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… 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 lends insights on how the fungus has responded to manmade changes in its ecological …

… bacterial interactions with animals and plants, or cause metal corrosion in oil pipes. Scientists have tried to … require external illumination, making them difficult to use inside deep tissues. Additionally, all plants, many … need external illumination to produce a signal, making them useful in a wider range of environments. This new technology …

… (thermophilic) microbes are of interest for their potential use in number of biotechnological applications. Molecular … technology that enables researchers to generating thousands to millions of copies of a particular DNA sequence … named Geoarchaeota that Inskeep’s team had previously identified and characterized, also with JGI’s help. …

… sequences from six hypersaline lakes, researchers focused on understanding the genomic variation in haloarchaea … and possibly cold-temperature enzymes for biotechnological use. Summary Conditions such as extreme cold, high levels of … the DOE Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science User Facility, microbial ecologist Rick Cavicchioli and his …

… is a microbiology program that provides training and scientific contributions—including sequencing services and … participants. Over the past two years, Myco-Ed has been used in 15 individual classrooms across the country, … DOE Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility, and the DOE Systems Biology Knowledgebase …

… difficult to sequence and assemble, in turn limiting the use of modern, genomic breeding in these crops. For diploid species, sequencing programs generally focus on a genotype with two identical sets of chromosomes to … mapping the genes involved in sugar production and for identifying different variants on different chromosomes, …

… method of traditional shotgun metagenomics. One approach uses fluorescence-activated cell sorting (FACS) to sort … a recent Nature Communications paper, uncovering giant virus sequences in soil for the first time. A second approach … reconstructing genomes directly from the environment and focuses on sequence reads to link mobile elements such as …

… of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science User Facility  located at Lawrence Berkeley National … and computational analysis that enable systems-based scientific approaches to these challenges.  DOE’s Office of …

… of California (UC), Merced graduate student working with  Susannah Tringe , JGI’s User Programs deputy and head of the Microbial Systems group … and Methane Production in California’s Canal System,” focuses on anthropogenic impacts on wetland microbiome … of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science User Facility  located at Lawrence Berkeley National …

… is the world’s leading soybean producer , and soybeans are used to produce biodiesel. The fungus  Phakopsora pachyrhizi causes Asian Soybean Rust (ASR) and is the major pathogen of … of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science User Facility  located at Lawrence Berkeley National …

… Dan Rokhsar Simon Roux Asaf Salamov Jeremy Schmutz Susannah Tringe Tanja Woyke Below are a few projects each of … Nature Biotechnology.  The work also led researchers to identify a gene related to seed dispersal in wild populations … Chen ,  Natalia Ivanova ,  Nikos Kyrpides ,  Simon Roux , Susannah Tringe , and Tanja Woyke  were part of a “big data” …

… instrument when applying to the FY2022 EMSL-JGI FICUS call for proposals. Presentations from: Scott Lea, EMSL’s … “Solar Energy Conversion in Cyanobacterial Membranes” Marcus Foston, Washington University in St. Louis on “Integrated … of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science User Facility  located at Lawrence Berkeley National …