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… lead on PNNL’s Soil Microbiome SFA. She serves as Secretary within the Microbial Ecology Section of the Ecological … the Ecological Society of America. He’s interested in how microbes influence biogeochemical cycles in soils and sediments and plant-microbial interactions in crops. He has been a PI or …

… has been head of the DNA Synthesis Science Program since 2015. The mission of this program is to harness the power of … engineering tools for non-model organisms, modulating microbe-microbe and plant-microbe interactions in various environments to …

With a new methodology, scientists are now getting more … easily in the lab. To access the genomes of uncultured  microbes , scientists usually employ two different methods; … like plasmids, the picture is far from complete.  In 2021 , scientists at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital …

… of metagenome-assembled viral genomes . The Impact The microbes that play key roles in cycling nutrients such as … to recover the genomes of these viruses and associate them with their microbial hosts. However, assembling viral … suite, as well as sequences from the Global Ocean Virome 2.0 dataset based on open ocean samples. CheckV identified a …

In fact, lipids can make up more than 90 percent of the microbe’s dry weight. In order to better harness these gobs … of researchers sought to disrupt every gene in the genome with CRISPR-Cas9 in order to interrogate each one’s … CRISPR-Cas9 relies on RNA with a short guiding sequence (20 bp) that directs the endonuclease where to cut, but these …

… exist on [the JGI data portal] IMG or how to deal with situations in which they inadvertently analyzed … shaping the assembly of fungal endophytes across land plants and lichens, mentioned her interest in guiding JGI … and can serve no more than two consecutive terms. In late 2021, the JGI launched a solicitation for nominations for …

Paropkari, Vicente Ramirez and Rhondene Wint had summer 2018 internships in Walnut Creek. The students’ research … UC Merced JGI Mentors : Ben Cole & Axel Visel, Genomics of Plant-Microbial Interactions “The summer internship has … their work. It’s fun to be around people who are generous with their time and like nerding out about the big stuff, …

… more about BioSANS. Letters of Intent are due March 17, 2021 for the FICUS proposal call. Q&A from the Webinar: … or plan on collecting RNA samples from soil or surfaces for microbe-focused collections? A: Not at the moment but it is …

CSP  New Investigator call for proposals.  Tips: Contact us with your questions ([email protected]) Carefully … and ensure your idea is aligned Discuss your proposal idea with JGI staff to clarify key points about JGI’s … is open year-round, but proposals submitted by September 21, 2020, will be included in the next review. Q&A from the …

… from the University of Duisburg-Essen (UDE), Germany with the aim of intensifying collaborations in the fields of … Understanding (MoU) signed between UDE and Berkeley Lab in 2022, the delegation from UDE familiarized themselves with the research programs and user facilities at Berkeley …

Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Recently, Lawrence, in collaboration with researchers from ORNL, Lawrence Berkeley National … When Lawrence embarked on his PhD program at UC Merced in 2013, this field was just beginning to develop and expand … internship and investigations began.    Lawrence was paired with program co-founder and JGI mentor, Zhong Wang. …

… (Spoiler: Yes.) Think of cells as tiny factories: within their walls they have both the machinery to make … to keep processes running smoothly. As reported August 26, 2021, in Nature Communications , researchers led by Hal … University describe a two-pronged approach that starts with engineered yeast cells but then moves out of the cell …