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Date
Last
First
Title
11/17/2023
Choudhary
Hemant
Hybrid Biological and Chemical Process for Upcycling Mixed Plastics
08/02/2023
Lucas
Maik
Soil Structure Influences Root Growth and Carbon Storage
05/26/2023
Tuskan
Gerald
Split Selectable Genetic Markers Enable Multi-Gene Plant Transformation
04/26/2023
Gibert
Jean P.
Predicting Changes in Microbial Food Webs
04/10/2024
Mutalik
Vivek K
Deciphering the Functions Encoded in Phage Genomes
04/03/2024
Lee
Taek Soon
For Sustainable Aviation Fuel, Researchers Engineer a Promising Microorganism for Precursor Production
03/27/2024
Piton
Gabin
Soil Bacteria Link their Life Strategies to Soil Conditions
03/20/2024
Trinh
Cong
Yeast Uses Plastic Waste Oils to Make High-Value Chemicals
03/27/2024
Orphan
Victoria J.
Scientists Confirm that Methane-Processing Microbes Produce a Fossil Record
03/06/2024
Kostka
Joel E.
In Peatland Soil, a Warmer Climate and Elevated Carbon Dioxide Rapidly Alter Soil Organic Matter
02/09/2024
Jacobson
Dan
How the Quantum World Can Help Scientists Engineer Biology
02/12/2024
Hofmockel
Kirsten S.
Researchers Directly Detect Interactions Between Viruses and their Bacterial Hosts in Soils
02/20/2024
Mayali
Xavier
Surprising Strategies: Scientists Quantify the Activity of Algal-Associated Bacteria at the Microscale
02/05/2024
Church
George
Creating a Virus-Resistant Bacterium Using a Synthetic Engineered Genome
10/18/2023
Jacobson
Dan
Signaling Across Kingdoms to Build the Plant Microbiome
11/08/2023
Pan
Chongle
To Study Competition and Cross-Feeding, Scientists Build Synthetic Microbiomes
07/27/2023
Chen
Peng
Imaging Shows How Inorganic-Microbe Hybrids Use Light to Turn Carbon Dioxide into Bioplastic
09/27/2023
Jonikas
Martin C.
Scientists Build a Spatial Atlas of the Chloroplast Proteome, the Home of Photosynthesis
08/09/2023
Abraham
Paul
A Single Gene and a Unique Layer of Regulation Opens the Door for Novel Plant-Fungi Interactions
07/20/2023
Isaacs
Farren J.
Engineering New Metabolic Pathways that Function Across Microbial Kingdoms
06/27/2023
Edwards
Joseph
Host Genetics Play a Significant Role in the Composition of Switchgrass Root Microbiomes
07/24/2023
Egbert
Robert
Taming Undomesticated Bacteria with a High-Efficiency Genome Engineering Tool
06/14/2023
Eloe-Fadrosh
Emiley
To Advance Microbiome Research, the National Microbiome Data Collaborative Ambassador Program Promotes Microbiome Data Standards
06/12/2023
Swaminathan
Kankshita
Researchers Demonstrate First Precision Gene Editing in Miscanthus
05/17/2023
McDermott
Jason
Machine Learning-Based Protein Annotation Tool Predicts Protein Function
05/08/2023
Gibert
Jean-Philippe
Viruses Could Reshuffle the Carbon Cycle in a Warming World
04/17/2023
Gao
Mu
Deep Learning-Drives Insights into Protein-Protein Interactions
12/08/2022
Gladden
John
Rhodosporidium toruloides Engineered to Produce Triacetic Acid Lactone from Sorghum
01/08/2023
Kim
Seungdo
Strong Climate Mitigation Potential of Switchgrass Grown on Marginal Lands
10/14/2022
Parrott
Wayne
Engineered Auxotrophic Agrobacterium Strains Improve Plant Transformation
12/28/2022
Reichert
Nancy
Transformation and Gene Editing in the Bioenergy Grass Miscanthus
07/19/2022
Scown
Corinne D.
In Planta
Accumulation of Value-added Bioproducts Compared with Microbial Production Routes
05/19/2022
Missaoui
Ali M.
Researchers Map Genetic Diversity in Switchgrass
06/14/2022
Zhao
Huimin
Oleaginous Yeast Metabolically Engineered to Overproduce Promising Platform Chemical
10/27/2022
Mansfield
Shawn D.
Engineered Poplar with Altered Lignin Composition More Readily Converted to Bioproducts
10/26/2021
Joshi
Chandrashekhar
Modification of Transcription Factor Expression in Poplar Changes Cell Wall Characteristics
10/18/2021
Keasling
Jay
High-Efficiency Production of Terpene Precursors for Next-Generation Biofuels
02/14/2022
Khanna
Madhu
Responsiveness of
Miscanthus
and Switchgrass Yields to Stand Age and Fertilization
12/06/2021
Stahl
Shannon
Isolating Valuable Compounds from Complex Mixtures of Lignin Products
08/04/2020
Rush
Tomás
Compound Communicates More than Expected in Microbes
09/18/2020
Zhou
Jizhong
New Approach Helps Determine How Much Microbial Community Composition Is Driven by Selection and How Much by Chance
09/04/2020
Blaby-Haas
Crysten
Finding Gene Neighbors Leads to New Protein Functions
02/16/2021
Merchant
Sabeeha
Green Algae Express Genes More Like Bacteria than Previously Thought
02/01/2021
Schadt
Chris
Burning the Forest, Not Just the Trees
03/02/2021
Salvachúa Rodríguez
Davinia
Hungry Fungi: White-Rot Fungi Eat All Components of the Wood They Decompose
03/21/2021
Burnum-Johnson
Kristin
Molecular Connections from Plants to Fungi to Ants
10/19/2020
Adams
Michael
Molybdenum Limits Microbes’ Ability to Remove Harmful Nitrate from Soil
01/26/2021
Coates
John
Microbes Use Ancient Metabolism to Cycle Phosphorus
02/22/2021
Zhou
Jizhong
Warming Soil Means Stronger Microbe Networks
04/27/2021
Hungate
Bruce
Predatory Bacteria, Eat Thy Neighbor
07/09/2020
North
Justin
A Newly Discovered Enzyme Makes Ethylene and Methane
07/21/2021
Morrell-Falvey
Jennifer
Scientists Identify Genes Key to Microbial Colonization of Plant Roots
06/09/2021
Cregger
Melissa
Time, More than Genes, Shapes the Poplar Tree Microbiome
06/07/2021
Hungate
Bruce
Bacterial Carbon Cycling in Soil Is Not a Shared Effort
06/22/2021
Pelletier
Dale
Cultivating the Microbiome of Populus Tree Roots
10/19/2021
Gibert
Jean-Philippe
Microbes Offer a Glimpse into the Future of Climate Change
10/27/2021
Traxler
Matthew
Fungal Recyclers: Fungi Reuse Fire-Altered Organic Matter
04/16/2021
Trinh
Cong T.
