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… Metagenome-assembled archaeal genomes provide new insights into … gas 20 times more potent than carbon dioxide. Billions of years ago, methane-producing archaea likely played a key role in determining the composition of the Earth’s atmosphere and regulating the global climate …

… Gardeners and farmers around the country recognize that crop … crop and ornamental seeds sold for the upper Midwest are often very different than those bred for Texas. Identifying … varieties that have high productivity across a range of environments is becoming increasingly important for food, …

… As warm-adapted microbes edge polewards, they’d oust … tiny algae. The cold polar oceans give rise to some of the largest food webs on Earth. And at their base are … is displacing these important cold-water communities of algae with warm-adapted ones, a trend that threatens to …

… Gene expression in eukaryotes was long held to be monocistronic – that is, a … a single protein. Recently reported in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences , a team of researchers has found numerous … related to clean energy generation and environmental characterization and cleanup. The JGI provides integrated …

… Do metabolic pathways from engineered yeasts still work in cell-free environments? (Spoiler: Yes.) Think of cells as tiny factories: within their walls they have … , researchers led by Hal Alper at The University of Texas at Austin and Michael Jewett of Northwestern …

… Accepted proposals emphasize JGI interests in algae and secondary metabolites. A total of 27 proposals have been  approved through the annual  Community Science Program (CSP) call of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome … related to clean energy generation and environmental characterization and cleanup. The JGI provides integrated …

… The JGI Engagement Webinar held November 5, 2020 (watch the  video … (CSP) . This includes mass spectrometry-based measurements of primary and secondary metabolites from plants, … The webinar featured  Trent Northen and Ben Bowen of the  JGI Metabolomics Program , along with Jenny …

… Congratulations to the 2020 Highly Cited Researchers at the JGI! … fields over the last decade, demonstrated by the production of multiple highly-cited papers that rank in the top 1% by citations for field and year in the Web of Science.” Less than 6,200 researchers working in 21 …

… The  National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON) is a network of field research sites designed to collect long-term open … available for research over 100,000 samples and specimens of over 60 different types of NEON samples and specimens per … related to clean energy generation and environmental characterization and cleanup. The JGI provides integrated …

… This webinar focused on how the JGI employs single-molecule, long-read … to aid with genome assembly and transcriptome analysis of microbial, fungal, and plant research projects.  More … Note that beyond quantity, input quality (i.e., presence of “intact” high-molecular weight DNA) is an important …

… Do metabolic pathways from engineered yeasts still work in … Yeast strains engineered for the biochemical conversion of glucose to value-added products are limited in chemical … an alternative format for chemical synthesis in the absence of cell growth by isolating the soluble components of lysed …

… An article summarizing the field of viral metagenomics, … , was  recently published in the journal  Annual Review of Biomedical Data Science . The following guest piece was … related to clean energy generation and environmental characterization and cleanup. The JGI provides integrated …