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… Fungi from herbivore poop make surprisingly complex compounds — an energetically expensive feat … inform how scientists can more easily convert plants into carbon-neutral biofuels . What’s more, many natural products … that the fungi expressed biosynthetic gene clusters, which are “building blocks” of natural products. The team then …

… Committee (UEC) of the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User … Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab). They are: Ivan Baxter of the Danforth Center, Sundy Maurice of … how these changes affect the dynamics and functioning of ecosystems. She leads a recently approved CSP New …

… Leveraging massive comparative genomics to decode millions of … Earth's fungal kingdom. The manuscript reviews about 200 publications linking evolutionary history and innovations … genomes contain mysteries — including unknown genes that are conserved across the entire fungal kingdom, suggesting …

… The JGI is eager to work and share our tools with a widening circle of researchers. That’s why each year we look for … desert grasslands to the metabolic savviness of microbial ecosystems at the forest floor and along ocean shores. Their …

… part of CRISPR-Cas9 technology to enable improvements in microbial oil production. The Science CRISPR-Cas9 is a … it to the correct sequence to snip — but not all guides are effective. To ensure the gene editing tool will make the … unvetted library (with both active and inactive sgRNAs) appeared to be rife with false negatives: that time, the team …

… of two C. citriodora subspecies broaden understanding of the terpene synthase gene family across eucalypt … smell of eucalyptus to the flavor of wine, terpenes are ubiquitous. A diverse group of plant-produced organic … abundant in the drier parts of Australia with lower quality soils and even in the desert areas with poor rainfall. That …

… Notes from the Summer 2018 Biotech Partners Interns from Antioch High School. Though a partnership with … a nonprofit that provides underserved youth in the Bay Area with personal, academic and professional development … in higher education and access to fulfilling science careers, JGI hosted five students from Antioch High School …