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… it wouldn’t exist without cyanobacteria; they began oxygenating Earth over two billion years ago. A team of researchers set out to Yellowstone National Park to study how cyanobacteria are living, communally, in microbial mats. Along the way, they’ve …

… Microbial cells infected by viruses undergo metabolic reprogramming. The … The Ohio State University and the University of Michigan studying how virus infections cause significant metabolic … an experimental approach with a marine phage-host model to study virus-host-nutrient interactions. In  their study , …

… Miscanthus  sequence offers insights into benefits of polyploidy and perenniality. The … abilities to adapt to extreme environments such as poor soils and drought. The reference genome for M. sinensis, and … history and perennial lifecycle makes it important to study directly. The large and complex genome of M. sinensis …

… and collaborators.  Ms. Ballon is a molecular biology-trained science communicator with extensive experience shaping compelling narratives for diverse audiences. In her prior role as a … Click to see the coverage of JGI-enabled science highlighting user research, newly accepted proposals, and outreach …

… for survival, may now be easier to characterize following a proof-of-concept study in which researchers paired CRISPR and CRAGE … researchers with a powerful addition to their toolkit to study gene function. As a demonstration, the researchers … The work conducted by the US Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science User Facility, …

… those recognized by Clarivate Analytics as “true pioneers in their fields over the last decade, demonstrated by the … tool to help researchers assess and improve the quality of metagenome-assembled viral genomes. The paper appeared in  … developed symbiotic relationships, and how the mutualistic associations allow host plants to acquire nutrients. The …

… Harnessing BER-funded data resources, researchers built an … an interactive browser that allows other researchers to study the genomes and predict the metabolic abilities of … also used the tool to predict possible functions from 733 metagenome-assembled rumen genomes. Finally, they used the …

… By leveraging new tools and large-scale data mining, JGI researchers … Impact This dataset gives researchers a new foundation for studying how fungi produce and manage energy at the cellular … First, they scanned over 26,000 publicly available metagenomes in the JGI's IMG portal for mitochondrial …

… of plant components   The Science There are three main ingredients to tackle when it comes to breaking down a … order to do so is a resource-intensive process. Now, a new study shows how anaerobic fungi — the kind living in the … wasn’t quite accurate, and maybe anaerobic fungi living in soils or the guts of livestock were more capable than …

… part of CRISPR-Cas9 technology to enable improvements in microbial oil production. The Science CRISPR-Cas9 is a … I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.” In this study,  published in  Metabolic Engineering , a team of … how to sharpen the CRISPR-Cas9 tool for a non-conventional eukaryotic host — an approach, the team says, that could be …

… A two-day kick-off meeting held at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley … Lab. Commenting on the visit, JGI Director Nigel Mouncey expressed enthusiasm about the potential of this collaboration … workshops. Of common interest is the method development to study active sites or single cells in their functional …

… Kaushal Sharma, one of five Antioch High School rising juniors who participated in internships at the DOE Joint Genome Institute this summer … his student’s contributions as reviewing close to 3,800 metagenomes to verify geographic locations and assign …