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… Through the  “Facilities Integrating Collaborations for User Science” (FICUS) call between the JGI and the  … State University, which archives and makes available for research over 100,000 samples and specimens of over 60 … co-hosted by the JGI and EMSL inviting researchers to apply for a FICUS proposal. Additionally, researchers may also …

… next generation of STEM professionals. Students can apply for internships and work onsite with an experienced … while Oliver Benelli applied through the University of California's  CalTeach initiative. During their time at the … been thinking about science communication, like prepping for that. But the one thing I've learned so far with like, …

… in the next generation of flowering vegetation. In return for their services, bees eat plant nectar and pollen. Nectar … carries out its helpful metabolism: who’s responsible for what biochemical processes? Now, an international team … Bifidobacterium  are able to carry out this metabolic feat. For both clades, then, strains are variable in their …

… advances in sequencing technologies applied to the effort. The Impact Found on all continents, including … could lead to the discovery of genes that could be used for multiple biotechnological applications. These … an answer to the question, “Why bother keeping this?” For Stuart McDaniel’s lab at the University of Florida, an …

… the microbial community involved in a bioremediation effort. The Science In 1999, the Environmental Protection … and Liability Act (CERCLA) was enacted by Congress in 1980 for Superfund sites which are hazardous waste areas that … environmental management, contributing to bioremediation efforts for decades. Identifying resident microbes that can …

… Genome Project (HGP), and building upon the principles for open access in the field of genomics established in  Bermuda (1996-1997) and reinforced by the  Fort Lauderdale Agreement (2003), the JGI recognized the … address some of the most pressing challenges of our time. For more information, please visit  …

… new ecological habitat. The Science By comparing genetic information from similar organisms, researchers have gained … rot Serpula lacrymans towards breaking down plant mass for conversion to sustainable, alternative biofuels and … is typically found in spruce and other conifers in boreal forests. As these trees were harvested for constructing …

… cycles, and possibly cold-temperature enzymes for biotechnological use. Summary Conditions such as extreme … understand how they’ve adapted to these conditions, information that could have biotechnological applications. The … Integrated Microbial Genomes & Microbiomes (IMG/M) platform. These data allowed researchers to define a haloarchaea …

… OnLine Database celebrates 25 years as a vital resource for data contextualization The Science Since its launch 25 … genomic data usage is having the appropriate contextual information, or metadata, stored with them. GOLD provides manually curated metadata resources for organisms and environmental samples. The database …

… the  genomes of microorganisms is incredibly useful for understanding the microbiome of the earth, but most … shotgun metagenomic sequencing and single-cell sequencing. For years, extracting single cells and then amplifying their DNA for genome sequencing was no easy task. The traditional way …

… a 2012 Community Science Program proposal. Joseph Spatafora of Oregon State University led the effort to sequence 1000 fungal genomes to create two reference genomes for all fungi families — essentially, the foundation for an …

… from the ACTIVE SITES Research Center (ACSI), the Centre for Water and Environmental Research (ZWU) of the University … biology, omics, and big data science, machine learning for experimental science, energy conversion and water … Synchrotron Infrared Structural Biology (BSISB) Program for the characterization of biological processes was of high …