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Fine-tuning metabolic gene expression helps identify variants … optimization. Summary Life is all about balance. This study,  recently published in the  Proceedings of the … Although they are historically well-studied, Alper’s team discovered new gene targets to more efficiently grow on …

Earth and DNA are close to our JGI hearts, we’re highlighting genomic science research that feels especially relevant to living on a changing planet. Mo Kaze is a University of … and metabolism, work on which she is expanding with her study of microbes in California’s manmade water transport …

Do metabolic pathways from engineered yeasts still work in cell-free environments? … of sustainable chemical products,” said Jewett, one of the study’s senior authors. “But this has been done most … graduate student Blake Rasor. He and Yi, one of the study co-authors, have maintained a regular shipment …

In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have … to their economies. It also plays an important role in soil health through nitrogen-fixation and holds clues for … as well as nitrogen fixation; and has enabled discoveries in additional crops such as peanuts, black-eyed …

Kaze, part of the 2018 cohort of the JGI-UC Merced Genomics Internship Program. Kaze is part of Mark Sistrom’s lab at … and metabolism, work on which she will expand with her study of microbes in California’s manmade water transport … lab at the University of Texas-Austin. Rambo will be studying the influence of viruses on carbon cycling in …

Researchers looked across many organisms to see that aminotransferase enzymes have evolved mix-and-match … Facility located at Berkeley Lab. In addition to providing metagenome mining for computational analysis of the AT … around, regardless of malfunction or misplacement.  In studying this family of ATs, researchers found that these …

Pictured is a timelapse of the Integrative Genomics Building (IGB) seen above is home to the DOE Joint Genome Institute (JGI). Researchers from the DOE Systems …

… development of multicellular organisms. Not all bacterial lineages harnessed aerobic respiration when the Cyanobacteria … fellow Paula Matheus Carnevali was working with a group of metagenome-assembled genomes (MAGs) dubbed Margulisbacteria, … The research teams opted to collaborate on a single study, with Matheus Carnevali and Schulz sharing co-first …

Scientists have discovered that the candidate bioenergy feedstock … led by researchers at the University of Texas (UT) at Austin, the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology … outline the questions they asked – and answered – in the study that recently appeared in the Proceedings of the …

Maize produces a family of compounds that protects it against infections — using surprisingly few enzymes. The … maize. By deciphering the zealexin synthesis pathway, this study makes it possible to harness the protective function … maize, which has been largely overlooked, according to the study’s senior author Alisa Huffaker, a biologist at the …

Dr. Mouncey joined the DOE Joint Genome Institute in 2017 as the fourth Director in its … Dr. Mouncey directed R&D teams that focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of novel …

Blaby-Haas joined the JGI in 2022 as lead of the Biomolecular Materials Initiative, a … JGI and Molecular Foundry for genome-encoded biomaterial discovery, design, and engineering. … PhD, Microbiology and …