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A new view into a symbiosis could offer benefits to address climate … the nature of this symbiosis at the cellular level — really understand how those two cell types [of two different … as a reservoir for carbon compounds that plants generate from carbon dioxide they take in. In this way, encouraging …

… evokes images of fanboats skimming over swamps, while alligators peer through the waters and clouds of insects hover … Florida, they encompass a wide range of ecosystems ranging from wetlands to tree islands to cattails. In 2018, the US … we’re going to have this be a project, we want it to be a really comprehensive learning experience.” Over the course …

… prokaryotes. The Science Most organisms use oxygen to convert food into energy. However, in environments with … recently compiled a list of with more than 8,300 organisms from multiple sources, including the U.S. Department of … ruminant guts, sediments, and anaerobic bioreactors. Aside from producing energy that the organisms can use to thrive, …

Nandita is involved in developing new methods to improve genome recovery from single cells and to build sequencing libraries from minimal DNA input without amplification. …

JGI is in the process of shifting its operations from Walnut Creek to the heart of the Berkeley Lab campus. By Friday, October … zero waste effort at the IGB. “Sustainable Berkeley Lab is really gearing towards getting us to zero waste …

… the Communications and Outreach Manager at the JGI. Prior to this role, she served as the primary storyteller and … Ms. Ballon has a degree in molecular biology & biochemistry from Wesleyan University, and a graduate certificate in science communication from UC Santa Cruz. She is one of the Biosciences Area …

… that showcase our collaborations and capabilities to enable great science that will help solve energy and … genomic information using minute quantities of DNA derived from individual environmental cells. The proof of principle … team reported the first closed and finished genome derived from an uncultured bacterial single cell – a symbiont of the …

Notes from the Summer 2018 Biotech Partners Interns from Antioch High School. Though a partnership with Biotech … that increase participation in higher education and access to fulfilling science careers, JGI hosted five students from …

Dr. Eloe-Fadrosh joined the JGI in 2014 to pursue her research interests in microbial ecology and … focuses on leveraging thousands of metagenomic datasets from host-associated and environmental samples to identify and characterize genomic information from uncultivated microbes and viruses. Prior to joining the …

… of infecting different host species? Or, do they tend to specialize, infecting just a single host? Another wrinkle … their host indefinitely. Now, in studying a microbial mat from Cone Pool in Mono County, California, scientists have … had been infecting the cell. The team assembled 130 genomes from their sample — a small proportion of the sample’s …

… journal Science . It detailed how they’d used metagenomics to identify over 27,000 microbial genes. The data from that study is now used across California State … of a course-based undergraduate resource experience. Hear from CSU San Marcos Professor Matt Escobar and UC Davis …