Developing Novel Microbial Platforms for Designer Ester Biosynthesis
08/17/2021
Jin
Yong-Su
Engineering Yeast to Efficiently Convert Hemicellulose into High-Value Bioproducts
08/25/2021
Scown
Corinne D.
Assessing the Production Cost and Carbon Footprint of a Promising Aviation Biofuel
02/08/2021
Lowry
David B.
Unlocking a High-Quality Reference Genome for Switchgrass
09/27/2016
Stephanopoulos
Gregory
Oleaginous Yeasts Move One Step Closer to Becoming Industrial Biodiesel Producers
11/11/2016
Perotto
Silvia
Nitrogen Uptake Between Fungi and Orchids
06/02/2017
Schmutz
Jeremy
Mutant Rice Database for Bioenergy Research
07/05/2017
Woyke
Tanja
New Technology Illuminates Microbial Dark Matter
03/30/2016
Dueber
John
Engineering Intracellular Organelles to Increase Production of Useful Chemicals by Confining Their Metabolic Pathways
02/08/2016
Church
George M.
New Real-Time Approach for Monitoring Chemical Production by Genetically Engineered Microbes
01/12/2016
Lynd
Lee
Using Bacteria to Achieve High Solubilization of Biomass with Minimal Pretreatment
08/13/2015
Westpheling
Janet
Enhancing a Microbe's Cellulolytic Ability for Biomass Deconstruction
10/27/2015
Fox
Brian
Mass Spectrometry Deduces Selectivity of Glycoside Hydrolases for Degrading Biomass Polysaccharides
08/08/2013
Westpheling
Janet
Expression of Heterologous Endoglucanases in
Caldicellulosiruptor bescii
Enhances Secretome Activity
09/21/2015
Neutron Crystallography Visualizes How Nature's Most Efficient Enzyme Works
02/05/2016
Bomble
Yannick
New Understanding of One of Nature’s Best Biocatalysts for Biofuels Production
04/11/2016
Mukhopadhyay
Aindrila
A One-Pot Recipe for Making Jet Fuel
10/13/2015
Pakrasi
Himadri B.
Cyanobacterial Alkanes: Today’s Bacterial Antifreeze, Tomorrow’s Fuel
04/25/2016
Timm
Collin
Poplar-Associated Bacterial Isolates Induce Additive Favorable Responses in a Constructed Plant-Microbiome System
05/06/2016
Phillips Jr.
George N.
Characterizing the Structural Basis of Stereospecificity in Enzymatic Cleavage of Lignin Bonds
01/04/2016
Maness
Pin–Ching
Increased Production of Bioplastics in Engineered Bacteria
01/07/2016
Ohlrogge
John B.
A Novel Lipid Pathway Makes Massive Quantity of Surface Wax on Bayberry Fruit
02/18/2016
O’Malley
Michelle A.
Biofuel Tech Straight from the Farm
03/27/2015
Jacobson
Daniel A.
Making Sense of Genomic Networks
06/08/2015
Toward Oilcane: Engineering Hyperaccumulation of TAGs in Sugarcane Stems
10/14/2019
Enabling Biomanufacturing Through Multiple Microbial Hosts
07/04/2017
Keasling
Jay
Engineering Restricted Lignin and Enhanced Sugar Deposition in Secondary Cell Walls Enhances Monomeric Sugar Release
08/27/2015
Eucalyptus Trees with Reduced Lignin Content Display Reduced Recalcitrance
10/22/2015
Novel Biological Wiring System Detected in a Methane-Consuming Microbial Symbiosis
07/22/2015
Elkins
James G.
Engineered Furfural Tolerance in
Caldicellulosiruptor bescii
, a Consolidated Bioprocessing Thermophile
09/22/2015
Identifying Specific Preferences in Organic Compound Consumption by Desert Soil Microbes
09/12/2015
Elimination of Non-Productive Fermentation Products Boosts Cellulosic Ethanol Production in Consolidated Bioprocessing
08/27/2015
Structural Characterization of Isolated Poplar and Switchgrass Lignins During Dilute Acid Treatment
06/12/2015
Phenolic Amides are Potent Inhibitors of
de novo
Nucleotide Biosynthesis
09/01/2015
Consolidated Bioprocessing of Cellulose to an Advanced Biofuel Using a Cellulolytic Thermophile
08/08/2015
Passian
Ali
Hybrid Spectroscopy Helps Elucidate Fine Cell Wall Structure
06/15/2015
Singh
Anup K.
New Microfluidics DNA Assembly Platform
06/29/2015
Metabolism of Multiple Aromatic Compounds in Corn Stover Hydrolysate by
Rhodopseudomonas palustris
06/19/2015
Mechanisms of Limonene Toxicity and Tolerance Elucidated
06/17/2015
Long-Term Study Alleviates Water-Use Concern for Biofuel Crops
03/23/2015
New Technology Tracks Cells Containing Multiple Mutations Within a Cellular Population
07/01/2015
Keasling
Jay D.
Heterologous Orthogonal Fatty Acid Biosynthesis System in
Escherichia coli
for Oleochemical Production
05/14/2015
N
2
O Emissions During Establishment Phase of Various Bioenergy Cropping Systems
10/01/2014
Identifying Representative Corn Rotation Patterns in the U.S. Western Corn Belt
01/30/2015
Systems Biology of a Cyanobacterial Chassis for Photosynthetic Biosynthesis
01/22/2015
Using a Designer Synthetic Media to Study Inhibitors Effect in Biomass Conversion
10/10/2014
Investigating Nitrogen Fixation in a Photosynthetic Microbial Community
04/25/2013
Carbon-11 Azelaic Acid as a Signaling Molecule for Mechanistic Studies in Plants
09/04/2013
Carlson
John E.
