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… for the triennium 2017-2020! Established by the University of Queensland in 1986, the van Niel Prize recognizes contribution of scholarship in the field of microbiology and is awarded … recognized Woyke as a pioneer in uncovering the hidden diversity of “microbial dark matter”–that uncultured and …

… DOE JGI, UC Merced Days after presenting the results of his summer research at the U.S. Department of Energy … Cole on a project involving bacteria in Arabidopsis plant roots. At the same time, Lawrence worked with Nicole Johnson … on the genetic mechanisms of chemotaxis in the Arabidopsis microbiome, particularly, how bacteria can be driven toward …

… Twice a year, the DOE Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) program awards … and the interactions of plants with their associated microbiomes. Tringe was also Kaze’s mentor during her 2018 … The U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science …

… Institute.  The Science Researchers report the discovery of miniature Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short … mining the datasets in the Integrated Microbial Genomes and Microbiomes (IMG/M) suite of tools managed by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) … The work conducted by the US Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science …

… During the summer of 2021, 13 interns from UC Merced spent eight weeks working … hone science presentation skills, and participate in professional development enrichment activities. For some … Merced internship program was founded in 2014 with the goal of inspiring students to embark on a career in genomics and …

… the DOE JGI hosted 10 interns who came from a wide range of backgrounds. Many of them spent the summer crunching genomic data at a … at their desks. As part of the DOE JGI’s efforts to promote diversity and inclusion in the sciences, among the interns …

…   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 of two species, similar to a mule, but that is still able to …

… As part of the ongoing partnership between DOE JGI and UC Merced to promote diversity and inclusion in science and research, two … Research Symposium , held February 6 at the University of California, Irvine, Cristhian and Bryan were among 5 UC …

… After studying the mechanism of action of antifungal natural products and their derivatives during … at the DOE Joint Genome Institute in 2004. The main object of her research was the symbiont community of a gutless … is the Microbial Science Program Head as well as our Deputy of User Programs. Click to learn more about the program's …

… is not exclusively for Euryarchaeota. Atmospheric levels of methane, a potent greenhouse gas, regulate Earth’s … hot springs, an extreme environment with low genetic diversity that would help narrow down potential sources of … with that, we have a much less biased view into biological diversity. You don’t have tunnel vision anymore, only seeing …

… researchers built an interactive and comprehensive database of fermentative prokaryotes. The Science Most organisms use … process called fermentation. To better understand the range of bacteria and archaea that rely on this form of … function of these two isolates. The combined taxonomic and functional annotations were used to predict the final end …