Using the latest sequencing technology, #BioEGSB research scientist Lauren Lui is cataloguing the complete genomes of the microbes in the San Francisco Estuary near the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta. Her work could help scientists formulate a predictive understanding of how microbes respond to environmental changes.
Read the full story: https://biosciences.lbl.gov/2024/12/23/sequencing-the-mysterious-microbes-of-the-san-francisco-estuary/
A collaboration with researchers from Berkeley Lab Earth and Environmental Sciences Area (EESA) (Kolby Jardine and Luiza Beraldi Gallo) and #BioEGSB (Trent Northen, Aymerick Eudes, and Suzanne Kosina) has discovered a new carbon “pathway” occurring during photosynthesis that is important to understanding plant growth and how plants respond to changing climates.
A collaborative research team, including the Environmental Genomics and Systems Biology Division’s Trent Northen, Suzanne Kosina, and Aymerick Eudes, has discovered a new carbon “pathway” occurring during photosynthesis that is important to understanding plant growth and response to climate change. Stemming from what is known as the C1 photosynthesis reaction, in which plants use carbon ... Read more »
#TeamBioSci researchers with #BioEGSB and @jgi leveraged metabolomics capabiliies at @berkeleylab to help collaborators at Wake Forsest better understand the role viruses that infect phytoplankton play in the marine food web.
#BioEGSB's Trent Northen is leading the conversation to develop community standards for researching synthetic communities (#SynComs) in plant–microbiota. Synthetic communities are increasingly being used, yet, the lack of community standards limits the efficiency and progress in this important area of research.
@jgi @berkeleylab Read the Nature MicroBiology paper here:
Here the authors discuss the use of synthetic communities, or SynComs, in plant–microbiome research and propose steps to develop community standards that will support future research.
Genetic dark matter is DNA that can't easily be sequenced with traditional methods but #BioEGSB researchers have discovered a technique that reveals the mysteries of microbial genomes
https://biosciences.lbl.gov/2024/08/19/revealing-the-mysteries-within-microbial-genomes/
#TeamBioSci researchers have developed a new technique, Boba-seq, to uncover the traits encoded by genes of unknown function in microbes. This method has already identified bacterial functions relevant to human health and will further explore functions in ecosystems.
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Attention Job Seekers: We have several open positions on #TeamBioSci at @berkeleylab
Filamentous Fungi Research Scientist in #BioEGSB - Position # 102409
Laboratory Ecosystem Research Scientist in #BioEGSB - Position # 102408
Postdoctoral Fellow (Health Sciences) in #BioBSE - Position # 101639
Biologist Postdoctoral Fellow in #BioMBIB - Position # 102365
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Trent Northen's lab in #BioEGSB at @berkeleylab are using fabricated ecosystems— or #EcoFABs— to test how different forms of nitrogen—ammonium, nitrate, or a combination—affect the production of organic substances given off by the roots of a small grass species used as a model for bioenergy grasses. They found that varying levels of nitrogen affected the type of compounds produced by the roots and that the plants grew best when they received both ammonium and nitrate.
Fabricated ecosystems are takeout box–sized growth chambers developed at Berkeley Lab to be a standardized and reproducible platform for conducting experiments on model plants and the microbes that live around their roots.
Scientists are using the DNA from soil microbes to model how they function and use carbon, ultimately helping to advance the accuracy of climate models.
Susannah Tringe, director of our #BioEGSB division, was recently interviewed by Scientific American about her research wetlands methane emissions.
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https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/wetlands-made-salty-by-rising-seas-produce-more-heat-trapping-methane/
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