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… another DOE user facility, she will leverage her understanding of user facility operations and expertise in … community needs. Wilbanks is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology at UCSB, … in metagenomics and novel applications for long-read DNA sequencing. As a UEC member, Wilbanks will advocate for …
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… that allows algal scientists and enthusiasts to look deep into more than 100 algal genomes, compare them, and … products, and have potential as biofuel feedstocks. Understanding the genetic underpinnings responsible for these … analyze gene expression from published experiments; study DNA methylation, which gives clues to how an organism may …
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… The Science In 1999, the Environmental Protection Agency declared the North Railroad Avenue Plume (NRAP) a Superfund … Mexico via leakage from a local dry-cleaner. Researchers identified two bacteria, Dehalococcoides mccartyi and … samples from wells at the site in 2007, 2009, and 2010. DNA was extracted from the samples that were sequenced by …
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… The Science Chloroplasts are the factories in plant cells. Using photosynthesis, they take raw materials including sunlight, … (MPI) for Terrestrial Microbiology and the University of Bordeaux have developed a platform that mimics chloroplast … Council grant (ERC 637675 ‘SYBORG’), as well as the US Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of …
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… the annual Community Science Program (CSP) call of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a … University seeks to understand and enhance the rubber biosynthesis pathway in guayale, a drought tolerant shrub. … such as the Copper River Delta wetland pond, cycle carbon. Using plots at the Harvard Forest long-term warming …
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… year-over-year on marginal soil and with few resources. Despite the low maintenance, it can produce an impressive … Flagship Plants . Since 2007, the JGI has been working on identifying switchgrass genes related to biomass production, … productivity across 1,100 miles and eight states. In 2021, using switchgrass samples from these gardens, a team led by …
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… insights to drought tolerance. The Science Researchers have developed a genomic model to study drought tolerance in perennial grasses using Panicum hallii (Hall’s panicgrass), by generating two … The work conducted by the US Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of …
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… and as Bioengineering and Bioprocessing R&D Director and Leader at Dow AgroSciences in Indianapolis. During his time in … Mouncey directed R&D teams that focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of novel production … organisms and fermentation processes for vitamins, insecticides, fungicides, platform chemicals, cosmetics and new crop …
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… stretched by a growing human population and increasing demand for agricultural products. Sorghum bicolor (L.) … floods and poor soils. This is the first paper that describes sorghum’s response to drought, from a large-scale … certain diseases are well known to be partially due to the DNA sequence that makes up an individual’s genome. The genes …
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