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… is the world’s leading soybean producer , and soybeans are used to produce biodiesel. The fungus  Phakopsora pachyrhizi causes Asian Soybean Rust (ASR) … of the DOE Joint Genome Institute’s  2016 Community Science Program portfolio , Sebastien Duplessis of the French …

… first time, a team has comprehensively described host-virus dynamics in a microbial mat. The Science In microbial mats, communities of microorganisms live among viruses that infect them. But what trends govern those … found, how prevalent in the mat are their viruses? The abundance of a virus relative to its host (inferred through …

… achievements in science, technology, and diversity/inclusion by the annual  HPCwire Readers’ and Editors’ Choice … JGI, ESnet are U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science user facilities. The HPCwire Editors Choice Award for Best Use of HPC in Life Sciences went to the Berkeley Lab team …

… Wisconsin’s Lake Mendota. In this episode: a look at the supercomputing that stitches together large datasets with the assembler program MetaHipMer2. Oak Ridge National Lab is home to two … that works at large scale. But nearby the JGI, a cluster called Dori is also capable of running smaller …

… through work enabled by the JGI’s Community Science Program (CSP) . The Impact Cyclic di-GMP controls microbial … bacterial interactions with animals and plants, or cause metal corrosion in oil pipes. Scientists have tried to … require external illumination, making them difficult to use inside deep tissues. Additionally, all plants, many …

… heads the Library Construction group for the JGI Plant Program . Her collaborations with the JGI began soon after … reference sequence of the complex switchgrass genome , using samples from common gardens growing across the … millet ( Setaria viridis ). The team of researchers at the Danforth Plant Science Center (Danforth Center), HudsonAlpha …

… (Berkeley Lab), Woyke has led JGI’s Microbial Genomics Program since 2009 and heads the Single Cells group. She has … Lab’s 2015 Women @ the Lab honorees. Woyke’s research focuses on developing and harnessing single-cell methods to … to the nucleocytoplasmic large DNA viruses (NCLDV) supergroup. As a result, the giant virus protein space grew …

… Miscanthus  sequence offers insights into benefits of polyploidy and … and genomic toolkit for the perennial grass Miscanthus sinensis has been published. Analysis of the genome … allows Miscanthus to both inform and benefit from breeding programs of related candidate bioenergy feedstock crops such …

… from Walnut Creek to the heart of the Berkeley Lab campus. By Friday, October 18, the production sequencing labs in … home located in the heart of the Berkeley Lab main campus. On Monday, November 11, a week after they’d been  moved … asked to “KonMari” their spaces, a decluttering method focused on keeping only items that bring joy (and are necessary …

… and applying these engineered ecosystems across various biological contexts. The program fosters intimate, dynamic interactions, offering an …

… microorganisms for biofuel production and other sustainable applications. Summary Hot springs are … A recent study published in  The ISME Journal     focused on a class within  Chloroflexota called  … of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science User Facility at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, has …

… (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility, found that the fungus Olpidium is a link in the evolution and transition of … every family of fungi. In the following guest piece, JGI user Ying Chang in the Spatafora lab describes the effort …