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Microbial communities living near hydrothermal deep-sea … crust that emit hot, mineral-rich water. These vents are too deep in the sea to get any sunlight, and yet they still … in the Earth’s crust and reacts with very hot rocks below, becoming an extremely hot, mineral-rich hydrothermal …

Using a novel computational approach, researchers confirm microbial diversity is wilder than ever. Imagine researchers … exploring a dark room with a flashlight, only able to clearly identify what falls within that single beam. When … a whole community is impossible.  Metagenomic sequencing allows researchers to study the entire genetic makeup of these …

… best in certain regions. Most plant species have adapted to their local environments; for example, crop and … each with a fully-sequenced genome, and these gardens allow researchers to test what genes affect the plant’s … plants outside of their native habitat or cold hardiness zones, they have different levels of performance,” Juenger …

Grigoriev joined the DOE Joint Genome Institute in 2003, following his postdoctoral training at UC Berkeley and work in the pharmaceutical … National Laboratory, and an Adjunct Professor of Plant and Microbial Biology at University of California, Berkeley. He …

June 24-28: Module 2/Microbial Genomics & Metagenomics Workshop The workshop is addressed to students and professionals of biology, biomedical … fields who are interested in learning and sharing concepts, tools and research results in genomics, metagenomics and the …

Large-scale comparative analysis leads to identification of biosynthetic gene clusters for novel … have uncovered genomes for just a small fraction of Earth’s microbial diversity. Because most microbes cannot be … Narrative , which provides shareable, reproducible workflows. “Metabolic modeling is a routine analysis for isolate …

Stable Isotope Probing (SIP) is a powerful technique for studying microbial communities. These experiments can show which … reusable, and more insightful, for the future of studying microbial communities.   …

Institute in Hanover, Germany, where he developed novel tools for large-scale in situ gene expression analysis in multicellular organisms. During his postdoctoral training at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, he … 2009 LBNL Outstanding Performance Award 2006 AHA Lievre Fellowship Award, 2000 Boehringer Ingelheim Fellow. Reviewer …

… that showcase our collaborations and capabilities to enable great science that will help solve energy and … organisms (a third of those shared by both humans and flowering plants). Its genome also contains hundreds of genes … with Merchant’s lab and second author on the paper, studied viral genetics and gene therapy before self-training himself …