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National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and the Laboratory for Research in Complex Systems (LRC) in Menlo Park, Calif. … giant filamentous bacterium, along with its life cycle. For most bacteria, their DNA floats freely within the … the bacterial cells on the molecular level. They amplified, sequenced and assembled the genomes. In parallel, Gros’ lab …

… also holds a joint appointment with the University of California, Berkeley. Nowadays, Session is an Assistant … arise when different ancestral species crossbreed before genome doubling. In allopolyploids, the set of … and the  oilseed crop false flax – genomes that have been sequenced by the JGI – and the common strawberry, which is …

… to tackle when it comes to breaking down a plant for energy: Cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin, … naturally modifying lignin.  The Impact Traditional methods for breaking down biomass use aerobic methods (those using … Center. O’Malley is also affiliated with JBEI. The JGI data portals and pipelines helped identify potential genes …

… paired six UC Merced students with seven JGI researchers for bioinformatics internship opportunities in fields ranging from … I got to work with an enormous set of fungal genomics data. For me, it was an opportunity to adapt my existing …

Many of them spent the summer crunching genomic data at a computer; a few had the opportunity to spend time … analyses at their desks. As part of the DOE JGI’s efforts to promote diversity and inclusion in the sciences, … Cristhian Gutierrez and Bryan Rangel Alvarez are both  California Alliance for Minority Participation (CAMP) students …

… the DOE Joint Genome Institute (JGI) and University of California (UC), Merced. What started with 2 interns in the … the Lab. “This project represents part of our long term efforts to contribute towards a diverse workforce and scientific community (working with the JGI) as …

… in the next generation of flowering vegetation. In return for their services, bees eat plant nectar and pollen. Nectar … carries out its helpful metabolism: who’s responsible for what biochemical processes? Now, an international team … Bifidobacterium  are able to carry out this metabolic feat. For both clades, then, strains are variable in their …

… dance between a virus and microbial cell is an embrace. For a virus with a “head-tail” morphology, this means using … Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), has looked for DGRs in a broad range of publicly available datasets. They’ve discovered that DGRs are not only …

… 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 … in access, analysis and sharing of JGI-generated data. She is also interested in reaching and engaging with …

… cycle. All methanogenic archaea use one of three pathways for methanogenesis: hydrogen-dependent and CO2-reducing, or … acetoclastic. All three pathways require the gene cluster for methane production known as Mcr. Until recently, the Mcr … the microbes into small pools of cells that were then sequenced separately. From these samples, 111 …