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… which could then be converted into sustainable biofuels . For its importance to the DOE mission, switchgrass is among … reference genome built off more than a decade of work; as sequencing technologies advanced, assembly and annotation of … Phytozome. The combination of field data and genetic information has allowed the research team to associate climate …

… answer the question, “Where’s Waldo?” readers need to look for a number of distinguishing features. Several characters … through genetic engineering, inoviruses are used for several biotechnological applications, most notably, … with the Inoviridae. “What we’re really doing is looking for a particular gene found in all inoviruses, and then …

… Olmstead was back on campus at the University of California, Merced to start orientation as a first-year graduate … the first participants in the DOE JGI/University of California, Merced Genomics Distinguished Graduate Internship … for building and maintaining cells through the use of deep-sequencing technologies. The internship program was born out …

… . Research shows that flagella were lost in other forms of  Chloroflexota that adapted to marine environments … understanding of how these bacteria evolved could help inform engineering microorganisms for biofuel production and … organisms to swim around. However, genome and metagenomic sequencing conducted by the U.S. Department of Energy Joint …

… of 2020, selected from 118 nominees. The selection process for AAM Fellows is based on their records of scientific … leaders in the field of microbiology and are relied upon for authoritative advice and insight on critical issues in … One example, published in Nature , applied single-cell sequencing to decode genomes of bacteria and archaea from …

… and Elizabeth “Lizzy” Wilbanks of the University of California, Santa Barbara. They join eight other JGI users … she is committed to representing and advocating for early career users on the UEC. As a user of the JGI and … in metagenomics and novel applications for long-read DNA sequencing. As a UEC member, Wilbanks will advocate for …

… Earth conditions. The Science Through a combination of sequencing tools and techniques applied to samples collected … microbial mats at Yellowstone offer researchers an analog for studying early Earth conditions. Additionally, … high-temperature (thermophilic) microbes are of interest for their potential use in number of biotechnological …

… it no longer looks or quacks like one, is it still a duck? For a team led by researchers from The Ohio State University … on the global nutrient cycles regulated by their hosts. For example, microbes that capture and store carbon in the … in one proposed research project. For this project, RNA sequencing was done by the JGI, and proteomics and …

… occupy more space on Earth than any other ecosystem. Therefore, understanding the microbial activity that dominates … years ago and has been well-studied by many researchers for nearly five decades. In these frigid systems, where … over a 10-year period and sent to JGI for metagenomic sequencing. A study  recently published in  Microbiome shows …

… within their rumen. There is another climate-minded reason for studying rumen: Livestock live off plant matter, and … podcast minisode. To date it is the single largest effort to provide a cataloged and curated culture and genome … different areas, beyond the project’s initial scope. Sequencing and culturing this vast collection of rumen …