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… Rainforests store a big fraction of all the carbon on Earth, and soil microbes play a key role in pulling that carbon out of the atmosphere. This episode, … in a fully enclosed, human-made ecosystem: Biosphere 2.      …

… Since 2019 Dr. Blaby heads the Biodesign Platform at the Joint Genome Institute, where he leads three groups focused on … National Laboratory where he focused on functional genomics of phototrophs. Through this and post-doctoral positions at … B.Sc. (HONS) – University of Wales, Cardiff, Genetics Ph.D. – University of …

… Congratulations to Jane Grimwood, who has been appointed the Loretta Purdy Spencer Chair in Genomics at the … Biotechnology! Loretta Spencer served as a manyterm mayor of Huntsville, Alabama and is known for her contributions to … large-scale multi-institutional JGI projects and resulting publications that Grimwood contributed to include: A 2021 …

… Dr. Eloe-Fadrosh joined the JGI in 2014 to pursue her research interests in microbial ecology … Her current research focuses on leveraging thousands of metagenomic datasets from host-associated and … to learn more about the program's areas of focus, major initiatives and more.  …

… In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have … is a single-celled alga with a unique place in evolutionary history. Retaining ancestral features of both … sequences have been cited in almost one-fourth (23.8%) of publications focused on that specific algae. The reference …

… In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have revisited a number of … with the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology.   Publications Grimwood, J., Gordon, L., Olsen, A. et al. The …

… A team has optimized a crucial part of CRISPR-Cas9 technology to enable improvements in microbial oil production. The Science CRISPR-Cas9 is a … biomass carbohydrates — glucose and xylose — into fatty acids that could be used for renewable fuel. In fact, lipids …

… In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have … technology described by the Nobel Foundation as having “a revolutionary impact on the life sciences.” Building upon … nature was using it to do something important.” Related Publications:  A scoutRNA Is Required for Some Type V …

… Cas14 proteins discovered from JGI’s IMG/M database and biochemically … Institute.  The Science Researchers report the discovery of miniature Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short … Tel Aviv University. The Cas14 proteins are ~400–700 amino acids (aa) in size, half that of previously known class 2 …

… In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have revisited a number of … reference genome for Sorghum bicolor . Since then, 2,993 publications, 107 patent applications, and 53 patents have …

… to global oceans. Through the Community Science Program of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science user facility, 24 large-scale proposals have been accepted from 70 full … The U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science User Facility …