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… the slightly murky waters in the tube look like a scoop of stormwater, complete with leaves, debris, and even … symbionts in sulfur-rich mangrove sediments not far from his lab when he first encountered the bacteria. “When I … The LRC provided funding for Volland through grants from the John Templeton Foundation and the Gordon and Betty …

Every fall, a mysterious green growth appears on top of farmers’ fields: a microbial community that might be …

… meeting brings together established and emerging scientists from academia, industry, and government organizations for three days of scientific presentation, interactive panel discussions, …

Miscanthus will need some upgrades. In this episode, hear from scientists working on understanding Miscanthus biology …

This is the third and final episode of our series on a giant metagenome assembly from Wisconsin’s Lake Mendota. In the last two episodes, we’ve covered the specialized software and supercomputers behind this project. But every …

Registration has closed.  The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI) is offering a five-day workshop on Microbial Genomics and … data with existing bioinformatic methods to bridge the gap from sequence to biology. …

Right now, our natural rubber comes from just one tree species: Hevea brasiliensis . It’s great …

…   Each year, the JGI accepts proposals for state-of-the-art functional genomics research from potential users who need help translating genomic … synthesis and omics capabilities to enhance understanding of gene and genome function.  Below find a list of the six …

… school scientists. The Florida Everglades evokes images of fanboats skimming over swamps, while alligators peer … Florida, they encompass a wide range of ecosystems ranging from wetlands to tree islands to cattails. In 2018, the US … Lab), embarked on a pilot project with biology students from Boca Raton Community High School in Palm Beach County, …

This summer, the DOE JGI hosted 10 interns who came from a wide range of backgrounds. Many of them spent the summer crunching … photos of the interns. For this second year of the DOE JGI/University of California, Merced Genomics Distinguished …

Ancient  Chloroflexota s ditched their flagella and other traits when … in an unexpected place: hot spring-dwelling bacteria from the phylum C hloroflexota . Research shows that … They were part of an ancient lineage of bacteria to migrate from oceans and colonize land. Terrestrial  Chloroflexota …

… papers, making the data available for future research. Hear from Rekha Seshadri (JGI) and Matt Escobar (California State … and Mark Soghomonian share what it was like to take on one of these genomes.  …