Search

… A. Estrada-Graf, Nicole M. Fernandez; [Row 2]: Zachary Garvin, Chandan Kumar Gautam, Gareth Gillard, Audrey Goeckner, … Science Program , allows us to work and share our tools with a widening circle of researchers whose work aligns with the DOE’s Biological and Environmental Research program missions.  …

… Scientists find bee gut microbes have a division of labor when it comes … two polysaccharides can yield sugar monomers, it’s only with the aid of specialized bacterial enzymes. Honey bees … Gilliamella,  which mostly resides in the bee’s ileum, a structure analogous to the human small intestine; and  …

… How sex chromosomes “older than dinosaurs” could help improve crop yields.  The Science The fire moss Ceratodon purpureus is a short plant with a complex genome . Now, high-quality reference genome … continue to evolve so rapidly in gene content and structure. He and JGI Plant Program head Jeremy Schmutz …

… Innovative technology from this biomanufacturing … in urine to create hydroxyapatite, a high-value biomaterial with a wide range of industrial applications. The team was … to make, and it could be sold in the United States for $50-200, generating a potential profit of $1.4 million …

… system traces polyploid genome evolution. Flowering plants abide by the concept, “the more the merrier,” with respect to their genomes. In their base state, they are … after polyploidization,” said John Vogel, head of the Plant Functional Genomics program at the JGI and a senior author …

… warm-adapted microbes edge polewards, they’d oust resident tiny algae. The cold polar oceans give rise to some of the … is somewhat beautiful in that regard,” said Andy Allen, biological oceanographer at the University of California, … like antibiotics, pharmaceuticals, and novel enzymes that function at low temperature.” said Katrin Schmidt, co-lead …

… Newly developed chemiluminescent biosensors shed light on how bacteria function and colonize diverse environments. The Science … is found in nearly all types of bacteria and interacts with cell signaling networks that control many basic … The work conducted by the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute is supported by the Office of Science …

… Analysis of haloarchaeal metagenomes broadens understanding of Antarctic biogeography. The Science Haloarchaea … regional and global biogeography of haloarchaea and the structure and extent of the Antarctic microbial pan-genome. … on Antarctica distinct and unique. In collaboration with the DOE Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science …

… metabolites for multiple applications. Despite advances in sequencing technologies and computational methods in the … the study elaborated on Nayfach’s comments. “This study was designed to encompass the broadest and most diverse range of … and it gives us new insights into microbial diversity and function.” He is already finding ways to utilize the catalog …

… Researchers looked across many organisms to see that aminotransferase enzymes have evolved mix-and-match … National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab). He completed this work with collaborators at the University of Wisconsin-Madison as … the JGI provided DNA synthesis capabilities to enable functional testing of these enzymes. Yasuo Yoshikuni, head …

… from the full announcement “ Berkeley Lab Receives Multiple 2021 HPCwire Awards ” on the Berkeley Lab Computing Sciences site. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory … multi-terabyte datasets assembled for the first time with  MetaHipMer , taking advantage of scalable parallel …

… Dr. Eloe-Fadrosh joined the JGI in 2014 to pursue her research interests in microbial ecology … Microbiome Data Collaborative (NMDC). Prospective users with questions on how to partner with the Metagenome Science … to learn more about the program's areas of focus, major initiatives and more.  …