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… New evidence shows anaerobic fungi can degrade the hardiest of plant components   The Science There are three main … to tackle when it comes to breaking down a plant for energy: Cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin, cumulatively called lignocellulose, are the primary components of hardy …

… Educational training technologies provide opportunities for students and professors alike The Science In  PLoS Pathogens , a team of faculty and researchers describe a workforce development program for higher education that develops … National Science Foundation Research Coordination Network for Undergraduate Biology Education (Award # 2418285) and …

… Understanding how a fundamental mechanism of evolution allows microbes to adapt to changing … dance between a virus and microbial cell is an embrace. For a virus with a “head-tail” morphology, this means using … as genomes sampled all at once from the same environment, called metagenomes. Why? Simon Roux, who led the research …

… JGI! They are among those recognized by Clarivate Analytics for demonstrating “significant influence in their chosen field or fields through the publication of multiple highly cited papers during the last decade.” … the JGI whose publications rank in the top 1% by citations for field and publication year are: Igor Grigoriev Natalia …

… For the first time, a team has comprehensively described … a microbial mat. The Science In microbial mats, communities of microorganisms live among viruses that infect them. But … so thoroughly that they lyse the cell — a process called lytic infection. But some viruses are also able to …

… -- copy to summary above^ as well ] The Science The recipe for growing algae as a source of sustainable biofuels seems fairly simple: place these … water and carbon dioxide so they can grow, and then harvest for use as biofuels and other bioproducts. As any good cook …

… In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have revisited a … which could then be converted into sustainable biofuels . For its importance to the DOE mission, switchgrass is among … Phytozome. The combination of field data and genetic information has allowed the research team to associate climate …

… For the first time, a team analyzes the transcriptomes of a lichen fungus and alga to understand their partnership … with the photobiont transferring part of its photosynthetically fixed carbon to the mycobiont. However, despite a … FD from the Duke Institute of Genomic Sciences and Policy (for DNA sequencing and assembly); by a three-year …

… Novel study looks at microbiomes in aerial surfaces of plants and their roles in plant health and environmental … surface of plants, is a comparatively understudied area of forest ecosystems as past studies have mainly focused on … are equipped to do on the leaf surface. More specifically, they found that microbial community composition and …

… a graduate student in Brett Baker’s lab at the University of Texas at Austin, will defend his dissertation. Some of … 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.” …

… plant roots, focusing on genetic components required for effective colonization. In addition, Dr. Cole is … University of California, San Diego (PhD, 2011) Rensselaer Polytechnic … List of pubs available on NCBI … Implementation of the Index of Cell Identity as an R package …

… joined the JGI in 2000 as the founding Associate Director for Computational Genomics, and led the computational efforts directed towards the sequencing, annotation, and analysis of three human chromosomes. After successful completion of …