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… associations allow host plants, such as candidate  bioenergy feedstock crops, to acquire nutrients. … to white rot fungi. Additionally, some of the saprotrophic genes found in the mycorrhizal species, such as nutrient … the framework of the Mycorrhizal Genomics Initiative (CSP # 305), Metatranscriptomics of Forest Soil Ecosystems …

… fungicides, platform chemicals, cosmetics and new crop traits. Dr. Mouncey has successfully built integrated and … DOE National Laboratories, the Community Science Program (CSP), and external collaborations. The Director ensures the … Discovery. mBio . 12:e03432-20 Wood-Charlson EM et al. 2020. The National Microbiome Data Collaborative: enabling …

… species.  Students collect fungi, sterilize tissue, isolate genes and more. The metadata then goes into iNaturalist. …

… “survival of the fittest” theory — the most expressed genes found across each of the fungal species were … protein-coding hotspots. “Ensuring that the most expressed genes are also the most efficient at making proteins likely … love something, you can’t help but share it with others.” Relevant Links: Publication: Wint R et al. Kingdom-Wide …

… Knockout experiments showcase potential for engineering bioenergy crops The Science Scientists at Brookhaven … Lab). because of its utility for biotechnology and bioenergy applications. Poplars grow quickly and the plants can be crossed to produce traits that make them more appealing bioenergy feedstock …

… and actually get to the DNA sequence – sequences for the genes that code for the proteins that produce secondary … But before that there had been lots of exploration of the genes that would encode secondary metabolism. People wanted … one of the fun things that came out of investigating those genes is that it was found that most biosynthetic genes are …

… work on transposable elements and how understanding these genes has helped pave the way for the conception of a … the powerful gene editing technology that resulted in her 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. She then pivoted towards the … discovered transposition and its ability to turn character traits on and off and, “who I had the great fortune to know …