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… This summer marked the first fully in-person internship experience in several years for students and … work, but the opportunity to collaborate with and learn from fellow researchers onsite as well. …

… Antarctic algae need their vitamins; zinc fuels some of their most important functions. Even in … on microalgal communities across different ocean latitudes from pole to pole, using metatranscriptome and metagenome … The U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science User Facility …

… Mini-Metagenomics Approach Helps Identify Novel Archaeal Methane Metabolism. Methane-producing archaea are estimated to produce 500 million tons of … user facility, report the discovery of a novel archaeum from a hot spring that has the genetic machinery to perform …

… how viruses impact the release of greenhouse gases from Arctic permafrost. But to see what they’re doing, he first needs their DNA.   …

… A new view into a symbiosis could offer benefits to address climate change: pulling atmospheric carbon into soil and boosting biofuel … as a reservoir for carbon compounds that plants generate from carbon dioxide they take in. In this way, encouraging … The U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science User Facility …

… we understood plants and how they adapt to their ever-changing environments better? We could unlock new innovations to drive more productive food, medicine, and bioenergy crops. But most available genomes are from narrow swaths of the plant tree of life. One project …

… of IMG database dedicated to viral genomes assembled from metagenomes. He also demonstrates briefly how to … through the more than 2 million viral sequences available in IMG/VR v3. …

… Monitoring Inter-Organism Interactions Within Ecosystems Latest … (Berkeley Lab). They were selected through peer review from 41 full proposals out of 50 letters of intent … in the Antarctic Peninsula. Additionally, the proposal from Viola Krukenberg at Montana State University …

… fields: a microbial community that might be quietly improving the soil. Penn State researchers Mary Ann Bruns and Terry Bell are digging in to understand how. …

… Team develops a computational pipeline to sift and characterize RNA virus sequences.  A zoo once offered a coloring book featuring polar bears in winter scenes that came … data sets of RNA sequences (metatranscriptomes) generated from diverse environmental samples around the world, …

… a crop that could boost biofuels and fertilize fields. So in 2010, the JGI helped publish the original genome sequence for the soybean, Glycine max. With a … threatens this important crop. Hear more about that work from researchers Gary Stacey (University of Missouri), Peter …

… and a potential fuel for the future. But, to be competitive in the market, both energy policy and Miscanthus will need some upgrades. In this episode, hear from scientists working on understanding Miscanthus biology …