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… components   The Science There are three main ingredients to tackle when it comes to breaking down a plant for energy: Cellulose, … California at Santa Barbara  recently published a paper in  Nature Microbiology offering irrefutable evidence that … DE-AC02–05CH11231 (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory), and the Office of Biological and Environmental …

… have now developed CheckV (pronounced “Check-Vee”) to help researchers assess and improve the quality of … Environmental DNA sequencing can help scientist to recover the genomes of these viruses and associate them … of contamination from the host organism. As reported in Nature Biotechnology , a team from the U.S. Department of …

… Developing and validating an integrated approach to genome recovery from metagenomes. The Science Through the JGI’s Emerging Technologies Opportunity Program (ETOP) , researchers have developed and improved upon a tool … pressing energy and environmental scientific challenges. In Nature Microbiology , a team led by longtime JGI …

… State University, Tempe, Chemical Engineering Post-doctoral positions – Arizona State University, Bioengineering & … Excellence Award 2016 R&D 100 Winner 2014 Berkeley Lab Director’s Award for Exceptional Achievement 2012 UC Berkeley, … and Development Program Awardee 2005-2009: NIH K25 Mentored Career Development awardee 1998-2003: NSF Graduate …

… at least 15 zealexins, they suspect there are even more to find. Zealexins are produced in every corn variety and … have now revealed that just a handful of enzymes are needed to transform zealexins and related precursors into a bonanza … scientists had suspected. A team  recently reported in  Nature Plants that the zealexin pathway has an “hourglass” …

… that showcase our collaborations and capabilities to enable great science that will help solve energy and … challenges. Maximizing soybean yield is critical to energy independence in the U.S. Not only does it pair … noted that even prior to the sequence being published in  Nature , immediate progress had already been made …

… that showcase our collaborations and capabilities to enable great science that will help solve energy and … challenges. While a hill of beans may not seem to amount to much, the common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) is … That work was published online June 8, 2014 in the journal Nature Genetics . “Common beans are a major societal crop …

… 2015, he founded what is now the JGI Metabolomics Program to provide advanced metabolomic methods available to JGI users.  Dr. Northen’s research is focused on using metabolomics to link genomes with environments to understand how webs of … is the Metabolomics Science Program Head at the JGI. Click to learn more about the program's areas of focus, major …