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… is currently a Senior Staff Scientist at Berkeley Lab. Since joining Berkeley Lab in 2008, Dr. Northen has had … bacterial polyphenol metabolism in an anoxic wetland soil. Nat Commun. 2021 Apr 29;12(1):1-6. … … Metabolomics Science Program … Education … Selected Publications … Awards and Honors …

In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have … that showcase our collaborations and capabilities to enable great science that will help solve energy and … shrubby grass that can grow year-over-year on marginal soil and with few resources. Despite the low maintenance, it …

The  National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON) is a network of field research sites … data to better understand how U.S. ecosystems are changing.  Through the  “Facilities Integrating Collaborations … Q:  Does NEON have or plan on collecting RNA samples from soil or surfaces for microbe-focused collections? A: Not at …

Understanding how a fundamental mechanism of evolution allows microbes to adapt to changing environments. The Science The first … of viruses that had in their genomes a surprising tool: a “diversity generating retroelement,” or DGR. The DGR could …

Congratulations to Tanja Woyke, who has been awarded the van Niel International Prize for Studies in Bacterial Systematics for … recognized Woyke as a pioneer in uncovering the hidden diversity of “microbial dark matter”–that uncultured and …

… forms of MGEs are viruses and plasmids. They can be found in virtually all of Earth’s ecosystems. A software tool  … that happen between tiny organisms (microbes) located in soils and water. MGEs like viruses and plasmids drive … to become an essential tool for researching global viral diversity. geNomad has already been downloaded thousands of …

Dr. Grigoriev joined the DOE Joint Genome Institute in 2003, following his … et al (2022) Wildfire-dependent changes in soil microbiome diversity and function.  Nature Microbiol. 7(9):1419-1430. … … Fungal & Algal Science Program … Education … Selected Publications … Awards and Service …

A new view into a symbiosis could offer benefits to address climate change: pulling atmospheric carbon into soil and boosting biofuel feedstocks with less fertilizer. … to date. This paper  is the cover article for the April 2024 issue  of  Nature Plants .  “We wanted to better …

A new view into a symbiosis could offer benefits to address climate change: pulling atmospheric carbon into soil and boosting biofuel feedstocks with less fertilizer. … to date. This paper  is the cover article for the April 2024 issue  of  Nature Plants .  “We wanted to better …

Over 40 percent of the cereal crop’s genes respond to drought stress. The Science Fields of drooping stalks and cracked earth are becoming common images in … grass that adroitly handles droughts, floods and poor soils. This is the first paper that describes sorghum’s …

Congratulations to the proposers of the 19 proposals selected for the 2023 … Program call of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User … “The proposed research by these PIs will address a broad diversity of important scientific questions relevant to the …

With a new methodology, scientists are now getting more complete genomic results from single cells. The … the earth, but most species do not grow easily in the lab. To access the genomes of uncultured  microbes , scientists … together, they found most bacterial genomes from water and soil communities were at least 80% complete when studied …