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… fungi can degrade the hardiest of plant components   The Science There are three main ingredients to tackle when it … yield fuels, and removing lignin in order to do so is a resource-intensive process. Now, a new study shows how … component, lignin, that has historically been less of a resource to be extracted and more of an obstacle to breaking …

… H, Mouncey NJ. New keys to unlock the treasure trove of microbial natural products. Nat Rev Microbiol. 2021 … Savchenko, A., and Eltis, L.D. (2016) The activity of CouR, a MarR family transcriptional regulator, is modulated …

… Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at Lawrence Berkeley National … National Laboratory’s National Synchrotron Light Source II, and SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory’s … what is now the  Community Science Program Functional Genomics proposal call, the JGI synthesized hundreds of  …

… “older than dinosaurs” could help improve crop yields.  The Science The fire moss Ceratodon purpureus is a short plant … comprise a full third of each moss genome, and are almost four times the size of the next largest chromosome. As the … Carey put it, these sex chromosomes first evolved when the Earth’s continents were still Pangea. McDaniel’s lab …

… into a written report that is published in a scientific journal is the ultimate achievement. To get to this point … and it feels so rewarding,” Wint said. For Axel Visel, JGI Science Deputy and a co-founder of the internship program, … Wint said. “Fungi play an important role in the earth’s ecosystem,” said Salamov, one of Wint’s mentors and …

… JGI researchers demonstrate how their laboratory and data science efforts support users, advance foundational science … complex biological and environmental systems. We optimize our service to the community through responsibly managing our people and resources.   Director's Perspective     …