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… Dr. Blaby-Haas joined the JGI in 2022 as lead of the Biomolecular Materials Initiative, a partnership … at Berkeley Lab. She is spearheading the development of a joint user capability between the JGI and Molecular Foundry for genome-encoded biomaterial discovery, design, and engineering. She earned her PhD in …

… get any sunlight, and yet they still support a unique array of microorganisms adapted to living in extreme conditions. … five oceanic regions. In doing so, they found a high degree of variability in the types of microorganisms that inhabit … extreme conditions. They identified 511 new or recently discovered genera of bacteria and archaea. Many of the samples …

… most harvested crop by tonnage, sugarcane accounts for 80% of global sugar production. A reference genome for the … by an international consortium. With the genetic code of sugarcane, researchers were able to map the location of genes that provide resistance to the brown rust disease …

… analyzing the enzymes present in the complex organic matrix of the forest floor, a team of researchers have found that there is a striking division … is the first to dig into a forest floor ecosystem to discover what carbon- and nitrogen-metabolizing enzymes are …

… well ] The Science The recipe for growing algae as a source of sustainable biofuels seems fairly simple: place these algae in a container … dioxide so they can grow, and then harvest for use as biofuels and other bioproducts. As any good cook knows, … This research was supported by the Bioenergy Technology Office (BETO) within the Department of Energy’s Office of …

… Scientists have discovered that the candidate bioenergy feedstock switchgrass … A collaborative team led by researchers at the University of Texas (UT) at Austin, the HudsonAlpha Institute for … Where did the 8X variant come from? Did they arise multiple times or does their broad distribution indicate multiple, …

… start pinning down how a fungal symbiont spurs growth of poplar, a potential biofuel feedstock.     The Science The fungus  Mortierella … communication between the plant and fungus. Discovering how microbes can influence plant physiology helps … the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) sponsored by the Office of Biological and Environmental Research at the …

… In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have revisited a number of notable achievements that showcase our collaborations and … Agency , methane gas warms the atmosphere as much as 25 times more quickly than even carbon dioxide. The EPA …

… . The Science Most species are diploids and have two sets of chromosomes, one from each parent. In contrast, many … its estimated size of 10 billion bases (more than three times the size of the human genome). As part of a proposal … BACs were aligned on a sorghum sequence and the overlapping segments used to define a minimum tiling path of …