Candidate Genes Involved in Lignin Degradation Found in Wood-Boring Beetle’s Mid Gut
10/10/2013
POPSEQ for Plant Genome Assembly: New Approach Allows Researchers to Work on Many Species Regardless of Sequence Resources
05/02/2015
Donohue
Timothy J.
Understanding and Enhancing Microbial Lipid Production for Biofuels
06/07/2013
Palsson
Bernhard O.
Emerging Discipline of Structural Systems Biology Reveals
E. coli
Heat Tolerance
05/05/2013
New Technique for Improved Microbial Genome Assembly
05/18/2013
Bioinformatics Web Tool Aids Functional Annotation of Plant and Microbial Genomes
01/01/2013
Challenging Traditional Understanding of Microbial Gene Regulation
11/13/2012
Protein Affects Radiation-Sensitive Programming and Cell Fate
02/08/2012
New Approach for Converting Plant Biomass to Ethanol
03/22/2013
Gaddam
Vikram
Metabolic Imaging: Watching Sugars Move in Plants
12/09/2012
X-Ray Crystallography Reveals Potential Drug Target for Ulcer-Causing Bacteria
11/09/2012
Nuclear Architecture and Gene Expression
11/22/2012
H.-Y. N.
Biochemistry of a Mysterious Microbial Community
02/14/2013
Improving Cyanobacterial Synthesis of Alkanes
11/30/2010
Revealing the Molecular Underpinnings of a Key Enzyme
01/01/2012
Toward Bio-Hybrid Solar Conversion Devices
09/28/2012
Hsu
Chia-Yen
Polymeric Vesicles for Theranostic Applications
03/11/2012
Wang
Da-Neng
Understanding the Roles Played by Hydrosulphide Membrane Channel and Its Relatives in Living Systems
02/16/2013
Understanding Enzymes that Help Convert Biomass to Biofuels
02/06/2013
Miller
Christopher S.
New Method Reveals Bacterial Diversity in Subsurface Sediments
02/14/2013
Understanding Genome Evolution with the Help of Plasmid Gene Pools
05/24/2012
Understanding Plant Hormones
05/01/2013
Defeating NDM-1
01/01/2017
New Analytical Tool Enables Switchgrass Improvement
02/04/2013
Increased Nitrogen Deposition Slows Carbon Decomposition in Forest Soils
01/10/2013
Firestone
Mary K.
Plants, Fungi, and Microbes: Symbiosis in Carbon and Nitrogen Cycling
01/16/2013
Marginal Lands: A Valuable Resource for Sustainable Bioenergy Production
01/01/2013
Hettich
Robert L.
Proteome Atlas for the Poplar Tree
12/09/2012
Using Synchrotron Spectroscopy to Understand How a Protein Evolves
11/12/2012
Löffler
Frank E.
Soil Microbes Eat Nitrous Oxide, a Potent Greenhouse Gas
03/26/2012
Azzam
Edourd I.
Radiation-Induced Protein Protects Against Radiation Damage
12/19/2013
Marine Ecosystems More Complex Than Previously Thought
08/28/2012
Neutron Crystallography Shows How Drugs Bind to Enzymes
09/10/2012
Rapid Mapping of All Atoms in Biochemical Reactions
06/08/2012
Watching Carbon Dioxide Move in Plant Leaves
08/24/2012
Understanding How Microbial Membrane Transporters Work
11/06/2012
Keasling
Jay D.
Identifying the Best Biofuel-Producing Microbes
11/23/2012
Ding
Shi-You
Watching Plant Biomass Breakdown to Improve Biofuel Production
10/09/2012
Kuske
Cheryl R.
Impacts of Elevated CO
2
on Photosynthetic Microbes in Arid Ecosystems
10/19/2012
Vandehey
Nicholas T.
Watching Bioremediation in Action
08/22/2012
Chiang
Vincent L.
Regulation of Wood Formation Characterized in
Populus
09/04/2012
Structural Patterning in Bacteria May Improve Their Bioenergy Uses
09/04/2012
Chen
Julian
Locating Hydrogen Atoms in a Protein Using Neutron Crystallography
12/01/2012
Finding a Steady-State Solution in Dynamical Biological Networks
08/31/2012
Palsson
Bernhard O.
Understanding Enzyme Specificity Through Systems-Level Metabolic Modeling
07/06/2012
Insights into Transport of Lignin-Degradation Compounds in Biofuel-Producing Microbes
08/22/2012
Westpheling
Janet
New Genetic Tools for Engineering a Biomass-Degrading Microbe
05/25/2012
Blanc
Guillaume
New Clues to Cold Tolerance and Lipid Production for Biofuels in Polar Alga
07/30/2012
New Method for Delivering Biologically Active Molecules into Algae Cells
10/27/2011
Assembling Individual Genomes from Complex Metagenomics Sequencing Samples
05/14/2012
Thelen
Michael P.
Ionic Liquids: Degrading Biomass but Not Biofuel-Producing Microbes
07/26/2012
Tobias
Christian M.
Switchgrass Chromosome Structure Revealed
06/07/2012
Improving the Reliability of Metagenomic Sequencing Data
06/29/2012
Fungal End to Coal and the Carboniferous Period: A Possible Solution for Biofuels?
06/28/2012
Understanding How Microbes Work Together: Methane Production by Partnered Microbes
08/07/2012
Bacterium with Improved Hydrogen Production from Sunlight
08/03/2012
Resequencing Poplar To Improve Its Use as a Bioenergy Feedstock
06/18/2012
Anderson
Ian
Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea Finds More Cellulases
04/26/2012
Low Dose-Rate Radiation Poses Little Risk to DNA?
