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… As part of the JGI’s 25th anniversary celebration, the 2022 Annual Meeting featured speakers who shared a look back at the JGI’s … Environmental Research “There are two kinds of scientific revolutions,” Ari Patrinos opened with this quote from Thomas …

… Do metabolic pathways from engineered yeasts still work in cell-free environments? … Yeast strains engineered for the biochemical conversion of glucose to value-added products are limited in chemical … an alternative format for chemical synthesis in the absence of cell growth by isolating the soluble components of lysed …

… A special issue of Synthetic Biology celebrates research enabled by the JGI DNA Synthesis Science Program. Fashioning DNA outside a cell is key to interrogating what genes … more than 10 papers, including two Nature Plants publications, in five years, have come out of the …

… Microbial communities living near hydrothermal deep-sea vents hold vast potential for … get any sunlight, and yet they still support a unique array of microorganisms adapted to living in extreme conditions. … five oceanic regions. In doing so, they found a high degree of variability in the types of microorganisms that inhabit …

… a wildfire. The Science After a wildfire burns, recovery begins at the forest floor. Within the soil, a microbiome of bacteria, viruses and fungi process carbon and nitrogen, … the microbes within the soil. To get a clearer picture of how burned ecosystems return to health, researchers have …

… around the country recognize that crop varieties grow best in certain regions. Most plant species have adapted to their … crop and ornamental seeds sold for the upper Midwest are often very different than those bred for Texas. Identifying … plant’s traits and genetic diversity,” said John Lovell, an evolutionary biologist at HudsonAlpha and first author of …

… During the summer of 2021, 13 interns from UC Merced spent eight weeks working virtually … hone science presentation skills, and participate in professional development enrichment activities. For some … Blurring the Line Between Plasmids and Phages … Evolution of the Mitochondria Internship …

… In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have revisited a number of notable achievements that showcase our collaborations and … with the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology.   Publications Grimwood, J., Gordon, L., Olsen, A. et al. The …

… In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have revisited a … technology described by the Nobel Foundation as having “a revolutionary impact on the life sciences.” Building upon … nature was using it to do something important.” Related Publications:  A scoutRNA Is Required for Some Type V …

… Ian Gilman, Louis Graf, Yuxi Guo, Shaomei He, Vayu Hill- Maini, Forrest Lefler, Pok Man (Bob) Leung and Huang Li; … You, Yong Zhang and Zhiping Zhong. (All images courtesy of the researchers) Each year, the JGI searches for novel … accepted proposals.  The New Investigator call , part of our  Community Science Program , allows us to work and …

… Metabolism   Although there are still a large number of secondary metabolites yet to be discovered and their biosynthetic logics to be understood, accessing these untapped metabolic capabilities is often tedious … regulation of biosynthetic gene clusters (BGCs) in native hosts, the complexity of cloning and expressing a given BGC …

… to summary above^ as well ] The Science The recipe for growing algae as a source of sustainable biofuels seems fairly simple: place these algae in a container … This research was supported by the Bioenergy Technology Office (BETO) within the Department of Energy’s Office of …