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… 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 …

… organisms called phytoplankton (from the Greek phyto for ‘plant’ and planktos for ‘wanderer’). But they vary across the global ocean. … a nucleus). These photosynthesizing eukaryotes, or algae, form the basis of productive food webs in cold, but fecund …

… 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 …

… the range of bacteria and archaea that rely on this form of metabolism, researchers recently compiled a list of … bioproducts. Summary Researchers at the University of California, Davis and UC Santa Barbara generated a list of … They then used the JGI’s GOLD and IMG data portals to get information about the genomes and genes of the organisms on …

… to tackle when it comes to breaking down a plant for energy: Cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin, … naturally modifying lignin.  The Impact Traditional methods for breaking down biomass use aerobic methods (those using … is also affiliated with JBEI. The JGI data portals and pipelines helped identify potential genes responsible for …

National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and the Laboratory for Research in Complex Systems (LRC) in Menlo Park, Calif. … giant filamentous bacterium, along with its life cycle. For most bacteria, their DNA floats freely within the … has a membrane,” Volland said. “And this is very unexpected for a bacterium.” Strange Encounters in the Mangroves The …

… also holds a joint appointment with the University of California, Berkeley. Nowadays, Session is an Assistant … arise when different ancestral species crossbreed before genome doubling. In allopolyploids, the set of … a subgenome. Session and Rokhsar, building on work with former JGI postdoc Jarrod Chapman, developed a method to …

… the DOE Joint Genome Institute in 2010. As the Deputy for Science Programs, he focuses on the development and … in Hanover, Germany, where he developed novel tools for large-scale in situ gene expression analysis in … novel computational and experimental sequence-based methods for elucidating the gene regulatory landscape of vertebrate …

… language processing techniques to categorize genetic information. Learn more about their work here in a series of … virtual events and technology enabled a fruitful experience for mentors and students alike. Tools like Slack, Google … career in genomics, and to help foster a diverse future workforce in science. Since the program’s inception, more than …

… a crucial part of CRISPR-Cas9 technology to enable improvements in microbial oil production. The Science … tool that can help scientists engineer organisms for bioenergy applications. Cas9 needs guide RNA to lead it … , a team of researchers likewise honed their tool before felling their research problem: at a genetic level, how …

… unique makeup of microbe players and the functions they perform, artificially replicating a whole community is … each individual microbial species within a community. Therefore, the process hinges on referencing to existing genome … were typically discarded from any analysis as useless information. These represent the ‘unknown unknowns’ because …