07/02/2012
Gunsalus
Robert
How a Surface Protein Enables Metabolism of a Methane-Generating Microbe
01/20/2012
Microbes Solve Environmental Contamination Problems
03/20/2012
White Rot Fungus Sequence Provides New Understanding of Lignin Degradation
05/01/2012
Cell-Cycle Checkpoint Control Exhibits Nonlinear Behavior at Low Radiation Doses
03/23/2012
Getzoff
Elizabeth
Understanding How Plants Sense Ultraviolet Light
04/16/2012
Reed
Jennifer L.
New Method to Compare Organism Functionality
03/01/2012
Microbial Communities Help Solve Environmental Contamination
09/02/2011
Stepanauskas
Ramunas
Capturing Carbon in the Dark Ocean
04/12/2012
Switchgrass Sequencing Provides Insight into Genome Structure and Organization
04/01/2012
Using High-Performance Computing to Study the Hydration of Cellobiose
01/24/2012
Genome-Scale Modeling of Methane-Producing Microbes
04/09/2012
Keating
David H.
Microbes Stress Out During Conversion of Pretreated Biomass to Biofuels
03/27/2012
Using Systems Biology to Understand Complex Microbial Communities
04/05/2012
Understanding How Bacteria Use Sunlight
01/25/2012
Miscanthus
Genetic Map Provides Resource for Crop Improvement
01/05/2012
Nanowire pH Sensor for Biological Applications
01/05/2012
Imaging Receptors Inside Living Cells
01/11/2012
Bioenergy Plants Database
12/18/2011
Understanding Impacts of Climate Change on Carbon Cycling by Soil Microbes
01/06/2012
Structure of Essential Malaria Parasite Enzyme Determined
03/01/2012
Helping Researchers Find Bioenergy-Related Data
02/27/2019
Biological Funneling of Aromatics from Chemically Depolymerized Lignin Produces a Desirable Chemical Product
12/13/2011
Sarath
Gautam
Understanding Winter Hardiness in Switchgrass
01/17/2012
New Type of Lignin Discovered in Vanilla Plant
11/30/2011
Protein Complex Within Plant Cell Wall Associated with Secondary Cell-Wall Synthesis
11/07/2011
Repeated CT Scans May Be Protective
11/01/2011
Dixon
Richard A.
Designing Low Lignin, High Biomass Yielding Plants
11/02/2011
Engineering Microbes to Produce Biodiesel Precursors
11/28/2011
Keasling
Jay D.
Microbial Conversion of Switchgrass to Multiple Drop-In Biofuels
12/19/2011
Costes
Sylvain V.
DNA Repair More Efficient at Low versus High Doses of Ionizing Radiation
09/12/2011
Understanding How Environmental Microbes Make Uranium Less Soluble
10/10/2011
Photoreduction for Formation and Sequestration of Low-Valent Technetium
01/01/2011
Mapping Sensory Systems in Sulfate-Reducing Bacteria
01/01/2011
Baliga
Nitin S.
How Do Microbes Adapt to Diverse Environments?
11/06/2011
Jansson
Janet K.
Permafrost Microbes Could Make Impacts of Arctic Warming Worse
02/21/2019
Genome-Wide Analysis of Nitrate Transporter (NRT/NPF) Family in Sugarcane
Saccharum spontaneum
L.
10/11/2011
DOE User Facilities Help Explain Workings of Key Metabolic Enzyme
10/10/2011
Maize Juvenility Gene Enhances Biofuel Production from Bioenergy Crops
03/07/2011
No Detectable Increase in Cancer Mortality in Workers Exposed to Low Doses of Radiation
08/18/2011
A "Meraculous" Algorithm for Whole-Genome Assemblies
09/27/2011
Lee
Taek Soon
Microbial Production of Bisabolane, a New Terpene-Based Biofuel
09/01/2011
Keasling
Jay
Engineering Microbes for Optimized Biofuel Production
08/08/2011
Gelfand
Ilya
Assessing Carbon Impacts of Land-Use Choices for Bioenergy Crops
06/15/2011
Improving Understanding of Microbial Interactions with the Environment
07/18/2011
Yost
Richard A.
Direct Mass Spectrometric Imaging of Cellulose and Hemicellulose in
Populus
Tissue
08/24/2011
Schadt
Christopher W.
Poplar Roots Influence Microbial Community Composition
06/09/2011
Circadian-Controlled Pathways Facilitate Adaptation to a Changing Environment
08/08/2011
Brown
Steven D.
Key Ethanol Tolerance Gene Identified in Biomass-Degrading Bacteria
06/30/2011
Northen
Trent
In Search of Enzymes for Biofuel Production
07/14/2011
Conifer-Rotting Fungus Offers Potential New Strategy for Lignocellulose Degradation
01/01/2011
New Insights on Algal Metabolism
07/26/2011
Symbiotic Relationship with Fungi Benefits Bioenergy Feedstock Poplar
07/11/2011
Mann
David G. J.
Engineering a Better Switchgrass
06/02/2011
Solving the Mysteries of Cellobiose Stability Using High-Performance Computing
04/14/2011
Schmidt
Thomas M.
Understanding the Role of Microbes in Greenhouse Gas Production in Agricultural Soils
11/26/2010
Radioadaptive Response Responsible for Threshold for Deleterious Effects of Radiation?
06/23/2011
Wymelenberg
Amber Vanden
Wood Degrading Fungi Use Specialized Systems for Degrading Different Plant Types
05/25/2011
Biological Impacts of Climate Change on Coral Reefs
04/15/2011
Graham
David E.
Exploring the Cellulose Degradation Machinery of Hot Springs Bacteria
01/01/2011
Leach
Jan E.
Diversity Among Rice Varieties Indicates Multiple Targets for Biomass Improvement
02/04/2011
Water Flea Genome Sequenced: Sentinel of Environmental Change
01/24/2011
Hammel
Kenneth E.
Learning New Tricks from Fungi to Improve Biomass Processing
07/14/2011
New Microfluidic Device Enables Characterization of Environmental Microbes
07/11/2011
Impact of Bioenergy Feedstocks on Agricultural Landscapes
05/17/2011
Barcellos-Hoff
Mary Helen
Radiation is a Complex Carcinogen
06/17/2011
What Makes a Plant a Plant?
