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… “Microbes underpin so much of what we see on earth in terms of nutrient cycles and … Wilkins, Colorado State University GI users and microbiome researchers Mike Wilkins and his graduate student Kaela …

JGI and the Workforce Development & Education department of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) hosted a pitch event promoting fully-supported summer research collaborations through the U.S. Department of …

Understanding the shared genetic toolkit of ancestral and present-day plants The Science In a recent  Nature Genetics paper , researchers focused on the full composition of genes, or …

… to summary above^ as well ] The Science The recipe for growing algae as a source of sustainable biofuels seems fairly … often by starting with identifying the right ingredients. Researchers collaborating across multiple institutions have … Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), and Los Alamos National …

… major crop without a reference quality genome and now crop researchers can work toward advancing sugarcane biotechnology. The Science Considered the … most harvested crop by tonnage, sugarcane accounts for 80% of global sugar production. A reference genome for the …

… part of CRISPR-Cas9 technology to enable improvements in microbial oil production. The Science CRISPR-Cas9 is a … To ensure the gene editing tool will make the right cut, researchers created a set of guide RNAs that were effective … and xylose — into fatty acids that could be used for renewable fuel. In fact, lipids can make up more than 90 …

In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have revisited a … of biofuels. Since 2010, the JGI has partnered with researchers around the world to map out genomes of rumen … Science Program proposal that started six years earlier, researchers put together what they called the Hungate1000, a …

In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have revisited a number of notable achievements … Martin of the French National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRAE) focused on in-depth exploration of …

Congratulations to Jane Grimwood, who has been appointed the Loretta Purdy Spencer Chair in Genomics at the … Biotechnology! Loretta Spencer served as a manyterm mayor of Huntsville, Alabama and is known for her contributions to … plant genomes. She has appeared on the annual Highly Cited Researchers list assembly by Clarivate Analytics. In 2020, …

Do metabolic pathways from engineered yeasts still work in cell-free environments? (Spoiler: Yes.) Think of cells as tiny factories: within their walls they have … As reported August 26, 2021, in Nature Communications , researchers led by Hal Alper at The University of Texas at …

In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have revisited a … human chromosomes: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory researchers were studying Chromosome 5, which contains about … and diabetes mellitus. Los Alamos National Lab researchers investigated Chromosome 16, which contains about …

This summer marked the first fully in-person internship experience in several years for students and researchers alike at the JGI. With the past few years … the opportunity to collaborate with and learn from fellow researchers onsite as well. …