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… stable isotope probing helps ID novel interactions between bacteria and fungi The Science Researchers have successfully automated aspects of a commonly-used process for … microbes who consume the labeled food or water. Later, their DNA can be tested for the isotope, which tells …

… a microbiome of bacteria, viruses and fungi process carbon and nitrogen, paving the way for future plants and trees … it was possible to identify specific attributes — such as heat resistance, fast growth rates, and an ability to … and growth.  This study builds on the pyrophilous fungi the JGI has previously sequenced , and provides a powerful …

… This is the third and final episode of our series on a giant metagenome assembly from Wisconsin’s Lake Mendota. In the last two episodes, we’ve … behind this project. But every part of this project depends on lakewater samples — so this episode is a look at how …

… Maize produces a family of compounds that protects it against infections — using surprisingly few enzymes. The Science Maize ( … into many products; giving scientists a bigger bang for their buck. The research team reports that transferring just … AFRI (1758976 to A.H. and E.S.) for sesquiterpenoids, National Science Foundation Plant-Biotic Interactions Program …

… What if we understood plants and how they adapt to their ever-changing environments better? We could unlock new innovations to drive more productive food, medicine, and bioenergy crops. But most …

… Scientists find bee gut microbes have a division of labor when it comes to metabolizing complex … the next generation of flowering vegetation. In return for their services, bees eat plant nectar and pollen. Nectar is … enzymes. Honey bees rely on their gut microbiota to produce these enzymes to break down polysaccharides. But …

… Biosciences Area Entrepreneurship Program presents… Eyes on the Prize – Launching & Sustaining Startups in Synthetic … 29th, 3:00 pm – 5:30 pm 3:00 pm – 4:15 pm: Panel discussion, Q&A followed by: 4:15 pm – 5:30 pm: Hosted Hoppy Hour @ … Creek Featuring a casual, candid, C-level panel discussion with local industry leaders: Arvind Gupta , Managing …

… develop, deploy, and maintain software that support the JGI’s Synthetic Biology Program .  Representative software … of tools to automate sequence design for assembly by Gibson, Yeast recombination and Golden Gate methods SynTrack and associated tools, …

… A fungus relies on bacteria to regulate key components of its reproductive machinery The Science To better understand how … predicted to have evolved from a parasitic interaction with their soil fungus host, Rhizopus microsporus . Researchers … and the National Institutes of Health. The work conducted by the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome …

… genomes in general, Jef Boeke, Weimin Zhang (NYU Langone Health) and Leslie Mitchell (Neochromosome) have worked … to replace yeast’s native chromosomes with synthetic versions. This project has turned out to be an international collaboration, with some artistic endeavors along the …

… Program (ETOP) , researchers have developed and improved upon a tool that combines existing DNA sequence binning algorithms, allowing them to reconstruct more near-complete genomes from soil metagenomes … interact with each other in a community, and characterizing their individual contributions, is key to understanding …