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… ( CRAGE ). CRAGE enables scientists to insert large pieces of DNA (up to 60 kb) in a single step, directly into the … relatives with the BGCs, JGI scientists could relieve BGCs from their former genetic repression, enabling scientists to … example, a group of JGI users led by Steven Hallam at the University of British Columbia, recently deployed CRAGE to …

… 2023 marked a decade since the inception of the flagship internship program between the DOE Joint Genome Institute (JGI) and University of California (UC), Merced. What started with 2 … all the work that went into this program was the feedback from the graduate student interns; “it changed what I want …

Nov. 2: Getting Credit for Scientific Contributions of Any Size What is considered to be a scientific … students (and their mentors) how to begin establishing a professional presence through getting credit for any scientific contribution they make, whether as part of a course or internship, and before ever publishing a …

Ian Rambo, 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 …

In April 2020, we mark both the 50th celebration of Earth Day on April 22, and DNA Day on April 25. As both … changing planet. In this short audio production, we’ll hear from Ed Hall, an ecologist at Colorado State University in Fort Collins. He’s part of a JGI-supported …

In April 2020, we mark both the 50th celebration of Earth Day on April 22, and DNA Day on April 25. As both … changing planet. In this short audio production, we’ll hear from Karolina Heyduk, an evolutionary plant biologist at the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa. I recently caught up with …

… sort of genomic hackathon to annotate a genome. (Hear more from on Chlamy from Sabeeha Merchant in this episode of … The reference genome is cited in roughly 10% of all since-released publications on green algae. “The Chlamy genome … on the Chlamy pan-genome and Marina Cvetkovska of the University of Ottawa on the multi-omics of arctic-growing …

… survival, may now be easier to characterize following a proof-of-concept study in which researchers paired CRISPR and … to insects. It is carried by an infectious nematode and releases toxins into the insect’s bloodstream that quickly … CRAGE allows for the transplanting of these BGCs from one organism into an alternate host via a landing pad …

… his backyard in Tennessee — the birds are chirping and a soft breeze ripples through the trees in his backyard. Originally from northern California and one of the first students to … the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology, and Duke University, published their research related to how bacteria …

… a single protein. Recently reported in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences , a team of researchers has found numerous … the article. The research team included scientists at the University of California (UC), Berkeley, UCLA, UC Davis, …

Dr. Yasuo Yoshikuni has been head of the DNA Synthesis Science Program since 2015. The mission … more.  … B.E. in Biological Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science, Japan ( summa cum laude ) Ph.D. in … Discovering untapped biochemistry in microorganisms from hidden corners. Nature Review Microbiology , 2022 …

Bacterial enzymes play second fiddle to those from fungi when it comes to breaking down tough plant … analyzing the enzymes present in the complex organic matrix of the forest floor, a team of researchers have found that … are not specific enough for a microbial community like that from a temperate coniferous forest floor — which Baldrian’s …