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… A new view into a symbiosis could offer benefits to address climate change: pulling … soil and boosting biofuel feedstocks with less fertilizer. For millions of years, underground fungi have lived in … this symbiosis. “Those are great candidates for genetic engineering. Our hope is that the community at large will …

… the DOE Joint Genome Institute in 2010. As the Deputy for Science Programs, he focuses on the development and implementation of strategic initiatives at the JGI. Dr. Visel received his … in Hanover, Germany, where he developed novel tools for large-scale in situ gene expression analysis in …

… For the first time, a team analyzes the transcriptomes of a lichen fungus and alga to understand their partnership … genomes and transcriptomes could help inform efforts at bioengineering symbiotic microbial consortia for bioenergy … FD from the Duke Institute of Genomic Sciences and Policy (for DNA sequencing and assembly); by a three-year …

… than 20 UC Merced students have contributed to the research of 13 JGI scientists since the program’s inception. In 2014, … Programs Deputy Axel Visel teamed with University of California (UC), Merced assistant professor Suzanne Sindi from … underrepresented minorities in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) fields. More than 20 UC Merced …

… Populations of Antarctic lake microbial communities change with the … occupy more space on Earth than any other ecosystem. Therefore, understanding the microbial activity that dominates … years ago and has been well-studied by many researchers for nearly five decades. In these frigid systems, where …

… The Impact The Antarctic lakes are a “treasure trove” of unknown microbes that play critical roles in … of an obligate symbiont—entirely dependent on the other for required nutrients—is genome size. The obligate … the Rauer 1 and Club lakes in East Antarctica and enriched for native microbes. Metagenomes from enrichment cultures …