cause the cells to burst. This action triggers subsurface carbon cycling, … identified. The JGI researchers surveyed publicly available data in the JGI’s  IMG/M database , information the Probst …

… reference quality genome and now crop researchers can work toward advancing sugarcane biotechnology. The Science Considered the world’s most harvested crop by tonnage, sugarcane accounts for 80% of global sugar … The reference genome of R570 is available on the JGI plant data portal,  Phytozome .   …

… in its environment, this alga reveals a remarkable ability to adapt to stress and rapid environmental changes. Researchers were … annotated algal genome is available on the JGI’s PhycoCosm data portal.) This research not only sheds light on the … Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Discovery program grants to C.L. Support from the Canada First Research Excellence …

… how a fundamental mechanism of evolution allows microbes to adapt to changing environments. The Science The first … has looked for DGRs in a broad range of publicly available datasets. They’ve discovered that DGRs are not only … number of microbial genomes. That means that those viruses accessed many more potential microbial cells or hosts. This …

… Sphagnome data would enable researchers’ insights on their potential … (CSP), researchers are developing a number of resources to build up Sphagnum as a plant model system focused on … impact on global carbon cycling and climate is estimated to be larger than any other single plant genus. Peatlands …

… that showcase our collaborations and capabilities to enable great science that will help solve energy and … challenges. Sorghum stands out as a candidate feedstock for biofuels thanks to its drought and flood hardiness. … reference genome for Sorghum bicolor . Since then, 2,993 publications, 107 patent applications, and 53 patents have …

… Researchers looked across many organisms to see that aminotransferase enzymes have evolved … — creating many different ways of processing nitrogen. To boost crops more efficiently in the future, the … The way that plants process nutrients has a rich back story — they rely on enzymes that have been evolving for …

… kick-off meeting held at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) marked the visit of an esteemed … and Integrated Bioimaging (MBIB) Division, and Energy Storage & Distributed Resources Division at Berkeley Lab.  … biology, single cell and systems biology, omics, and big data science, machine learning for experimental science, …

… for growth yet essential for survival, may now be easier to characterize following a proof-of-concept study in which … Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats) is the leading tool for accurately editing genomes, its effectiveness has … monitor loss- and gain-of-function. The study’s analytical data shows peaks and valleys in secondary metabolites as …

… at least 15 zealexins, they suspect there are even more to find. Zealexins are produced in every corn variety and … have now revealed that just a handful of enzymes are needed to transform zealexins and related precursors into a bonanza … the ability make zealexins, and harnessed gene expression data from these lines to identify genes associated with …

… Sequence-based studies — from metagenomics to single-cell work — have quickly accelerated understanding … viruses. Now categorized in their own phylum,  Nucleocytoviricota , these giant viruses boast larger genomes than … approaches. One way of detecting giant viruses in sequence data is read-mapping: using giant virus reference genomes to …