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… Call. These projects include cutting-edge research into microbial communities — from freshwater estuaries reshaped … degradation.  “We are  very excited to see the outcome of the innovative research  being proposed by this year’s … CSP investigators,” said Tanja Woyke, Deputy Director of JGI’s User Programs. “Many of these projects are large in …

… A two-day kick-off meeting held at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) marked the visit of an esteemed interdisciplinary delegation from the … science, energy conversion and water treatment as well as microbial ecology with a focus on metabolism and ecosystem …

… di-GMP (Guanine Monophosphate) is found in nearly all types of bacteria and interacts with cell signaling networks that … functions. It plays an important role in regulating microbial cellulose production and biofilm formation, which affects a number of environments, …

… Novel study looks at microbiomes in aerial surfaces of plants and their roles in plant health and environmental … The phyllosphere, which is known as the aerial surface of plants, is a comparatively understudied area of forest … do on the leaf surface. More specifically, they found that microbial community composition and functional potential …

… for users requiring multiple omics methods to examine microbial chemical production. The Science Soil bacteria in … chemical factories. They hold genetic blueprints for dozens of complex compounds, but stay largely dormant under standard conditions. As described in a recent issue of mSystems , scientists found that adding salt to the …

… a graduate student in Brett Baker’s lab at the University of Texas at Austin, will defend his dissertation. Some of his research was conducted at the JGI through the DOE … Rambo’s work was overseen by Susannah Tringe, head of the Microbial Systems group. He also worked with Simon Roux and …

… for User Science (FICUS) program, two Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science national user facilities—the  … Nevada mountain range since 2014 to learn more about the microbial responses and feedbacks to warming through the … The U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science …

… You, Yong Zhang and Zhiping Zhong. (All images courtesy of the researchers) Each year, the JGI searches for novel … accepted proposals.  The New Investigator call , part of our  Community Science Program , allows us to work and … and environmental DNA sequencing to explore microbial and plant interactions across unique ecosystems, …

… more to come in 2020. Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at Lawrence Berkeley … with an email in 2018.  Tanja Woyke , who leads the  Microbial Program at the JGI, received a message from Andrea …

… In April 2020, we mark both the 50th celebration of Earth Day on April 22, and DNA Day on April 25. As both … Audio Two special days occur in April: the 50th celebration of Earth Day on April 22, and DNA Day on April 25. Since … JGI-supported project studying the world’s rivers and their microbial communities. He’s focusing on the Arkansas River …

… serving on the UEC – go here to view the full roster of members. Each of the researchers had their own reasons for wishing to serve on the UEC. For microbial ecologist Gilbert at the University of California …

… Biotechnology! Loretta Spencer served as a manyterm mayor of Huntsville, Alabama and is known for her contributions to … large-scale multi-institutional JGI projects and resulting publications that Grimwood contributed to include: A 2021 … As well as the seminal Human Genome Project DOE Chromosome publications: The DNA sequence and biology of human …