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… Retracing how the dry rot Serpula lacrymans adapted to a new ecological habitat. The Science By comparing … the dry rot ( Serpula lacrymans ) is so destructive in houses. A study involving six brown rot fungi reveals the … plant mass for conversion to sustainable, alternative biofuels and bioproducts. This study lends insights on how the …

… Program (CSP) Applications Webinar inviting researchers to submit white papers to the CSP  New Investigator call for … and relevance to the DOE’s mission.  Have someone proofread your proposal to make sure the goals, experimental design, and plan for data utilization are clear. Contact JGI staff for feedback …

… is the world’s leading soybean producer , and soybeans are used to produce biodiesel. The fungus  Phakopsora pachyrhizi … causes Asian Soybean Rust (ASR) and is the major pathogen of soybean. Left uncontrolled, soybean rust could reduce … of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science User Facility  located at Lawrence Berkeley National …

… survival, may now be easier to characterize following a proof-of-concept study in which researchers paired CRISPR and … Genome Engineering) is a technique researchers can use to integrate large genetic payloads directly into … monitor loss- and gain-of-function. The study’s analytical data shows peaks and valleys in secondary metabolites as …

… In this role he supervises the Genome Assembly, QA/QC, and User Support Analysis teams. Together, these teams provide analysis support and R&D for production and user science. He received his Ph.D. from the Wellcome Trust … Nottingham University, UK PhD in Genomics, University of Cambridge, UK Postdoctoral training Wellcome Trust Sanger …

… di-GMP (Guanine Monophosphate) is found in nearly all types of bacteria and interacts with cell signaling networks that … bacterial interactions with animals and plants, or cause metal corrosion in oil pipes. Scientists have tried to … within the Nano-lantern scaffold. They then mined sequence databases for homologous YcgR proteins and chose a set of 92 …

… crops The Science Scientists at Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) led a team that  identified a protein … With increased lignin and iron, engineered poplar can be used to develop bioproducts for industrial applications. For … Described as the “DOE Tree,” poplar is considered one of the  Flagship Plants for the U.S. Department of Energy …

… in improving and applying a method that allows researchers to quickly modify diverse bacterial genomes. In 2019, the … ( CRAGE ). CRAGE enables scientists to insert large pieces of DNA (up to 60 kb) in a single step, directly into the … is central to our ability to offer host-engineering for our users,” says JGI Director Nigel Mouncey. Using CRAGE, JGI …

… Congratulations to the JGI’s Tanja Woyke , who has been elected to the American Academy of Microbiology (AAM) ! She is among the 68 new Fellows in … Lab’s 2015 Women @ the Lab honorees. Woyke’s research focuses on developing and harnessing single-cell methods to …

… Sustainable Berkeley Lab maintains a  calendar of Earth Month events throughout April. This year, a new … Sale. All year, the JGI helps support finding solutions to clean energy and environmental challenges. And many … strategy. And so we’re looking at the overall greenhouse gas impacts from all of our operations,” said Brie …

… In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have revisited a … Phakopsora pachyrhizi , a major pathogen of soybean that causes ASR.  “I love working with these guys,” said Duplessis, … and that’s going really well. And having the sequence data available for us to enable that research will have a …

… A mini-episode looking at the efforts of Pankaj Trivedi, whose New Investigator proposal was recently approved through the JGI Community Science Program, to use microbiome science to help make plants more resilient to …