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… cyanobacteria; they began oxygenating Earth over two billion years ago. A team of researchers set out to Yellowstone National Park to study how cyanobacteria are living, …

… American prairie, switchgrass ( Panicum virgatum ) has long been a tantalizing potential biofuel feedstock. But … and, as a species, encompasses dizzying diversity. So, a team of scientists made an ambitious plan to begin to link …

… In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have … below, but no oil in between.” To find an explanation, his team tracked the thousands of bacterial and archaeal species … Oceanospirillales , work that also involved Janet Jansson’s team. Jansson is currently Chief Scientist for Biology in …

… Methane is a greenhouse gas 20 times more potent than carbon dioxide. Billions of years ago, methane-producing archaea … provided by the other study co-authors, and reconstructed from these 10 metagenome-assembled genomes (MAGs) … sediments and based on metabolic reconstructions, the team has two main hypotheses: the novel korarchaeon could …

… Journal publication caps JGI pilot project with fledgling Florida high school … Florida, they encompass a wide range of ecosystems ranging from wetlands to tree islands to cattails. In 2018, the US … the resources as a user facility. The Metagenome Program team provided guidance and encouragement to submit a …

… a bioenergy plant? Meet Miscanthus , an attractive addition to your garden and a potential fuel for the future. But, … Miscanthus will need some upgrades. In this episode, hear from scientists working on understanding Miscanthus biology and the economic terrain …

… is a Staff Scientist and leader of the Microscale Applications group. Before joining the JGI in 2010, he made the first ever measurements of in situ growth rates and carbon consumption of SAR11 bacteria, the most abundant … sorting and non-standard molecular protocols.  Finally, his team utilizes new technologies, e.g. acoustic liquid …

… of the DNA Synthesis Science Program since 2015. The mission of this program is to harness the power of DNA synthesis, … strain engineering, and biosystems design for DOE-mission-relevant discovery and applications. This program has supported over 250 projects since it …

… with JGI in 2012 as a NERSC bioinformatics computing consultant, after completing a petascale postdoctoral fellowship at NERSC and LBNL’s Computational Research Division. As a postdoc, her research focused … 2018, Dr. Fagnan was part of the Gordon Bell prizewinning team at the Supercomputing conference, SC’18, led by …

… assays yield an unprecedented view of plant evolution and adaptation.    Understanding how genes are regulated … applications. “We worked with 10 species ranging from grasses to broccoli and trees like poplar, spanning … TF binding sites are scattered widely across genomes, the team found only a subset were functionally relevant. Those …

…   To understand virus-host dynamics, computation helps fill in what cultivation can’t. The Science At … this program,  described in Plos Biology , the research team led by scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy … evaluating these different routes. To train the model, the team used 1,870 known virus-host pairs to generate a matrix …

… decoded the genome of an oil-producing green alga, and demonstrated precise gene targeting in the genome in the … also simplifies metabolic modeling and pathway optimization for enhanced lipid production. Also notable, researchers found it is missing 33 genes …