06/16/2011
A Step Closer to the "Greening" of Commercial Biofuel Production
05/19/2011
Lee
Yun
Using New Computational Methods To Improve Biofuel Production
04/04/2011
Ionizing Radiation Exposure Stimulates Expression of Clusterin
05/04/2011
Fungal Lesson in Improving Large-Scale Chemical Production
05/05/2011
Banks
Jo Ann
Spikemoss Genome Aids Biofuels Researchers
05/02/2011
Martin
Francis
Poplar Rust Fungus Is First Tree Pathogen Sequenced
02/28/2011
Comparative Genomics of Social Amoebae
03/28/2011
Probing the Natural Variation in Poplar Trees to Increase the Yield of Sugars for Biofuels
11/15/2010
Larabell
Carolyn A.
Monitoring Cell Size and Organelle Volumes in Yeasts
06/01/2009
Measuring Chemical Changes Inside Living Cells
08/20/2010
Improving Access to Cellulose in Biomass for Biofuel Production
10/22/2009
Getzoff
Elizabeth D.
Key Plant Receptors Discovered
04/25/2010
Assembly Path of Multi-Metal Catalysis Clusters in [FeFe]-Hydrogenases Revealed
12/21/2009
Fisher
S. Zoë
Neutron Crystallography Reveals How Carbonic Anhydrases (CAs) Work
10/17/2010
X-Ray Diffraction Data Provide First Insights into Key Tuberculosis (TB) Mechanism
02/18/2011
Joachimiak
Andrzej
Understanding Enzymes That Process Sugars and Carbohydrates
02/25/2011
Improved Pretreatment of Biomass by Ionic Liquids Pretreatment
03/02/2011
Correlating Biomolecular Experimental Measurements with Computational Simulations
01/01/2011
Finding “Small” Proteins and Discovering How They Affect Plant Biomass Growth
03/06/2011
Liao
James C.
Engineering Production of Biofuels From Proteins
04/12/2011
Liao
James C.
One-Stop “Shopping” for Biofuels: A Breakthrough in Consolidated Bioprocessing
01/27/2011
Tobias
Christian M.
Making Better Feedstocks for Bioenergy by “Cracking” Switchgrass’s “Backbone”
06/01/2011
New Metabolic Mapping Capabilities May Lead to Design of More Useful Microbes
01/14/2011
Keasling
Jay D.
Complex Sugar Diet Makes Microbe a Good Candidate for Producing Biofuels
01/28/2011
Hess
Matthias
"Mining" Cows for New Enzymes to Degrade Biomass
12/19/2010
Genomic Analysis Provides New Clues on the Origins of Metabolic Pathways in Earth’s Biosphere
09/04/2010
The Challenge of Redesigning Lignin for Biofuel Applications
11/01/2010
Predicting Function of Unknown Genes
11/18/2010
Computational Approaches to Simulate Microbial Ecosystems
12/03/2010
A New Mechanism for Microbial Community Metabolism
12/15/2010
Genome of Methane-Oxidizing Microbe Sequenced
12/03/2010
Keasling
Jay D.
Progress and Prospects for Metabolic Engineering of Microbes for Biofuels Production
11/22/2010
Tuskan
Gerald A.
Making Trees More Bioenergy Friendly
02/08/2011
Fox
Brian G.
Systems Biology Analysis of Cellulose Degradation by
Clostridium thermocellum
05/19/2015
New Micro Irradiator Improves Ability to Determine Radiation Effects on Cells
12/15/2010
Methane-Oxidizing Bacterium Sequenced at DOE-JGI
10/19/2010
Sneak Peak at How Stressed Plants Mobilize the Resources
12/01/2010
New Modeling Tool for Optimizing Biofuels Production
10/22/2010
New Microfluidic Chips for Large-Scale Screening of Biomass Hydrolysis
09/13/2010
New Method Allows Genetic Manipulation of Cellulose Degrading
Clostridia
06/30/2010
Lovley
Derek
New Approach to Understand Microbial Gene Function
04/29/2010
GeoChip 3.0 Improves Analysis of Microbial Community Function
09/23/2010
Ant Farmers Provide New Clues for the Breakdown of Plant Biomass
09/27/2010
New Route to Lignin Biosynthesis Offers New Opportunity to Improve Biofuels Production
10/07/2010
Could Biofuels Replace a Large Fraction of the U.S. Petroleum Demand?
09/27/2010
Human Metabolic Disease Leads to New Understanding of Oil Accumulation in Plants
08/20/2010
Improving Access to Cellulose in Biomass for Biofuel Production
09/21/2010
DeLong
Edward F.
Microbes Work Together to Process Dissolved Organic Carbon
03/01/2010
Binder
Joseph B.
Chemical Process Produces Simple, Fermentable Sugars from Raw Biomass
01/26/2010
Sequencing Characterizes Bacterial Rhizosphere Communities of Biofuel Crops on Marginal Lands
06/26/2009
Study Provides Insights on Maximizing Energy-Rich Lipid Content in Leaves
12/16/2009
New Modeling Tool Combines Environmental and Economic Analysis of the Biorefinery in Agricultural Landscapes
04/22/2009
Mansfield
Shawn D.
Alterations in Poplar Lignin Could Enhance Pretreatment Efficiency
05/19/2010
New Strategy Enhances Microbial Resistance to Inhibitory Pretreatment Chemicals
02/14/2010
Researchers Target Expressed Genes in Vascular Tissues of Switchgrass
07/15/2009
Elkins
James G.
Heat-Tolerant Bacteria Efficiently Degrade Non-Pretreated Biomass
10/27/2009
Kalluri
Udaya C.
Thousands of Proteins from Developing Xylem Cells in Poplar Are Identified
09/15/2010
Dixon
Richard A.
Key Targets from a Complex Family of Lignin Biosynthesis Genes Identified in Switchgrass
02/15/2010
Key Genes for Biosynthesis of Hydrocarbon Biofuels Identified in Bacterium
Micrococcus luteus
08/02/2009
Mass Spectrometry-Based Protein Detection Technique Speeds Optimization of Biofuel Protein Levels in Metabolically Engineered Microbes
01/21/2010
Compost Microbes Adapted to Produce Switchgrass-Degrading Enzymes
09/01/2008
Unique Database Provides Functional and Phylogenomic Information for Rice Glycosyltransferases
09/06/2018
A Plant-Responsive Bacterial Signaling System Senses an Ethanolamine Derivative
05/04/2009
New Approach to Visualize Biomass Solubilization During Ionic Liquid Pretreatment
07/28/2010
Wallaby Metagenomics Advances Capabilities for Deconstruction of Plant Biomass for Biofuels
06/30/2010
Dixon
Richard A.
