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… laboratories or national user facilities. Baker had worked with the JGI through a Community Science Program (CSP) … at how viruses might be influencing the methane cycling within these mangrove wetlands.” A chapter of Rambo’s … Tringe, head of the Microbial Systems group. He also worked with Simon Roux and David Paez-Espino. Rambo found the SCGSR …
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… 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 … to fix a defect in the approach: CRISPR-Cas9 relies on RNA with a short guiding sequence (20 bp) that directs the …
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… 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 … on one or both sides by genes from the host organism. With the virus-host boundary clearly defined using …
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… exist on [the JGI data portal] IMG or how to deal with situations in which they inadvertently analyzed use-restricted data without contacting the lab that generated that data,” he … shaping the assembly of fungal endophytes across land plants and lichens, mentioned her interest in guiding JGI …
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… avenues for using bacteria to produce ethylene and more. Microbes excel at recycling the abundant miscellanea of … the building blocks of many of our fuels and materials. With an eye to harnessing these nitrogenase-like enzymes, … the enzyme operates. It works as a two-part complex, along with a regulatory accessory protein and multiple …
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… 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, … patience of my JGI PIs, having lots of data to play around with.” …
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… or plan on collecting RNA samples from soil or surfaces for microbe-focused collections? A: Not at the moment but it is …
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… 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 … submitting a proposal. Describe in detail what you will do with the data! Ideally, you or someone on your team will …
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… from the University of Duisburg-Essen (UDE), Germany with the aim of intensifying collaborations in the fields of … in 2022, the delegation from UDE familiarized themselves with the research programs and user facilities at Berkeley … conversion and water treatment as well as microbial ecology with a focus on metabolism and ecosystem health. To …
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… Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Recently, Lawrence, in collaboration with researchers from ORNL, Lawrence Berkeley National … internship and investigations began. Lawrence was paired with program co-founder and JGI mentor, Zhong Wang. … According to Lawrence, this summer project aligned with his computational background and interests nicely. And …
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… (Spoiler: Yes.) Think of cells as tiny factories: within their walls they have both the machinery to make … University describe a two-pronged approach that starts with engineered yeast cells but then moves out of the cell … products in industry.” From Cell to “Soup” The work started with yeast strains engineered by Alper’s team to convert the …
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… home office (garage). There, standing at a safe distance, with proper face covering, was JGI’s Administrative Services … luminaries included from the Berkeley Lab Directorate, Mike Witherell (Director), Michael Brandt (Operations Deputy), … needs to have a great operations leader,” said Director Witherell in his event remarks. “I feel that is something …
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