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… ice in the Arctic has decreased by more than 30% in terms of quantity and thickness. Replacing older, thicker ice with … surface where algae grow. Armed with a better understanding of the alga’s stress resistance and ability to adapt to … mark, these algae showed significant signs of recovery through increased nutrient uptake and decreased cell death.  …

… In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have revisited a number of notable achievements that showcase our collaborations and … with the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology.   Publications Grimwood, J., Gordon, L., Olsen, A. et al. The …

… start pinning down how a fungal symbiont spurs growth of poplar, a potential biofuel feedstock.     The Science The fungus  Mortierella … Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility, through its  Community Science Program in order to get  M. … the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) sponsored by the Office of Biological and Environmental Research at the …

… In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have revisited a number of notable achievements that showcase our collaborations and … the world to map out genomes of rumen microbes. In 2018, through a JGI Community Science Program proposal that …

… from the other JGI Portals, as well. “For thousands of scientists around the world, the JGI Genome Portal is a critical resource — it provides access to all of JGI’s genomic databases and tools,” noted  Kjiersten … JGI has produced more than 13 petabytes of data, accessible through the Genome Portal. “The task of making data more …

… New evidence shows anaerobic fungi can degrade the hardiest of plant components   The Science There are three main … called lignocellulose, are the primary components of hardy cell walls. It’s the cellulose and hemicellulose … use of those other two components, which requires getting through the lignin.  Researchers led by Michelle O’Malley’s …

… Register for the meeting here. Here are some sessions of interest (all times in PST unless otherwise noted): … December 7   9:15am PT (online) Town Hall on the role of user facilities in accelerating research and tips for … allows scientists access to multiple user facilities through a single research proposal: Maximize Your Research …

… A team has optimized a crucial part of CRISPR-Cas9 technology to enable improvements in … oil production. The Science CRISPR-Cas9 is a powerful, high-throughput gene-editing tool that can help scientists … tool will make the right cut, researchers created a set of guide RNAs that were effective against 94 percent of the …

… JGI is in the process of shifting its operations from Walnut Creek to the heart of the Berkeley Lab campus. By Friday, October 18, the … JGI’s operations). At the JGI, that translated to sorting through the stuff accumulated in offices, labs, lockers, and … The U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science …

… 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 … are expressed when their functions are needed. Data yielded through RIViT-seq expand the known transcriptional …

… A genetic architecture that is characteristic of the sex chromosomes of mammals is, for the first time, … some, including shrub willow  Salix purpurea , employ the evolutionary strategy we are far more familiar with: … National Laboratory. The JGI sequenced the shrub willows through the  Community Science Program , using long-read …

… di-GMP (Guanine Monophosphate) is found in nearly all types of bacteria and interacts with cell signaling networks that … role in regulating microbial cellulose production and biofilm formation, which affects a number of environments, … biosensors for measuring cyclic di-GMP in bacteria through work enabled by the JGI’s Community Science Program …