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… Kasey Markel and Patrick Shih (UC Berkeley and the Joint BioEnergy Institute) are looking for new ways to engineer …

… healthy soils – are at the heart of sustaining food and bioenergy security for a steadily growing worldwide …

… P. psychrophila genes drive resilience when salinity fluctuates. The Science … changes. Researchers were able to identify specific genes that allow the algae to adapt to sudden drops in salt … RNA to analyze gene expression, to determine which genes are active under different conditions. This was …

… found a gene likely responsible for sex determination. Many genes differentiate the shrub willow’s sex chromosomes, so the researchers investigated poplar for which genes might be shared in common between poplar’s Y — poplar … in willow. This gene regulates the expression of other genes in response to cytokinin, a key plant hormone, making …

… advances in genomics technologies, keen interest in the bioenergy and biotechnology potential of algae, and sampling …

… The ISME Journal 15, 1569–1584. Nayfach et al., 2020. CheckV assesses the quality and completeness of … biomes. Nature Microbiology 4, 1895–1906. Schulz et al., 2020. Giant virus diversity and host interactions through … 2021 Thomson Reuters Highly Cited Researcher (Cross-field), 2020 LBNL Early Career LDRD, 2018 Senior Editor: …

… viruses. Almost all known virophage genomes share only four genes in common: major and minor capsid proteins (MCP and … diverse new virophage genomes containing all four core genes. These virophages were found in diverse habitats …

… reservoir of genetic diversity and capable of transferring genes from one host microbe to another, which can have a … scientists can shed light on hidden components, including genes called auxiliary metabolic genes (AMGs) that have nothing to do with a virus’ primary …

… (that is, repair gene mutations, and either delete or add genes in a precise fashion) has applications across many … typical Cas12d proteins and were also found next to cas1 genes. Further analysis led to the identification of a new … with the Doudna lab on the discovery of thermostable Cas9 genes . The work also used resources at the National Energy …

… of insects hover just above. Described as a “river of grass” that stretches some 580,000 square miles across …