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A team has optimized a crucial part of CRISPR-Cas9 technology to enable improvements in microbial oil production. The … and xylose — into fatty acids that could be used for renewable fuel. In fact, lipids can make up more than 90 …

In a special issue of mSystems , out May 14, 2019, JGI researchers are among … head Emiley Eloe-Fadrosh outline more targeted approaches to reconstruct individual microbes in an environmental … sequence reads to link mobile elements such as plasmids to microbial host cells. In a separate article, research …

…   Each year, the JGI accepts proposals for state-of-the-art functional genomics research from reseachers who translate genomic information into biological function. Through our CSP Functional Genomics … to reveal metabolic pathways that could ultimately enable new or more efficient biotechnologies.  Below find a list of …

… a graduate student in Brett Baker’s lab at the University of Texas at Austin, will defend his dissertation. Some of … program , which awards graduate students the opportunity to pursue part of their thesis research at one of the DOE … Rambo’s work was overseen by Susannah Tringe, head of the Microbial Systems group. He also worked with Simon Roux and …

… help improve crop yields.  The Science The fire moss Ceratodon purpureus is a short plant with a complex genome . Now, high-quality reference genome sequences of the male and female plants, each representing a single … the multiple advances in sequencing technologies applied to the effort. The Impact Found on all continents, including …

Congratulations to Jane Grimwood, who has been appointed the Loretta Purdy … Biotechnology! Loretta Spencer served as a manyterm mayor of Huntsville, Alabama and is known for her contributions to … large-scale multi-institutional JGI projects and resulting publications that Grimwood contributed to include: A 2021 …

From left to right: [above] Olivia Ahern, Adriana Corales, Hugh Cross, … Annual Call. “It’s exciting to see the diverse portfolio of successful CSP proposals this year,” noted Tanja Woyke, … this call, as well as smaller-scale calls including our New Investigator and Functional Genomics calls, here on our …

… design and assembly, strain engineering and bioinformatic tool development/data analysis for synthetic biology and … National Laboratory where he focused on functional genomics of phototrophs. Through this and post-doctoral positions at … Award for Research Excellence … Education … Selected Publications … Awards and Honors …

Scientists find bee gut microbes have a division of labor when it comes to metabolizing complex polysaccharides. Honey bees are … But scientists have wondered exactly how the microbial community carries out its helpful metabolism: …

… vigilant stewardship as JGI’s Operations Deputy has come to a close as this previously retired Naval Commander … as a typical monthly JGI All-Hands Meeting, after a couple of perfunctory items, the agenda went off the rails – … Ray and it has been especially called on in the move to the new building where that was really critical. It takes a …