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…   The Science Scientists have fully decoded the genome of an oil-producing green alga, and demonstrated precise … gene targeting in the genome in the November 2025 issue of The Plant Cell. Auxenochlorella is an allodiploid hybrid … specific chemical tags on DNA  to control which genes are active. Researchers also identified transfer RNA genes with …

… Emerald Nash and mentor Jonelle Basso, Experimental Study of Root Colonization by Resident Phages of a Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacterium Graduate Interns … Genetic Elements and CRISPR Spacers in the Conifer Needle Microbiome Carlos Vazquez and mentor Bryce Foster, …

… Jan. 12 workshop: The Rapidly Expanding Genomics of Algae   With advances in genomics technologies, keen interest in the bioenergy and biotechnology potential of algae, and sampling of the length and breadth of algal diversity, the numbers of sequenced algal genomes, and the …

… in Seattle, Washington.  Topics included:  Environmental Microbiomes Biodesign and Synthetic Biology AI/ML-enabled … The JGI and EMSL are U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science national scientific user facilities … Click to view a downloadable copy of the sponsor prospectus …

… April marks both the 50th celebration of Earth Day on April 22, and DNA Day on April 25. As both … to living on a changing planet. Mo Kaze is a University of California (UC), Merced graduate student working with  … Canal System,” focuses on anthropogenic impacts on wetland microbiome composition and metabolism, work on which she is …

… In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have revisited a … a way for researchers to study the planet’s microbial diversity, much of which remains unknown and uncultured in … community to discuss how to move from cataloging microbial diversity to experimental characterization and validation of …

… Scientists find bee gut microbes have a division of labor when it comes to metabolizing complex … Honey bees are invaluable pollinators — cupids of the plant world facilitating the remixing of genes in the … bacterial clades shared between honey bee and bumblebee gut microbiomes. Researchers found that pollen’s pectin and …

… Programs, he focuses on the development and implementation of strategic initiatives at the JGI. Dr. Visel received his … methods for elucidating the gene regulatory landscape of vertebrate genomes, which led to the discovery of thousands of genetic switches implicated in developmental …

… genomic approach to bioprospecting. The Science One of the most vital pieces of equipment for fly fishing is a boxful of lures. Designed … tool for microbial ecologists to learn more about the diversity of microbial enzymes, which could have a plethora … The work conducted by the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science …

… Register for the meeting here. Here are some sessions of interest (all times in PST unless otherwise noted): … December 7   9:15am PT (online) Town Hall on the role of user facilities in accelerating research and tips for … time travelers: A finely tuned, time-resolved analysis of viral and microbial communities in the Erpe river” 8:30am …

… By studying the structure and function of a cyanobacterial protein, researchers have new insights … cycle carbon in changing conditions. The products of photosynthesis are easy to point out. Plants, algae and … intricate connections, and many, many moving parts. A lot of these moving parts are proteins — amino acid structures …