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Kelly Wrighton and her group at Colorado State University in Fort Collins have a massive undertaking: sequencing the world’s river …

A nuanced understanding of peat moss drives insight into carbon storage   The … than 5% of land on Earth, peatlands store approximately one-third of the world’s soil carbon. The process to harvest … by minimizing flood risks and filtering water. Peat formed there over thousands of years sequesters more carbon …

Mr. Everson rejoined the JGI in 2020  and leads all aspects of JGI … the DOE Joint Bioenergy Institute and the Operations Deputy for LBNL’s Biological Systems & Engineering Division. Prior … to his tenure with Berkeley Lab, he served in the US Navy for 6 years as a submarine electrician and a financial …

Can plants help humans attain a renewable energy future? Can they help lock away more … Laboratory, believes they can. And, what’s more, that using gene editing technology to conscientiously mix traits of different …

… land over 600 million years ago. The Science By studying the genes of land plants’ closest algal relative,  … have enhanced our understanding of how early plants transitioned from water to land. Key gene groups involved in stress … of how plants adapted to terrestrial life paves the way for innovations in sustainable agriculture and clean energy. …

A mini-episode looking at the efforts of Pankaj Trivedi, whose New Investigator proposal was recently approved through the JGI …

Blaby-Haas joined the JGI in 2022 as lead of the Biomolecular Materials … joint user capability between the JGI and Molecular Foundry for genome-encoded biomaterial discovery, design, and … AT, Blaby-Haas CE. (2024) Machine learning sheds light on microbial dark proteins. Nature Rev Micro 22, 63. Davidi L, …

… an attractive addition to your garden 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 …

This shorter episode is about a tiny, single-celled alga – Chlamydomonas reinhardtii – that’s managed to have a big impact. UC Berkeley …

In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have … challenges. Sorghum stands out as a candidate feedstock for biofuels thanks to its drought and flood hardiness. Even … for biofuel production, John Mullet (Texas A & M and Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center) and his team set out to …

Energy’s favorite tree is poplar. They’re the fastest growing trees in the Northern Hemisphere, making them tantalizing plants to harness for bioenergy. In this episode, hear from Oak Ridge National …

Rainforests store a big fraction of all the carbon on Earth, and soil microbes play a key role in pulling that carbon out of the atmosphere. This episode, … take a look at what happens to that storage when a rainforest hits a drought. Tag along with their experiments in a …