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… number of notable achievements that showcase our collaborations and capabilities to enable great science that will help … results showed that these fungi may be able to provide tools beyond biomass breakdown, extending into biochemical … — is  building on this work to explore an enzymatic ‘toolbox’ of biomass-degrading capabilities for anaerobic …

… Jan. 7: New Capabilities to Study Secondary Metabolism   Although there are still a large number of secondary metabolites yet to be discovered and their … intensive. This is often due to, for example, tight regulation of biosynthetic gene clusters (BGCs) in native hosts, the …

… Scientists find bee gut microbes have a division of labor when it comes to metabolizing complex polysaccharides. Honey bees are invaluable pollinators — cupids of the plant … facilitating the remixing of genes in the next generation of flowering vegetation. In return for their services, …

… In microbial mats, communities of microorganisms live among viruses that infect them. But what trends govern those virus-host interactions? Do generalist viruses run rampant, capable of infecting … that they lyse the cell — a process called lytic infection. But some viruses are also able to play a long game. In a …

… multiple programs had their own goals to achieve, they constantly collaborated with each other on new ways of presenting and researching science. …

… well as a recent discovery that turns scientific presumption on its head and opens up a new avenue to explore for efficient biofuel production. …

… To understand how organisms adapt to extreme environments, Marike Palmer and Brian Hedlund study organisms …

… As a first-generation college student, I never really entertained the possibility of working at a national laboratory. However, through the JGI-UC Merced … to new and different opportunities that could be available once I complete my PhD program. …

… plants and how they adapt to their ever-changing environments better? We could unlock new innovations to drive more productive food, medicine, and bioenergy … genomes are from narrow swaths of the plant tree of life. One project aims to change that. …

… (UEC) recently welcomed three new members earlier this month – Sneha Couvilion of Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Chris Schadt of Oak Ridge National …

… For many scientists, the culmination of their work into a written report that is published in … research, written skill, above all else, determination. Rhondene Wint, an alumna of the DOE Joint Genome … predictor of gene expression levels using machine learning tools. “This was very exciting to see how Rhondene not only …