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… characteristics — creating many different ways of processing nitrogen. To boost crops more efficiently in … the evolutionary past may hold key insights. The way that plants process nutrients has a rich back story — they rely … bacteria, archaea and fungi. We thought this kind of analysis would provide a framework for the evolution of this …

… well ] The Science The recipe for growing algae as a source of sustainable biofuels seems fairly simple: place these … bioenergy feedstocks, algae are tiny but mighty. An analysis in the 2017 Bioeconomy Report estimated that the … in Igor Grigoriev’s team at the JGI led the multi-omics analysis effort for a more complete picture. The team …

… with their target genes. The Science Regulons are a group of genes that can be turned on or off by the same regulatory protein. Researchers demonstrated … assay. The second step consists of RNA sequencing of whole transcriptomes, and the third is determining the 5’-ends by …

… By characterizing the structure and function of a methylthio-alkane reductase system, researchers could … more.  Microbes excel at recycling the abundant miscellanea of their surroundings. Case in point: for us, the smell of the ocean simply signals we’re near the beach. For …

… less than previously believed.  The Science Eelgrass, one of the most abundant plants in the ocean, originated in Japan before spreading … — including the eelgrass genome assembly that enabled analysis of the whole genome duplication event — … grant to J. Eisen, J.J.S. and J.L.O. from the US Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute Community Sequencing …

… Over the course of the summer, the JGI-UC Merced Genomics Internship paired … and Systems Biology Mentor: Guohong Wu, Plant Comparative Analysis What effect has your summer internship with the JGI … 3rd year undergraduate student Mentor: Zhong Wang, Genome Analysis What effect has your summer internship with the JGI …

… help process experiments that measure microbial activity in soil. Now, the researchers and robots have made these …

… ActinoBase offers a public portal of insight into special groups of actinobacteria … for infectious disease. Streptomycetes are also abundant in soil and can be used as biocontrol agents and to promote … integrated high-throughput sequencing and computational analysis that enable systems-based scientific approaches to …

… The US Department of Energy’s favorite tree is poplar. They’re the fastest … trees in the Northern Hemisphere, making them tantalizing plants to harness for bioenergy. In this episode, hear from … to making poplar an economical and sustainable source of energy and materials. …