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… “Microbes underpin so much of what we see on earth in terms … The video complements a recently published paper with first author Amundson in the journal Microbiome . The … National Laboratory. Letters of Intent are due March 16, 2022 to freely access resources at multiple DOE user …

… developing a number of resources to build up Sphagnum as a plant model system focused on carbon cycling studies, rather … These resources would provide the research community with the ability to address questions such as sphagnum’s … cycling is a carbon flux regulator since sulfate-reducing microbes prevent methane production by routing the carbon …

… The Science The  Metagenome Stability Diagram — a tool within the Integrated Microbial Genomes and Microbiomes … more about the patterns and functions of environmental microbes. Researchers can use the tool to correlate protein … activity in microbiomes. The initial analysis used over 12,000 metagenomes from diverse environments and grouped …

… Recent study shows eelgrass has been around about 2.5 million years less than previously believed.  The Science Eelgrass, one of the most abundant plants in the ocean, originated in Japan before spreading … that figure is likely closer to a mere 250,000 years — with many key colonization events in the Atlantic ocean …

… of chemicals called terpenes. Terpenes are important in plant growth, defense, and environmental interactions, and … also have industrial applications, including bioenergy. All plants make terpenoids, which carry out a diverse array of … Plants that the zealexin pathway has an “hourglass” shape with diverse precursors in, and many different products out, …

… Internship Program, first sampled the area in summer 2016.  She described the microbial diversity patterns of Puerto Nuevo’s coastal waters and sediment with collaborators at the Center for Scientific Research and … C. californicus in particular, as a model system for venom-microbe interactions. Cone snail venom has a number of …

… ( Panicum virgatum ) is a candidate bioenergy feedstock with a complex genome with multiple copies of its … research programs for developing methods for converting plant biomass into sustainable fuels for cars and jets. By … near-complete genomes of P. hallii var. hallii (99.2% complete) and P. hallii var. filipes (94.8% complete) and …

… found inside mitochondria, the energy-producing structures within cells. This is the largest dataset of its kind ever … have resisted large-scale automated annotation due to features like self-splicing introns and multiple genetic … size and structure varied enormously, ranging from just 12 kilobases in Rozella allomycis , an early-diverging …

… 2024 Berkeley Lab Recognition of Excellence Award 2016 R&D 100 Winner 2014 Berkeley Lab Director’s Award for Exceptional … T., & Bowen, B. (2015). Analysis of metabolomics datasets with high-performance computing and metabolite atlases. … Chao, Y., Reindl, W., Lee, D., & others (2011). Conserved features of cancer cells define their sensitivity to …

… this past summer, 10 students from UC Merced worked closely with JGI scientists on research projects that contribute to … of the U.S. Department of Energy. Students also worked with their mentors to practice and develop presentation … summer. The JGI-UC Merced internship program was founded in 2014 with the goal of inspiring students to embark on a …

… – that’s managed to have a big impact. UC Berkeley plant biologist Sabeeha Merchant explains why she works on … and what it has to teach us about other organisms – like plants. [ Editor’s Note: Merchant is also a faculty …

… Streamlined genome with precise gene targeting transforms oil-producing alga … targeting in the genome in the November 2025 issue of The Plant Cell. Auxenochlorella is an allodiploid hybrid of two … genome-scale engineering technologies to control plants and microbes for bioproducts and biomaterial manufacturing.  …