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… Maize produces a family of compounds that protects it against … scientists have identified at least 15 zealexins, they suspect there are even more to find. Zealexins are produced in … would also act on native substrates to produce additional novel antibiotics. Summary The zealexins are chemically …

… JGI researchers lend expertise to develop tools and data hub for NIH … potential ," is among the five focused on tool development. Specifically, the goal of this work is to develop tools, … described this as the development of a human virome specific database of IMG/VR (Viral Resources.) Launched in …

… 2023 marked a decade since the inception of the flagship … that has led to groundbreaking science and opportunities to speak on a national level. A crowd of excited attendees … the School of Natural Sciences Ernie Costello beamed as he spoke of what the program does for UC Merced students. He …

… Four researchers have been elected to the User Executive Committee of … Bik is a recipient of the Community Science Program (CSP) New Investigator call. Through membership in the UEC, … GEBA) and in microbiome engineering.  Köpke is the Chief Innovation officer at LanzaTech, where he has helped to …

… Sequencing technology has changed dramatically over the last  25-plus years since … assembly and analysis.   To put these efforts into perspective, we caught up with JGI staff, collaborators and … .    ( Subscribe to Genome Insider on  Apple Podcasts ,  Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts) Microbial …

… A new view into a symbiosis could offer benefits to address climate change: pulling atmospheric carbon into soil and boosting biofuel feedstocks … and nutrients. In order to do so, these organisms share space at cellular scale: fungi stretch a network of tendrils …

… Accepted proposals emphasize JGI interests in algae and … approved through the annual  Community Science Program (CSP) call of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome … a small-scale white paper focused on duckweed through the  CSP New Investigator call . It is the first project to have …

… In this short video, UC Merced undergraduate and graduate students share how their summer … back to school.  The interns from this cohort and their respective JGI mentors are: Ruoxi Zhao and mentor Margot … And it made me explore every single possibility. And also specifically, it sparked my interest in bioformatics, so …

… The Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory (EMSL) and the Joint Genome … Flux Balance analysis with metabolites, Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometry, NanoSIMS, and other techniques. Q&A from the … for enrichment? A:  The JGI uses liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry (LCMS).  We do a hydrolyzation of the DNA and …

… Across four forests, researchers have leveraged data from … lots of fungi around. Within a forest’s soil, hundreds of species decompose debris, mobilize nutrients from that … store carbon and cycle key nutrients like nitrogen and phosphorus.  This way, the fungi of forest soils hold keys to …

… As part of the JGI’s 25th anniversary celebration, the 2022 Annual Meeting featured speakers who shared a look back at the JGI’s history, from … — the revolutionary work of the human genome project, which spanned nearly two decades, was filled with ups and downs, …

… By studying the structure and function of a cyanobacterial protein, researchers have … proteins — amino acid structures that harvest light, transport molecules and regulate reactions. Identifying these … regulator that can make the link between photosynthesis, respiration and high-iron homeostasis,” said Nicolas Grosjean, …