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… group at Berkeley Lab created a fabricated ecosystem – an EcoFAB. These small plastic growth chambers let researchers … around the world compare their work consistently. And EcoFABs also work well in the classroom. This episode, we visit Los Medanos Community College to see EcoFABs in action in Jill Bouchard’s BIO 21 lab course. …

… specifically to turn their biomass into sustainable biofuel and bioproducts. John Mullet, a biologist at Texas A&M …

Sonoma State University. Early on Tina knew the importance of understanding human and group behaviors as her role in HR … respect and trust. Tina is very enthusiastic to be a part of the Berkeley Lab’s first Conflict Resolution Services … Company), Dublin, CA, HR Manager 2000 – 2007 New Era of Networks (Sybase Acquired Company), Pacheco, CA HR …

In the summer of 2015, Adam Session was a postdoc working at the DOE Joint … who also holds a joint appointment with the University of California, Berkeley. Nowadays, Session is an Assistant … have  recently published a Nature Communications paper that builds off their early collaborations that could help …

… species: Hevea brasiliensis . It’s great at producing latex that becomes rubber, but it’s vulnerable to disease and … shifts. So researchers are looking into a desert shrub that’s native to North America: guayule.  This episode was …

Tracking evolution of symbiotic lifestyles across multiple fungal lineages. The … with plants (mycorrhizae), and particularly how fungi that feed on decaying plant matter (saprotrophs) have … role in soil carbon storage. Summary There are three types of fungal saprotrophs in the forest. White rot can break …

… well ] The Science The recipe for growing algae as a source of sustainable biofuels seems fairly simple: place these algae in a container … have sequenced and analyzed the genome of an alga that thrives in saltwater (halotolerant) and produces the …

National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON) is a network of field research sites designed to collect long-term open … available for research over 100,000 samples and specimens of over 60 different types of NEON samples and specimens per … program at:  jgi.doe.gov/user-programs . Q:  How can I get that NEON Biorepository Letter of Support ahead of filing a …

… providing input and advice on JGI policies and practices that affect users and their access to technical capabilities JGI offers, as well as proposal review procedures and the organization of the JGI Annual Meeting. Any investigator who has been an …

… genome . Now, high-quality reference genome sequences of the male and female plants, each representing a single set of chromosomes, are available. The genome assemblies … metabolic pathways could lead to the discovery of genes that could be used for multiple biotechnological …

A nuanced understanding of peat moss drives insight into carbon storage   The Science Boggy peatlands, which hold much of the Earth’s carbon as well as material that can be converted to energy, are made up heavily of …