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… and spread from cell to cell. Two of the most common forms of MGEs are viruses and plasmids. They can be found in … the National Microbiome Data Collaborative’s EDGE platform. The Impact In order to gain more insights into Earth’s … that combines and builds on two standard techniques for identifying viruses and plasmids. Until now, most other …

… To set up flexible, repeatable experiments on plants and microbes, Trent Northen’s group at Berkeley Lab …

… cycles, and possibly cold-temperature enzymes for biotechnological use. Summary Conditions such as extreme … understand how they’ve adapted to these conditions, information that could have biotechnological applications. The … Integrated Microbial Genomes & Microbiomes (IMG/M) platform. These data allowed researchers to define a haloarchaea …

… OnLine Database celebrates 25 years as a vital resource for data contextualization The Science Since its launch 25 … genomic data usage is having the appropriate contextual information, or metadata, stored with them. GOLD provides manually curated metadata resources for organisms and environmental samples. The database …

… the  genomes of microorganisms is incredibly useful for understanding the microbiome of the earth, but most … shotgun metagenomic sequencing and single-cell sequencing. For years, extracting single cells and then amplifying their DNA for genome sequencing was no easy task. The traditional way …

… (UC Berkeley and the Joint BioEnergy Institute) are looking for new ways to engineer plants. So they’ve looked into wasps that program oak trees …

… National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and the Laboratory for Research in Complex Systems (LRC) in Menlo Park, Calif. … giant filamentous bacterium, along with its life cycle. For most bacteria, their DNA floats freely within the … which is a process analogous to photosynthesis for plants.” Another outstanding question is whether the new …

… JGI Five-Year Strategic Plan – “Beyond Basepairs, A Vision for Integrative and  Collaborative Genome Science” – through … technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) workforce. In doing so, it is our ambition to further develop a more diverse and inclusive pool of talent for career opportunities at JGI and Berkeley Lab. …

… highest honors! Tringe, a microbiologist, was recognized for “advances in sequence-based studies of microbial … communities in carbon cycling, in interactions with plants, and as drivers of methane production, nutrient … Genomics and Systems Biology Division, and JGI’s deputy for user programs. She also leads the JGI’s Microbial …

… out to many researchers with the hope of getting support for a research project for his class of 18 juniors.  He got turned down … with inspiring her to get into science and wanted to pay it forward. Defining a Diverse Research Topic After a video … address some of the most pressing challenges of our time. For more information, please visit  …

… For the first time, a team analyzes the transcriptomes of a … that colonizes Brock and gives him super strength. For lichen, the partnership is more commonplace — though … research, many of the symbiosis’ details remain unclear. For the first time, a team has analyzed in parallel the …

… of standardized fabricated ecosystems (EcoFABs) designed for precise manipulation and reproducible experimentation of … dynamic interactions, offering an unparalleled platform for exchanging ideas, forming collaborations, and charting …