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… We know all kinds of things about plastic – except, how to break it down for recycling. But some hungry insects can … are taking a look at how these critters process plastic, to improve plastic recycling by following their lead.        …

… of life science and computational science with notable stops at NERSC, IMBA (Institute of Molecular Biotechnology, … Vienna, where he first stumbled from software development into building productive infrastructure in close collaboration …

… communities deep underground, and before the pandemic, they took the JGI on a sampling field trip. One of the questions … first author Amundson in the journal Microbiome . The work builds off a proposal approved through a collaborative … (FICUS) . Through FICUS, the researchers have tapped into the resources and capabilities of both the JGI and the …

… Puerto Nuevo is a small town along the Baja California coastline in Mexico. While conducting early field studies related to her thesis on cone snails, UC Merced graduate student …

… reference quality genome and now crop researchers can work toward advancing sugarcane biotechnology. The Science Considered the world’s most harvested crop by tonnage, sugarcane accounts for 80% of global sugar … With the genetic code of sugarcane, researchers were able to map the location of genes that provide resistance to the …

… help improve crop yields.  The Science The fire moss Ceratodon purpureus is a short plant with a complex genome . … the multiple advances in sequencing technologies applied to the effort. The Impact Found on all continents, including … it is a major part of the flora, fire moss has adapted to conditions such as UV irradiation, heavy metal …

… operates the single-cell genomics pipeline for JGI collaborators. This work combines custom flow cytometric analysis, cell sorting, genome amplification, PCR …

… Leveraging massive comparative genomics to decode millions of mystery genes and lay a future-ready … Earth's fungal kingdom. The manuscript reviews about 200 publications linking evolutionary history and innovations … snapshots into dynamic stories of evolutionary innovation. Building a Future-Ready Foundation This massive collection …

… Dr. Louie joined the JGI in 2014 to develop the metabolomics program, and in 2019 became … for community sequencing projects and heads R&D efforts to expand the metabolomics capabilities and product … mass spectrometry research products such as stable isotope probing (SIP) to assess metabolite turnover, DNA-SIP …

… From left to right: [above] Olivia Ahern, Adriana Corales, Hugh Cross, … Tesfaye Mengiste, Egbert Schwartz, Hannah Schulman, Bram Stone and Jana Voriskovaa The JGI is excited to announce the fifteen scientists selected for our 2024 …

… program , which awards graduate students the opportunity to pursue part of their thesis research at one of the DOE national laboratories or national user facilities. Baker had worked with … Science Program (CSP) proposal, and Rambo’s research builds on that. “The purpose of this CSP is to better …

… land with little water, which were developed specifically to turn their biomass into sustainable biofuel and bioproducts. John Mullet, a … at Texas A&M University, tells us how sorghum’s historical — and literal — roots could play a big role in our …