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… tiny algae. The cold polar oceans give rise to some of the largest food webs on Earth. And at their base are … is displacing these important cold-water communities of algae with warm-adapted ones, a trend that threatens to … properties,” said study coauthor Igor Grigoriev , JGI Fungal & Algal Program Head. “But still, there are no …

… Populations of Antarctic lake microbial communities change with the … with light availability. A long-running time-series study offers a first glimpse into a full season’s cycle of this polar environment. This cycle suggests a reliance on … (project 4031). The work conducted by the US Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science …

… Nov. 2: Getting Credit for Scientific Contributions of Any Size What is considered to be a scientific … students (and their mentors) how to begin establishing a professional presence through getting credit for any scientific contribution they make, whether as part of a course or internship, and before ever publishing a …

… The Impact The Antarctic lakes are a “treasure trove” of unknown microbes that play critical roles in environmental processes (related to interactions of soil-sediment environments, water and air-atmosphere with … global carbon cycle. The JGI is sequencing large numbers of microbes and microbial communities that contribute to …

… researchers built an interactive and comprehensive database of fermentative prokaryotes. The Science Most organisms use … process called fermentation. To better understand the range of bacteria and archaea that rely on this form of metabolism, researchers recently compiled a list of with …

… Joint Genome Institute and has focused on applying state-of-the-art molecular methods to address wide-ranging … Scientist at Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, and Adjunct Professor at UC Berkeley. Dr. Pennacchio received his Ph.D in 1998 from the Department of Genetics at Stanford University where he uncovered the …

… A two-day kick-off meeting held at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) marked the visit of an esteemed interdisciplinary delegation from the University of Duisburg-Essen (UDE), Germany with the aim of … The U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science …