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… The Science Within the archaeal domain, there is a group of tiny hitchhikers. These organisms are abundant and yet … mini genomes to match. As a result, they cannot process all of the chemicals they need to survive. To fill in their … the microorganisms had a close relationship. Then, using metagenomes and metatranscriptomes generated by the U.S. …

… The JGI Engagement Webinar held November 5, 2020 (watch the  video below, captions are available) spotlighted the metabolomic analysis capability available through the  Community Science … (CSP) . This includes mass spectrometry-based measurements of primary and secondary metabolites from plants, …

… A team has optimized a crucial part of CRISPR-Cas9 technology to enable improvements in … CRISPR-Cas9 relies on RNA with a short guiding sequence (20 bp) that directs the endonuclease where to cut, but these … which sgRNA sequences were reliable. In an elegant, quantitative screen, the team designed a pool of sgRNA …

… Dr. Visel joined 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 … novel tools for large-scale in situ gene expression analysis in multicellular organisms. During his postdoctoral …

… Understanding how a fundamental mechanism of evolution allows microbes to adapt to changing … Moreover, the discovery of more than 30,000 DGRs in this analysis, a 20-fold increase over what was previously known, … sampled all at once from the same environment, called metagenomes. Why? Simon Roux, who led the research team and …