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… of Plant and Microbial Biology at University of California, Berkeley. He contributed to the Human Genome Project … Moscow, Russia PhD in Molecular Biology, Research Institute for Genetics and Selection of Industrial Organisms, Moscow, … in computational structural genomics, University of California, Berkeley, CA …

… habitat range. But at what cost?  A collaborative team led by researchers at the University of Texas (UT) at Austin, the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology (HudsonAlpha), and the U.S. Department of … natural sampling and field experiments due to its potential for habitat restoration and as a feedstock for biomass-based …

… language processing techniques to categorize genetic information. Learn more about their work here in a series of videos produced by JGI Communications & Outreach intern Ashleigh Papp. The … virtual events and technology enabled a fruitful experience for mentors and students alike. Tools like Slack, Google …

… tool that can help scientists engineer organisms for bioenergy applications. Cas9 needs guide RNA to lead it … , a team of researchers likewise honed their tool before felling their research problem: at a genetic level, how … work? The project was a multi-institutional effort led by then-graduate student Cory Schwartz and his advisor Ian …

… the Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) have been recognized for outstanding achievements in science, technology, and diversity/inclusion by the annual  HPCwire Readers’ and Editors’ Choice Awards . … that supports “an unprecedented assembly of environmental microbiomes.” JGI’s Chief Informatics Officer  Kjiersten …

… — an energetically expensive feat thought to be too costly for them. The Science Anaerobic fungi, which die in the … the genomes of four anaerobic fungal species has revealed, for the first time, that this group is unexpectedly … to help bolster the bioeconomy. Summary A team led by Michelle O’Malley, a chemical engineer at the University …

… are produced in every corn variety and protect maize by fending off fungal and microbial infections. Scientists … revealed that just a handful of enzymes are needed to transform zealexins and related precursors into a bonanza of … the protective function of zealexins and related compounds for other plants, including those cultivated for bioenergy. …

… in perspective, the genus Aspergillus has been evolving for 82 million years, making it nearly 30 times older than … that has evolved over a billion years of evolution offers catalogs of enzymes, secondary metabolites, and other parts … mushrooms and yeasts, outnumber their ancient relatives by nearly 10 to one in sequenced collections. Yet the …

… coast of south Texas. At the JGI, Rambo’s work was overseen by Susannah Tringe, head of the Microbial Systems group. He … the SCGSR research experience was “an ideal opportunity for me to get real-world experience.” As he finalizes his … as a computational biologist. My primary future goal is to form a startup.” …

… in professional development enrichment activities. For some students in the 2021 cohort, this was their first … career enjoyed the chance to develop new skills needed for their PhD research. And for the first time in this program’s history, two interns … Polymorphisms Created by Transposable Elements …

… National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and the Laboratory for Research in Complex Systems (LRC) in Menlo Park, Calif. … in the Mangroves The bacterium itself was discovered by Olivier Gros, a marine biology professor at the … bacterium was doing in the mangroves. “Mangroves and their microbiomes are important ecosystems for carbon cycling . If …

… The 500 species described within the group are responsible for roughly two-thirds of antibiotics, and a deeper … key to discovering new antiviral medicines and treatments for infectious disease. Streptomycetes are also abundant in … its Secondary Metabolites research group . That group, led by JGI Director Nigel Mouncey, has launched its  Secondary …