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… insights into an ancient metabolism. Methane is a greenhouse gas 20 times more potent than carbon dioxide. Billions … (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility, for publicly available metagenome data … and how it gave rise to the different pathways we see today is not only important to understand early life, but also …

… and the Molecular Foundry (TMF) for their collaborative user program. The portfolio of research proposals integrates … Institute and Molecular Foundry are DOE Office of Science user facilities. They provide researchers leading approved … in a collaborative, multidisciplinary environment. Users and members of their research teams work onsite at TMF …

… these untapped metabolic capabilities is often tedious and resource intensive. This is often due to, for example, tight regulation of biosynthetic gene clusters (BGCs) in native hosts, the complexity of cloning and expressing a given BGC in various hosts, availability of sequenced genomes, and computing …

… to nutrient cycles. Francis Martin and Lucas Auer discuss their work on communities of forest floor fungi. Allison …

… The Impact Traditional methods for breaking down biomass use aerobic methods (those using oxygen) to remove lignin and transform the remaining … into  biofuels and bioproducts. If anaerobic fungi could be used to effectively modify lignin without oxygen and make …

… the lead of the infrastructure team and the chair of the Cluster Advisory Group (CAG), he sees his role as using the substrate provided by LBNL, where possible, and … JGI compute infrastructure is managed, through the Cluster Advisory Group composed of representatives from JGI’s …

… The JGI welcomes three new members to the JGI User Executive Committee (UEC) : Roland Hatzenpichler of … of the University of Arizona! They join nine other JGI users already serving on the UEC – go here to view the full … archaea, expressed his interest in giving a voice to JGI users who feel that certain data sharing policies fail to …

… to enabling conflict resolution with respect and trust. Ms. Clarke is very enthusiastic to be a part of the Berkeley Lab’s first Conflict …

… the dry rot ( Serpula lacrymans ) is so destructive in houses. A study involving six brown rot fungi reveals the … towards breaking down plant mass for conversion to sustainable, alternative biofuels and bioproducts. This study … borders, adapting to thrive in manmade environments. As reported January 5, 2018 in The ISME Journal , a team led by …

… Six new members have been elected to the User Executive Committee (UEC) of the U.S. Department of … Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at Lawrence Berkeley National … areas of study span the research interests of the JGI’s user community.  Go here to view the current UEC roster. …

… is central to our ability to offer host-engineering for our users,” says JGI Director Nigel Mouncey. Using CRAGE, JGI has established a portfolio of microbial … individual genes, whole pathways, genome-editing tools, and reporters.” JGI-developed genetic engineering technique …