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… “Microbes underpin so much of what we see on earth in terms of nutrient … about the microbial communities deep underground, and before the pandemic, they took the JGI on a sampling field … initiative called Facilities Integrating Collaborations for User Science (FICUS) . Through FICUS, the researchers …

Fine-tuning metabolic gene expression helps identify variants … approach to expression, scientists can now opt for various shades of grey. The ability to fine-tune the … palette of options; beyond off and on, scientists can determine the level of gene expression by the gradations. The …

… has been head of the DNA Synthesis Science Program since 2015. The mission of this program is to harness the … of DNA synthesis, strain engineering, and biosystems design for DOE-mission-relevant discovery and applications. This … of secondary metabolite biosynthetic gene clusters in bacteria, Cell Chemical Biology , 2022 … R&D100 Award …

Machine learning methods were applied on sequenced fungal … known to infect most major food crops and feedstocks for biomass and biofuel production. Learning about the … Genomes Project, which aims to provide a reference genome for each of the fungal families. Researchers had access to …

… are small viruses with double-stranded DNA genomes that co-infect eukaryotic cells along with giant viruses. Virophages … & Microbiomes (IMG/M) data suite—which includes  IMG/VR (for Virus)—for the virophage marker gene MCP, they were able to …

Analysis reveals cotton genome stability across global lineages . Come harvest time, the cotton fields look like … , both faculty investigators at the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology. “The goal has been for all this new … that kind of diversity in the wild in cotton. And this is amazing to me for a species that was so widely distributed.” …

Dr. Frederik Schulz joined the DOE Joint Genome Institute in 2016 and is leading … Group. His research is focussed on the discovery of novel bacterial, archaeal and eukaryotic microbes and viruses in … discovery pipeline and enrichment metagenomics for terrestrial protists. These approaches enable novel …

Specializing in mass spectrometry-centered projects, Dr. Bowen’s work focuses on developing high-performance computing workflows and integrating mathematics and … Exometabolite niche partitioning among sympatric soil bacteria. Nature communications, 6(1), 8289. Yao, Y., Sun, …

A deep dive into microbial genomics reveals one bacterial species is … help regulate the global carbon cycle — fixing, transforming, and respiring carbon. Understanding the metabolisms …

… 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 …

Puerto Nuevo is a small town along the Baja California coastline in Mexico. While conducting early field studies related … waters and sediment with collaborators at the Center for Scientific Research and Higher Education at Ensenada …