Making “Better” Plant Cell Walls
05/20/2010
Carpita
Nicholas C.
Non-Cellulosic Polysaccharides in Grass Cell Walls
07/28/2010
Worden
Alexandra
Metagenomics of Globally Important Eukaryotic Phytoplankton
12/20/2009
Looking Inside Plant Cell Walls
07/09/2010
Solving the Mystery of Metabolism in
Clostridium acetobutylicum
– an Important Biofuel Producer
05/28/2010
Chapple
Clint
Understanding How Plants Make Cell Wall Lignin
09/01/2010
New Technology for Looking Inside Plant Cell Walls
07/01/2010
Switchgrass Genome Structure Revealed
11/06/2009
Bionformatics Helps Identify Genes Associated with Plant Cell Wall Traits
03/23/2010
Harwood
Caroline S.
Expanded Role for Fixation of Carbon Dioxide and Nitrogen in Photosynthetic Bacteria
07/01/2010
Sherman
Louis A.
Multiple Paths for Hydrogen Production by the Cyanobacterium
Cyanothece
05/27/2010
Sequencing FISH-Separated Microbes from Environmental Samples
07/11/2010
Third Fungus, First Mushroom, Has its Genome Sequenced
07/15/2010
Zhang
Percival
Engineering Endoglucanase Enzymes for Higher Thermostability
08/15/2010
Wall
Judy D.
New Scientific Status for Sulfate Reducing Bacteria
07/18/2010
Surprisingly Broad Use of Metals in Microbial Proteins
06/09/2010
Langan
Paul
Understanding D-Xylose Isomerase Using X-rays and Neutrons
05/19/2010
Mechanisms of Industrial Stress Tolerance in Biofuel Producing Microbes
05/26/2010
Lovley
Derek
Making Complex Organic Molecules Better than by Photosynthesis?
05/03/2010
Lower Viscosity Seed Oil has Potential as Direct-Use Biodiesel
04/16/2010
Systems Biology Research on Cellulose and Lignin Degrading Fungi
04/09/2010
Lynd
Lee R.
New Cellulose Degrading Bacteria and Enzymes Isolated From High Temperature Compost
04/15/2010
OptForce - A New Method to Enhanced Production of Valuable Metabolic Products
11/20/2009
Currie
Cameron
New Microbes Found that Help Leaf Cutter Ants Breakdown Biomass
08/20/2009
Restarting a Microbial Genome After its Modification in Yeast
09/01/2009
Parks
Jerry M.
Computational Chemistry Resolves a Key Step in the Detoxification of Toxic Mercury Compounds
10/27/2009
DOE Bioenergy Center Characterizes Cell Wall Proteins in Poplar Tree
08/04/2009
Measuring Chemical Changes Inside Living Cells at the Advanced Light Source (ALS)
10/02/2009
Advanced Light Source (ALS) Beamlines Shed New Light on DNA Damage Repair
05/15/2009
Northen
Trent
New Approach to Analysis of Lipids for Biofuel Research
05/21/2009
DOE Synchrotron Light Sources Reveal Structure of Key Enzyme in Metabolism of Carbohydrates
12/21/2009
Neutron Crystallography Helps Understand How CO2 Metabolizing Enzymes Work
03/02/2009
Defining the Role of Predictive Modeling for Rational Biological Engineering
03/16/2009
New Insights From Computer Simulations May Improve Biomass Deconstruction
04/10/2009
Worden
Alexandra Z.
Comparing Genomes of Two Algae Strains Highlights Genes for Carbon Capture
10/23/2009
DNA Sequencing Gives Insights into Expanding Nutrient Oceanic Dead Zones
09/04/2009
Recent Arctic Warming Reverses Long-Term Cooling Trend
01/02/2009
Third-Generation DNA Sequencing Introduced
10/13/2008
Chivian
Dylan
"Bold Traveler" Microbe Makes its Own Ecosystem Nearly Two Miles Underground
09/19/2008
A Public Resource for Functional Analysis of Metagenomes
07/06/2018
Towards the Synthetic Design of Camelina Oil Enriched in Tailored Acetyl-Triacylglycerols with Medium-Chain Fatty Acids
10/15/2008
Capturing Carbon in the Oceans: Second Diatom Genome Sequenced at DOE-Joint Genome Institute (JGI)
09/06/2008
Smith
Jeremy
Computer Simulations Reveal How Anti-Freeze Proteins Work
01/14/2010
Genome Sequence of Soybean Released
07/22/2008
Hooker
Jacob
New Capability to Radiolabel Formaldehyde Will Enable New Imaging and Environmental Studies
09/15/2009
Identification of a Lignocellulosic Biosynthesis Gene in Switchgrass
10/21/2009
Nilsen-Hamilton
Marit
Designing Aptamers to Control Chemical Reactions
11/15/2009
Newly Engineered Organism Produces High Levels of Isobutanol
06/01/2008
Larabell
Carolyn A.
Journal of Structural Biology
Cover Article on X-ray Imaging of Cells at Advanced Light Source (ALS)
05/23/2008
Genomics:GTL Researchers Use Metagenomics to Tap Environmental Diversity of Viruses
12/15/2009
Hot Springs Bacterium Converts Broad Range of Biomass Sugars
04/11/2008
Schiffer
Marianne
Office of Science Research Yields Understanding of Key Function of Uranium-Reducing Microbe
04/04/2008
Church
George M.
Bacteria Can Eat as Well as Produce Antibiotics
03/06/2008
DOE-JGI Researchers Sequence Genome of Soil Fungus
Laccaria bicolor
, Symbiotic Colonizer of Plant Roots
02/01/2008
Keasling
Jay
New Technique for Analysis of Metabolic Flux in Microbial Communities
12/14/2007
DOE-JGI Microbial Genome Sequencing Project Leads to the Discovery of a New Carbon Dioxide Fixation Pathway
01/03/2008
Liao
James C.
