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… part of CRISPR-Cas9 technology to enable improvements in microbial oil production. The Science CRISPR-Cas9 is a … of Science User Facility. Y. lipolytica is a tantalizing microbial factory, capable of turning abundant biomass …

… to another, which can have a significant impact on the microbial communities within soil. Using metagenomics, … sequences were retrieved using the  JGI’s Integrated Microbial Genomes & Microbiomes (IMG/M) data portal. The IMG …

… CSP call had five areas of emphasis: genes to function, plant and algal functional genomics, inter-organismal …

… million annually.  The team is working on developing new microbial strains that can synthesize other bio-based … create method for converting urine into high-value bio-implant material …

… Study of Root Colonization by Resident Phages of a Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacterium Graduate Interns … study of root colonization by resident phages of a plant growth promoting bacterium. And my mentor is Dr. …

… in  a switchgrass study that delved into the nuances of the plant’s genome . A candidate bioenergy feedstock, … Genome annotations for cassava are available on the JGI plant portal Phytozome.     … sequencing and computational analysis that enable systems-based scientific approaches to these challenges.  …

… more of these viruses than ever before, in all kinds of ecosystems. However, matching these viral genetic sequences to … opens the possibility of using phages to engineer microbial communities. One day, these phages could boost plant-microbe interactions, nutrient cycling, or carbon …

… plasmids. They can be found in virtually all of Earth’s ecosystems. A software tool  recently described in  Nature … The Impact In order to gain more insights into Earth’s ecosystems, researchers must examine the interactions that … in soils and water. MGEs like viruses and plasmids drive microbial processes and evolution. This is because MGEs can …

… sequencing and computational analysis that enable systems-based scientific approaches to these challenges.  …