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… In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have … from individual environmental cells. The proof of principle study built off earlier approaches and offered a way for researchers to study the planet’s microbial diversity, much of which …

… Dr. Blow joined the JGI in 2009, and currently heads the Genome Analysis group. In … he worked on computational and experimental approaches to study genome regulation in human and other vertebrate … BS in Biochemistry and Biological Chemistry, Nottingham University, UK PhD in Genomics, University of …

… By characterizing the structure and function of a methylthio-alkane … of chemicals and plastics with this system. “From a biotechnology standpoint, we can make ethylene from certain … innovation ecosystem. “At JGI, we’ve done the synthesis, metagenome mining, all the way from sequencing to functional …

… As waters warm due to climate change, corals are in mortal peril. But corals comprise multiple organisms: a … When warm waters stress corals, it might be their microbes, including their photosynthetic partner, that help them take the …

… Using the IMG/M data portal, researchers have identified a … The Impact The specific protein described in  a recent study in  Nature Communications , a chitosanase, is tied to … within soil. So, the chitosanase protein identified in the study is essentially chewing food to help  microorganisms …

… gas, regulate Earth’s climate. Most methane is produced in environments without oxygen through a process called … confirmation bias, because it enables scientists to study how methanogenesis takes place in the context of the … They could just be switched off.” Yet, after extensive study, Hatzenpicher and his team were able to definitively …

… around the country recognize that crop varieties grow best in certain regions. Most plant species have adapted to their … of Texas (UT) at Austin, the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology (HudsonAlpha), and the U.S. Department of Energy … biologist at HudsonAlpha and first author of the study. “For that, it’s necessary to have the plant’s genome …