New Pathways Developed to Higher Alcohols as Biofuels
01/24/2012
Heinhorst
Sabine
Microbial Carboxysomes: Key to Understanding Ocean Carbon Cycle
04/21/2010
Stemmler
Timothy
Mechanism of Microbial Oxidation of Methane
03/22/2010
Versatile Waste-Degrading Microbe Sequenced by JGI
11/15/2004
Comparative Microbial Genomic Comparisons on Single DNA Molecules
10/15/2004
Leigh
John
Methane-Producing Microbe Sequenced by Team at University of Washington
10/01/2004
Armbrust
Virginia
Draft Sequence of Marine Diatom Determined at JGI
08/19/2004
Wang
Gene-Jack
PET Assisted HIV Dementia Mechanism Discovery
09/27/2004
Daly
Michael
"Conan the Bacterium's" Secrets Illuminated
01/27/2010
Finding Rice Stress Response Genes to Improve Bioenergy Crops
03/24/2004
DOE National Lab Research Shows What Happens in the Brain after a Head Injury—And Suggests Totally New Treatment Approach
11/02/2009
New Insights on Gene Function and Regulation in Archaea
04/11/2004
Institute for Genomic Research Partners Complete Sequence of Corrosive Bacterium
Desulfovibrio vulgaris
10/09/2009
Breaking Down the Steps of Plant Cell Wall Lignin Degradation
05/04/2004
Kraus
Robert
Noise-Free Magnetoencephalograpy (MEG) recordings of Brain Function
01/01/2010
Yeates
Todd O.
Understanding How Microbes Sequester Potentially Deadly Metabolites
12/02/2009
New Technique for Studying Biogeochemical Transformation on Uranium
08/29/2003
New Study Shows Form of Mercury in Fish Different From Previous Studies
08/01/2003
New Technique for Identification of Bacterial Spores Featured on Cover of
Applied Spectroscopy
07/01/2003
Theoretical Modeling of High-Level Radioactive Waste Components Featured on Cover of
Journal of Physical Chemistry
06/25/2003
Schmidt
Tracy Smith
"Mail-in" Crystallography at Brookhaven National Laboratory Highlighted in Nature magazine
03/10/2010
Computational Simulations Provide New Insights for the Interaction of Cellulose With Ionic Liquids
01/31/2003
Webb
Watt W.
Novel Microchip Enables Optical Observation of Single Molecules in Their Natural State
07/08/2010
New Tools for Understanding the Breakdown of Lignocellulosic Biomass
12/06/2002
Understanding Microbial Polarity
12/19/2002
U.S.-German Research Consortium Sequences Genome of Versatile Soil Microbe, Pseudomonas putida
10/07/2002
The Sequence of Bioremediation Microbe Shewanella oneidensis Published
10/12/2007
DOE-JGI Sequences Genome of
Chlamydomonas reinhardtii
, CO
2
Capturing Green Alga
03/04/2007
Nature Biotechnology
Publishes
Pichia stipitis
Sequence, Generated by DOE-JGI
03/01/2010
New Ionic Liquids Treatment for Converting Biomass to Sugars
02/25/2010
New Approaches for Visualizing Biomass Degradation
11/10/2006
The Sea Urchin Genome and its Regulatory Gene Networking
03/15/2010
Understanding Microbial Tolerance to Next Generation Biofuels
06/01/2006
Structural Studies by LBNL Researcher Provides Insights into Regulation of Bacterial Gene Expression
06/01/2006
Keasling
Jay
An Integrated Model of Microbial Stress Response
03/16/2006
Office of Science Researcher Creates System that Visualizes the Production of Single Proteins in Live Cells
11/04/2005
Science Article Provides Insights About Ribosome
06/24/2005
Banfield
Jill
Paper on "Community Proteomics of a Natural Microbial Biofilm" to Appear in Science
05/02/2015
Regulation of Lipid Accumulation in a Photosynthetic Bacterium
05/12/2015
Using Natural Microbial Communities as Biosensors for Environmental Contaminants
04/15/2015
Determining Sugar Content of Plant Biomass
04/23/2015
Using Metatranscriptomics to Understand Carbon Decomposition in Forest Soils
02/23/2015
Elucidating the Evolution of Mutualistic Plant Fungi
01/01/2015
Methane Consumption by Microbes in High Arctic Soils
02/26/2015
Novel Noncatalytic Cellulase-Binding Proteins Identified in
Caldicellulosiruptor
03/01/2015
Field Production of Novel Plant Oils in
Camelina
12/01/2015
Promoter Set for Heterologous Gene Expression in
Clostridium thermocellum
03/30/2015
The Priming Effect: How Plant Root Exudates Make Soil Carbon More Susceptible to Microbial Degradation
01/21/2021
Diversion of Lignin Precursor Reduces Content and Improves Biomass Saccharification Efficiency
03/10/2015
Comparative Genomics Reveal Functional Diversification of the Methanogen
Methanosarcina mazei
03/09/2015
Piotrowski
Jeff S.
New Antifungal Agents from Lignocellulose Hydrolysate
12/11/2014
Keasling
Jay D.
Enhancing Microbial Pathways for Biofuel Production
10/14/2014
New Target for Engineering Lignin for Biofuel Production
11/12/2014
Genomic Selection to Accelerate Switchgrass Breeding
12/16/2014
Gilna
Paul
Key Transcription Factor in Plant Senescence Regulates Chlorophyll Degradation and Abscisic Acid Biosynthesis
01/01/2015
Elucidating Control of Secondary Cell Wall Synthesis
04/20/2015
Hardwood Lignin Engineered into Softwoods
03/01/2015
Statistics to Help Optimize Engineered Heterologous Pathways
05/22/2015
Use of Co-Solvent Saves on Cost and Enzymes
10/22/2014
McCalley
Carmody
Microbial Community Dynamics Dominate Greenhouse Gas Production in Thawing Permafrost
09/29/2014
Tracking the Evolution of a Methane-Producing Symbiosis in Real Time
08/06/2014
Evolution of Substrate Specificity in Bacterial Lytic Polysaccharide Monooxygenases
11/18/2014
A Fungal Garden’s Microbial Makeup
10/31/2014
Löffler
Frank E.
