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… fantastic diversity of cell types and associated organisms, including fungal and bacterial symbionts, detrimental microbial … viruses that all contribute to a dynamic ecosystem. We are interested in how plants self-organize, influence, and are … experimental characterization methods, in addition to bioinformatics tools to elucidate phage function in this …

… The Synthetic Biology lab is divided into a DNA synthesis production group and a synthetic … technologies to the broader community.  We focus our efforts on integrating database mining and sequence design … the design principles for successfully engineering pathways to function in heterologous hosts, by combining …

… Research in the Woyke laboratory focuses on the utility of single-cell methods to access genetic material of uncultivated taxa of interest. One such effort is targeted at environmental cells that are from … genomes are critical to serve as phylogenetic anchors for metagenomes studies.  While uncovering the metabolic …

… Before 2006, Olpidium was one of the many obscure fungi of … Igor Grigoriev from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User … attracted the attention of many mycologists with the two publications of the kingdom-wide, multi-gene phylogeny of …

… second fiddle to those from fungi when it comes to breaking down tough plant fibers. The Science Walk in a temperate forest filled with Norway spruce trees, and microbial … fungi are breaking down plant fibers, like cellulose and lignin. Bacteria, on the other hand, appear to be ignoring …

… Biology is currently experiencing a revolution brought on by rapid developments in genomics and other omics technologies.  The exponential … analysis and interpretation is creating new opportunities for breakthrough discoveries and catalyzing a major … The research efforts of the group have concentrated in demonstrating the …

…   The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI) is a national user facility located at … staff in the Integrative Genomics Building in Berkeley, California.  Our location at the IGB fosters team science and … biotechnology through analyzing and harnessing genomic information from plants, fungi, algae, non-medical microbes, …

… The JGI’s data stewardship expertise and infrastructure enable a broad community of scientists and … discoverability and accessibility are critical requirements for amplifying the JGI’s impact. Data generated from a single investment will be reused for further science.  Notices Data Portal files will be …

… 25th anniversary. Over the last year, we’ve been revisiting a number of notable achievements that showcase our … a chemical and biological engineer at the University of California Santa Barbara. So plants don’t break down without a … and porting parts from nature — enzymes, transporters, pathways — into microbes that we do know, to advance our …