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… Using the IMG/M data portal, researchers have identified a … The work was enabled in part by a community data portal of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome … is tied to carbon cycling and plays an important role in how carbon is processed and cycled in soils. …

… less than previously believed.  The Science Eelgrass, one of the most abundant plants in the ocean, originated in Japan before spreading around … to providing a more detailed timeline of eelgrass’s evolution, the study also shows the younger meadows in the … grant to J. Eisen, J.J.S. and J.L.O. from the US Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute Community Sequencing …

… Fungi from herbivore poop make surprisingly complex compounds — an energetically expensive feat … The Science Anaerobic fungi, which die in the presence of oxygen, dwell in herbivore guts and help them digest … O’Malley’s team has begun to understand the outsized role the fungi play in digesting plant material in herbivore …

… Newly developed chemiluminescent biosensors shed light on how bacteria function and … di-GMP (Guanine Monophosphate) is found in nearly all types of bacteria and interacts with cell signaling networks that … many basic cellular functions. It plays an important role in regulating microbial cellulose production and …

… Sequence-based studies — from metagenomics to single-cell work — have quickly accelerated understanding of giant viruses. The Science In the last thirty years, in … sulfur. A giant virus, the  E.   huxleyi virus, plays a key role in those cycles, as well. When the virus infects a …

… 2023 marked a decade since the inception of the flagship internship program … for the internship program, but it also helped her in her role at the Lab as well.  One of the 2015 program alumnus …

… In April 2020, we mark both the 50th celebration of Earth … named for a 3-carbon compound that plays an essential role. But other plants, which do CAM, can kind of clam up … The U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science User Facility …

… to global oceans. Through the Community Science Program of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science user … Berkeley is interested in better characterizing the role endosymbiotic bacteria play on mating habits of …

… A genetic architecture that is characteristic of the sex chromosomes of mammals is, for the first time, seen in a plant. The Science Sex in plants can be befuddling. … some, including shrub willow  Salix purpurea , employ the evolutionary strategy we are far more familiar with: …

… In 2003, Dr. Pennacchio joined the DOE Joint Genome Institute and has focused on applying state-of-the-art molecular methods to address wide-ranging … Scientist at Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, and Adjunct Professor at UC Berkeley. Dr. Pennacchio received his Ph.D in …

… Sustainable Berkeley Lab maintains a  calendar of Earth Month … striving for sustainability in lab spaces as well as offices. These efforts dovetail into sustainability … The U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science User Facility …