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… The JGI and EMSL are U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science national scientific user facilities dedicated to … Click to view a downloadable copy of the sponsor prospectus … Keynote Speakers Jim Collins Massachusetts Institute of Technology Kristala Prather Massachusetts Institute of …

… campus. Organized every two years since 2018, the goal of this symposium is to bring together a “Viral Ecogenomics” … uncultivated viral diversity, understand the role of viruses in natural ecosystems, and functionally explore … be held on Nov. 18 in the Tilden room and open-air patio of the same building.  The symposium will include a mix of …

… Ancient  Chloroflexota s ditched their flagella and other traits when … place: hot spring-dwelling bacteria from the phylum C hloroflexota . Research shows that flagella were lost in other … to spring. These biodiversity hotspots harbor specialized microbial communities living in extreme conditions. The …

… Clarivate Analytics, formerly the IP & Science arm of Thomson Reuters, has released their 2019 list of Highly Cited Researchers , which includes 10 affiliated … Animal Science and Molecular Biology & Genetics categories Microbial Systems research group lead and User Programs …

… Woolston. ] Each year, the JGI accepts proposals for state-of-the-art functional genomics research from scientists who … synthesis and omics capabilities to enhance understanding of gene and genome function. Tapping into these functions … crops through transcriptional network mapping, developing microbial systems to convert renewable feedstocks into …

… to sift and characterize RNA virus sequences.  A zoo once offered a coloring book featuring polar bears in winter scenes that came with crayons in various shades of white. To researchers searching for sequences of RNA … metatranscriptome datasets from the JGI’s Integrated Microbial Genomes & Microbiomes (IMG/M) system. “We then …

… A team has optimized a crucial part of CRISPR-Cas9 technology to enable improvements in microbial oil production. The Science CRISPR-Cas9 is a … tool will make the right cut, researchers created a set of guide RNAs that were effective against 94 percent of the …

… to aid with genome assembly and transcriptome analysis of microbial, fungal, and plant research projects.  More … Note that beyond quantity, input quality (i.e., presence of “intact” high-molecular weight DNA) is an important … The U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science …

… The work was enabled in part by a community data portal of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office … to another, which can have a significant impact on the microbial communities within soil. Using metagenomics, … This work was supported by the Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Biological and Environmental …

… di-GMP (Guanine Monophosphate) is found in nearly all types of bacteria and interacts with cell signaling networks that … functions. It plays an important role in regulating microbial cellulose production and biofilm formation, which affects a number of environments, …

… for users requiring multiple omics methods to examine microbial chemical production. The Science Soil bacteria in … chemical factories. They hold genetic blueprints for dozens of complex compounds, but stay largely dormant under standard conditions. As described in a recent issue of mSystems , scientists found that adding salt to the …

… a graduate student in Brett Baker’s lab at the University of Texas at Austin, will defend his dissertation. Some of his research was conducted at the JGI through the DOE … Rambo’s work was overseen by Susannah Tringe, head of the Microbial Systems group. He also worked with Simon Roux and …