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… approaches including amplicon and metagenomic sequencing. For example, they showed that the composition of the … advances in sequencing technologies and bioinformatic tools have helped decode the genomes of tens of thousands of … of microbial genomes directly from environmental sequence data, by piecing each genome together from large mixtures of …

… them to adapt to life on land. Learning that these genetic tools existed in close algal relatives  to terrestrial … of how plants adapted to terrestrial life paves the way for innovations in sustainable agriculture and clean energy. … discovered that ancient algae already possessed genetic tools to cope with environmental stresses such as drought …

… students coming to the DOE Joint Genome Institute for research and training experience funded by a DOE … the User Support Analysis team to analyze plant microbiome data via programming languages like Python. The more … the supervision of their mentors, they were responsible for all steps of the experiment from growing and inoculating …

… 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 …

… works in partnership with the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology, which specializes in genome improvement for plants. As part of that partnership, the JGI and … to link experimental evidence across species. Centralized databases with large-scale transcriptome projects such as …

… revealed that just a handful of enzymes are needed to transform zealexins and related precursors into a bonanza of … the protective function of zealexins and related compounds for other plants, including those cultivated for bioenergy. … the ability make zealexins, and harnessed gene expression data from these lines to identify genes associated with …

… a chemical and biological engineer at the University of California Santa Barbara. So plants don’t break down without a … results showed that these fungi may be able to provide tools beyond biomass breakdown, extending into biochemical … — is  building on this work to explore an enzymatic ‘toolbox’ of biomass-degrading capabilities for anaerobic …

… of Texas (UT) at Austin, the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology (HudsonAlpha), and the U.S. Department of … natural sampling and field experiments due to its potential for habitat restoration and as a feedstock for biomass-based … by our new switchgrass manuscript , we plan to use existing data as well as generating additional genomic resources to …

… Vision  Lead genomic innovation for a sustainable bioeconomy. Mission  As a U.S. Department … we provide advanced genomic capabilities, large-scale data, and professional expertise to support the global …

… — an energetically expensive feat thought to be too costly for them. The Science Anaerobic fungi, which die in the … the genomes of four anaerobic fungal species has revealed, for the first time, that this group is unexpectedly … natural products, O’Malley and her team plan to use genetic tools to boost production and isolate the compounds. …