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… have successfully automated aspects of a commonly-used process for studying microbial communities, with … microbial DNA is manually separated into a few different groups based on its density — DNA containing isotopes is … HT-SIP is a capability available to request through  the JGI proposal calls . …

… developed to help inform scientists and researchers more about the patterns and functions of environmental microbes. Researchers can use the tool to correlate protein annotations with ratios of … used over 12,000 metagenomes from diverse environments and grouped those with similar microbial communities together. …

… (UC), Berkeley, UC Agriculture and Natural Resources (ANR), US Department of Agriculture P­­lant Gene Expression Center, … and the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at Lawrence Berkeley National …

… were developed specifically to turn their biomass into sustainable biofuel and bioproducts. John Mullet, a biologist at Texas A&M University, tells us how sorghum’s historical — and literal — roots could play …

… Laboratory, believes they can. And, what’s more, that using gene editing technology to conscientiously mix traits of different plant species will help us get there. …

… The Science Chloroplasts are the factories in plant cells. Using photosynthesis, they take raw materials including … from the atmosphere than current natural processes and use it as a sustainable resource for making high-value … the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at …

… scant, Ace Lake’s bacteria instead go through a boom and bust cycle aligned with light availability. A long-running … cycling takes place only on a microbial level. Previous studies focused on the Southern Ocean have found that in … Ace Lake were collected over a 10-year period and sent to JGI for metagenomic sequencing. A study  recently published …

… The Impact Traditional methods for breaking down biomass use aerobic methods (those using oxygen) to remove lignin and transform the remaining … Research Center. O’Malley is also affiliated with JBEI. The JGI data portals and pipelines helped identify potential …

… is the world’s leading soybean producer , and soybeans are used to produce biodiesel. The fungus  Phakopsora pachyrhizi causes Asian Soybean Rust (ASR) … to counter soybean rust disease. Soybean itself is a  JGI Flagship plant genome , and JGI  published its genome …