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In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have revisited a … year-over-year on marginal soil and with few resources. Despite the low maintenance, it can produce an impressive … miles and eight states. In 2021, using switchgrass samples from these gardens, a team led by researchers at the …

… laboratory ecosystems to help transition microbiome science from largely observational to reproducible mechanistic studies.  This conference is inspired by the vision of standardized fabricated ecosystems (EcoFABs) designed for …

… is eager to work and share our tools with a widening circle of researchers. That’s why each year we look for novel research projects — aligned with DOE missions and from PIs who have not led any previously-accepted proposals … these researchers will dive into a range of projects spanning the resilience of desert grasslands to the …

JGI and the Workforce Development & Education department of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) … summer research collaborations through the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)’s Visiting Faculty Program (VFP) . The VFP … faculty members may invite up to two student participants from the faculty member’s home academic institution, one of …

… data portal allows anyone to freely investigate the genes of more than 100 algae. The Science Interested in the … feedstocks. Understanding the genetic underpinnings responsible for these traits takes us closer to harnessing … and what they do. Summary The name PhycoCosm stems from the Greek phykos , meaning seaweed. Seaweeds are algae, …

… data portal allows anyone to freely investigate the genes of more than 100 algae. The Science Interested in the … feedstocks. Understanding the genetic underpinnings responsible for these traits takes us closer to harnessing … and what they do. Summary The name PhycoCosm stems from the Greek phykos, meaning seaweed. Seaweeds are algae, …

Science Altiarchaea are carbon-fixing microbes and targets of multiple viruses in Earth’s deep subsurface. They are … Their genomes include short DNA sequences that code for CRISPR systems, which help bacteria resist foreign genetic elements by incorporating short sequences from infecting viruses and phages. In these sequences are …

From left to right: [above] Olivia Ahern, Adriana Corales, … Annual Call. “It’s exciting to see the diverse portfolio of successful CSP proposals this year,” noted Tanja Woyke, who heads JGI’s …

… than 20 UC Merced students have contributed to the research of 13 JGI scientists since the program’s inception. In 2014, … California (UC), Merced assistant professor Suzanne Sindi from the School of Natural Sciences and started a program … is not representative of the diversity in the population, especially here in California. The opportunity to tap into …

RIViT-seq technology could speed up associating transcription factors with their target genes. The Science Regulons are a group of genes that can be turned on or off by the same regulatory … the third is determining the 5’-ends by 5’-end sequencing, from which those promoter sequences recognized by a given …

JGI is in the process of shifting its operations from Walnut Creek to the heart of the Berkeley Lab campus. … During those days, they were asked to “KonMari” their spaces, a decluttering method focused on keeping only items …

… include cutting-edge research into microbial communities — from freshwater estuaries reshaped by dam removal to … degradation.  “We are  very excited to see the outcome of the innovative research  being proposed by this year’s CSP investigators,” said Tanja Woyke, Deputy Director of …