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… Over the course of eight weeks this past summer, 10 students from UC Merced … and develop presentation skills as well as build their network in the field of genomics and scientific research. The … language processing techniques to categorize genetic information. Learn more about their work here in a series of …

… New studies show methanogenesis is not exclusively for Euryarchaeota. Atmospheric levels of methane, a potent greenhouse gas, regulate Earth’s … in its natural environment, scientists have shown at least two microorganisms from different phyla are capable of … The U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science …

… seek to replicate themselves and spread from cell to cell. Two of the most common forms of MGEs are viruses and plasmids. … MGEs based upon their gene content and their genetic sequences. The software was created by researchers under the … The U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute …

… researchers built an interactive and comprehensive database of fermentative prokaryotes. The Science Most organisms use … the range of bacteria and archaea that rely on this form of metabolism, researchers recently compiled a list of … of five previously uncharacterized prokaryotes, including two bacteria isolated by their lab. KBase was used to …

… As part of the ongoing partnership between DOE JGI and UC Merced to promote diversity and inclusion in science and research, two undergraduate students from UC Merced recently had … Gutierrez Huerta and Bryan Rangel Alvarez, both California Alliance for Minority Participation (CAMP) students …

… characteristics — creating many different ways of processing nitrogen. To boost crops more efficiently in … to the way many organisms function, they have a sense of why nitrogen metabolisms can be so varied.  As evolution has … It’s useful to differentiate these enzyme tools into two groups: core metabolism and specialized metabolism.  For …

… is eager to work and share our tools with a widening circle of researchers. That’s why twice each year we look for novel research projects — aligned with DOE missions and …

… Joint Genome Institute and has focused on applying state-of-the-art molecular methods to address wide-ranging … Scientist at Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, and Adjunct Professor at UC Berkeley. Dr. Pennacchio received his Ph.D in 1998 from the Department of Genetics at Stanford University where he uncovered the genetic cause of a …