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… the range of bacteria and archaea that rely on this form of metabolism, researchers recently compiled a list of … bioproducts. Summary Researchers at the University of California, Davis and UC Santa Barbara generated a list of … They then used the JGI’s GOLD and IMG data portals to get information about the genomes and genes of the organisms on …
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… A former JGI intern is now applying his internship lessons on … the trees in his backyard. Originally from northern California and one of the first students to participate in the … their research related to how bacteria that colonize the roots of sphagnum work to transfer their thermotolerance …
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… from the ACTIVE SITES Research Center (ACSI), the Centre for Water and Environmental Research (ZWU) of the University … biology, omics, and big data science, machine learning for experimental science, energy conversion and water … Synchrotron Infrared Structural Biology (BSISB) Program for the characterization of biological processes was of high …
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… tool that can help scientists engineer organisms for bioenergy applications. Cas9 needs guide RNA to lead it … , a team of researchers likewise honed their tool before felling their research problem: at a genetic level, how … Y. lipolytica work? The project was a multi-institutional effort led by then-graduate student Cory Schwartz and his …
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… sorting (FACS) to sort cells into several small pools before sequencing to recover rare microbes. The technique was … paper, uncovering giant virus sequences in soil for the first time. A second approach known as DNA stable … Eloe-Fadrosh’s Environmental Genomics group, makes a pitch for readers to get involved in the developing field of virus …
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… next generation of STEM professionals. Students can apply for internships and work onsite with an experienced … while Oliver Benelli applied through the University of California's CalTeach initiative. During their time at the … been thinking about science communication, like prepping for that. But the one thing I've learned so far with like, …
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… fresh organic carbon which can serve as a food source for other microbes into the environment. Summary In J. R. R. Tolkien’s “The Lord of the Rings,” the Hornburg fortress had withstood all attacks – until the Battle of … Their genomes include short DNA sequences that code for CRISPR systems, which help bacteria resist foreign …
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… manage the growth, yield and climate resilience of algae — for potential use as biomass or in biomass conversion to … thrives in the Arctic, and how different types of microbes form communities. As temperatures fluctuate, salt levels … They are also the primary producers in the marine food web, forming the base of the food chain and providing energy for …
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… was being waged. In the JGI@25 video below, Susan Lucas, former JGI Production Department Head and current ESnet … the people and resources from these three national labs to form the DOE Joint Genome Institute in 1997. Over the next … years, and in collaboration with researchers at the Stanford Human Genome Center, JGI staff worked around the clock …
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… Genome Project (HGP), and building upon the principles for open access in the field of genomics established in Bermuda (1996-1997) and reinforced by the Fort Lauderdale Agreement (2003), the JGI recognized the … address some of the most pressing challenges of our time. For more information, please visit …
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… to answer our most pressing problems. I’m very much looking forward to working with JGI and LBNL scientists and have … Lab is the home to an exceptional caliber of scientists.” For her project, “Microbial Community Structure and Methane … in wetland carbon cycling and the interactions of plants with their associated microbiomes. Tringe was also …
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… Every year, the JGI sequences around 35,000 samples — from plants, algae, bacteria, archaea, fungi, viruses — to …
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