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This year the AGU Fall Meeting, with the theme “Science is Society,” hosts sessions in New … Register for the meeting here. Here are some sessions of interest (all times in PST unless otherwise noted): December … Kelly Wrighton, Colorado State University: “Putting microorganisms on the map: continental-scale context for …

Science Program. Fashioning DNA outside a cell is key to interrogating what genes do, how they work, and applying them to … helped LanzaTech researchers tame gene expression in the organism Clostridium autoethanogenum. The microbe can …

Every summer, the flagship JGI-UC Merced Internship Program invites undergraduate and graduate … students to engage in real, impactful research projects with JGI mentors. In this episode, hear two interns from the 2021 cohort describe their deep dives into …

… genes to function, plant and algal functional genomics, inter-organismal interactions, understanding natural communities important …

… as the fourth Director in its 27-year history. He has a wealth of managerial experience from almost 20 years in the … and synthetic biology. Dr. Mouncey has a long-standing interest in microbial genetics that started with his … development and commercialization of novel production organisms and fermentation processes for vitamins, …

… [subhed -- copy to summary above^ as well ] The Science The recipe for growing algae as a source of sustainable biofuels seems fairly … was supported by the Bioenergy Technology Office (BETO) within the Department of Energy’s Office of Energy …

Populations of Antarctic lake microbial communities change with the seasons. The Science Light-harvesting bacteria … for nearly five decades. In these frigid systems, where organisms higher up in the food web like fish do not exist, … studies focused on the Southern Ocean have found that in winter months, when sunlight is nonexistent, the bacteria are …

Stable Isotope Probing (SIP) is a powerful technique for studying microbial communities. These experiments can show which microbes are handling specific nutrients, or what …

… and dark. But there are hotspots on the ocean floor — underwater volcanoes and hydrothermal vents — where lively microbial communities thrive, and even support entire ecosystems. Hear from researchers Anna-Louise Reysenbach, …