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Alabama A&M Interns Access An Abundance of Knowledge
In 2024, the DOE Joint Genome Institute and Alabama A&M University piloted an internship program to bring students to the JGI for research training experience. Enabled by the DOE RENEW … Vogel on researching the effects of Brachypodium distachyon plant root exudates on the plant microbiome. They also took …
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JGI Earth Month: Healthy Streams, Nutritious Microbes?
In April 2020, we mark both the 50th celebration of Earth Day … relevant to living on a changing planet. Transcript for Audio Two special days occur in April: the 50th … Berkeley National Laboratory, is committed to advancing genomics in support of DOE missions related to clean energy …
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Cold adaptive traits revealed by comparative genomic analysis of the eurypsychrophile Rhodococcus sp. JG3 isolated from high elevation McMurdo Dry Valley permafrost, Antarctica
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Here, There and Everywhere: Large and Giant Viruses Abound Globally
JGI-led team significantly expands the global diversity of large and … 10 times larger. And yet, while they are found everywhere, comparatively little is known about viruses, much less those … viruses (NCLDV) supergroup. The expansion of the diversity for large and giant viruses offered the researchers insights …
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Comparative transcriptomics provides insights into molecular mechanisms of zinc tolerance in the ectomycorrhizal fungus Suillus luteus
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Comparative transcriptomics and metabolomics reveal specialized metabolite drought stress responses in switchgrass (Panicum virgatum)
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An Enzyme Family that Helped Shape Nitrogen Metabolism on Our Planet
Researchers looked across many organisms to see that … the evolutionary past may hold key insights. The way that plants process nutrients has a rich back story — they rely on enzymes that have been evolving for billions of years. However, these enzymes are often …
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Bacteria and Fungi Divvy Up the Work in Forest Floor
Bacterial enzymes play second fiddle to those from fungi when … down tough plant fibers. The Science Walk in a temperate forest filled with Norway spruce trees, and microbial … ground and what escapes to the atmosphere in the form of greenhouse gases (e.g., carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous …
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The exceptional form and function of the giant bacterium Ca. Epulopiscium viviparus revolves around its sodium motive force
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SPRUCE-ing Up Science
A former JGI intern is now applying his internship lessons on presentations to … fine tune his approach. “I got a lot of that from Zhong.”   Publication: Carrell AA et al. Habitat-adapted microbial …
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A Shrubbier Version of Rubber
Right now, our natural rubber comes from just one tree species: Hevea brasiliensis . It’s great at producing latex that becomes … collaboration with our friends at the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology.       …
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Celebrating a Decade of Science through the JGI-UC Merced Genomics Internship Program
… 2023 marked a decade since the inception of the flagship … the DOE Joint Genome Institute (JGI) and University of California (UC), Merced. What started with 2 interns in the … After working on his post-doctoral position with the Plant and Microbe Interaction group at Oak Ridge National …
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