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… the Joint Genome Institute, where he leads three groups focused on HTP DNA design and assembly, strain engineering and … National Laboratory where he focused on functional genomics of phototrophs. Through this and post-doctoral positions at … B.Sc. (HONS) – University of Wales, Cardiff, Genetics Ph.D. – University of …

… Biofuels and bioproducts are a way to kick our addiction to … Steve Singer are harnessing the versatile bacterium Pseudomonas putida to break down biomass and help bring about a more sustainable, biobased economy. They conduct …

… findings could help us grow better crops, with less impact on our planet. …

… a paper in the journal Science . It detailed how they’d used metagenomics to identify over 27,000 microbial genes. … State University campuses for biotechnology education as part of a course-based undergraduate resource experience. Hear …

… Originally conceived as a UC Merced graduate student summer research … experience at the JGI, the Genomics Internship Program soon expanded to include undergraduate students. To date, more … than 90 UC Merced students have contributed to the research of numerous JGI scientists. Interns say their experiences …

… edible grain. But there are some sorghum varieties, grown on marginal land with little water, which were developed … specifically to turn their biomass into sustainable biofuel and bioproducts. John Mullet, a biologist at Texas A&M …

… need corn, sorghum and other crops to grow well in worse conditions: with more heat, less water and less fertilizer. Grasses do better in these conditions, so plant biologists James Schable, Guangchao Sun …

… Learn more about PhycoCosm, the largest interactive collection of sequenced algal genomes, omics data and comparative … (JGI), a US Department of Energy Office of Science user facility at Berkeley Lab. Presented by Igor Grigoriev, …

… This shorter episode is about a tiny, single-celled alga – Chlamydomonas reinhardtii – that’s managed to have a big impact. UC … in the Environmental Genomics & Systems Biology Division of the Berkeley Lab Biosciences Area.] …

… Right now, our natural rubber comes from just one tree species: Hevea brasiliensis . It’s great at … America: guayule.  This episode was made in collaboration with our friends at the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology.       …

… Maureen is currently developing new high-resolution and high-throughput methods to link uncultivated viruses to their host. With these new methods, she hopes to expand our understanding of the roles that viruses play in their ecosystems, …