Unraveling Nitrogen Cycling by Soil Microbes
10/21/2014
Microbial Community Dynamics Impacting Methane Consumption in Freshwater Lakes
11/03/2014
Adams
Michael W. W.
High-Temperature Microbe Metabolically Engineered to Produce Biofuel Alcohols
11/02/2014
Stahl
Shannon S.
Improved Lignin Depolymerization for Higher-Value Products
08/18/2014
Ionic Liquids Provide Effective Biomass Pretreatment
10/01/2014
Identification of Two Key Enzymes in Xylan Synthesis and Acetylation in Plant Cell Walls
04/28/2014
Developing Synthetic Microbial Communities to Improve Predictions of Their Behavior
06/24/2014
Evolution of Potential Energy Grass Genome Structure
09/22/2014
Integration of Carbon, Sulfur, and Iron Cycling in Anaerobic Methane Oxidation
08/21/2014
New Technologies Facilitate Investigation of Wood Formation
07/25/2014
Banfield
Jillian
Role of Post-Translational Protein Modification in Community-Scale Processes
05/20/2014
Fungal Protein Allows Beneficial Colonization in
Populus
06/20/2014
Characterization of Poplar Budbreak Gene Enhances Understanding of Spring Regrowth
05/23/2014
Microbes Disprove Long-Held Assumption that All Organisms Share a Common Vocabulary
02/20/2014
Microbes in Antarctic Lake Divvy Up the Waters
05/02/2014
Poplar Tree Root Response to Symbiotic Fungus Determines Success of Fungal Colonization
03/26/2014
Engineering
Escherichia coli
to Tolerate Ionic Liquids for Biofuel Production
04/04/2014
Engineered Poplar Lignin Improves Wood Degradability
06/02/2014
Westpheling
Janet
Ethanol Produced from Switchgrass Biomass Without Pretreatment
04/21/2014
Engineered Switchgrass Shows Increased Ethanol Production During 2-Year Field Trial
10/29/2013
Understanding Thermal Pretreatment of Lignocellulosic Biomass
10/16/2013
Root Microbial Populations May Enhance Tree Productivity
12/03/2013
Kalyuzhnaya
M. G.
New Metabolic Pathway Discovered in Methane-Consuming Bacteria
08/21/2013
Unraveling Plant-Microbe Communication
07/02/2013
Lipid Droplet-Associated Proteins in Plant Tissues
06/22/2013
How Amines Penetrate Cellulose Fibers and Make Cellulose Accessible for Bioconversion
07/28/2013
New Understanding of Microbial Community Processes Improves Carbon Cycle Models
08/07/2013
Novel Bioengineering Technique for Genome-Scale Tuning of Gene Expression
07/14/2013
Illuminating Biology’s Dark Matter
06/12/2013
Algal Pan-Genome Fills Gap in Tree of Life
08/15/2013
New Gene Discovery Clarifies Lignin Biosynthetic Pathway
06/03/2013
Westpheling
Janet
Engineering Thermophilic Bacteria for Efficient Fermentation of Plant Biomass
05/17/2013
Thermophilic Bacterium Efficiently Deconstructs All Major Plant Biomass Components
11/12/2012
Engineering Secondary Cell Walls in Plants
04/30/2010
Hellsten
Uffe
Joint Genome Institute (JGI) Frog Genome Featured on Cover of
Science
01/07/2005
Scientists Decipher Genome of Bacterium that Helps Clean Up Major Groundwater Pollutants
01/31/2005
Novel Approach Used to Assign Functions to Previously Unknown Proteins in a Microbe
12/12/2004
New Understanding of the Toxic Effects of Botulism Toxin
08/28/2002
Ackerman
Eric J.
Enzyme Activity Boosted by Entrapping in a Nanoporous Support
09/05/2002
Mukherjee
Jogesh
Fallypride: PET Imaging Radiopharmaceutical Agent for Accurate Measurement of Dopamine Receptor Protein Concentration in the Living Human Brain
08/20/2002
Smith
Richard
PNNL Team Determines Majority of "Conan the Bacterium's" Proteome
05/10/2002
E. coli Protein Structure in Major Science Article Uses Data from DOE Synchrotrons
01/21/2010
Hugenholtz
Philip
Mining Compost for New Microbial Enzymes to Degrade Switchgrass
02/15/2002
Structural Biology Research Advances Combustion Science
01/01/2002
New Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Imaging Agent Shows Alzheimer's Disease in Patients
11/19/2009
A Resource for Grass Cell Wall Genes
09/06/2001
Argonne National Laboratory's Structural Biology Center Contributes Major New Structure of Membrane Protein
05/16/2011
Quantum Dot Thermometers Measure Temperatures Inside Single Living Cells
08/01/2001
Historic Microbe Sequenced in BER Microbial Genome Program
07/05/2017
Grigoriev
Igor
Tiny Green Algae Reveal Large Genomic Variation
12/06/2016
Deutsch
Samuel
New Software Tools Streamline DNA Sequence Design-and-Build Process
10/26/2013
Faster, Bigger, Stronger: Genome Database Improvements
09/19/2013
Diverse Microbial Community Found on Sea Squirt Coat
11/22/2013
Predictive Modeling of Microbial Partnerships
08/01/2013
Hope for Reestablishing Microbial Populations in the Gulf of Mexico
07/23/2013
Reski
Ralf
Physcomitrella
Moss Genome Expected to Help In Understanding Potential Climate Change
08/05/2013
Banfield
Jill
Microbes from Phyla
Chloroflexi
Provide Clues to Carbon Cycling, Respiration in Sediments
01/03/2017
Ragauskas
Arthur
Modified Switchgrass: Success in Biofuel-Relevant Characteristics
09/12/2016
Schilling
Jonathan S.
The Brown Rot Two-Step
02/18/2014
Understanding Ecological Forces Governing Assembly and Function of Microbial Communities
03/17/2017
Vogel
John
Grasses: The Secrets Behind Their Stomatal Success
06/05/2017
Amasino
Richard M.
Discovering the Genetic Timekeepers in Bioenergy Crops
07/17/2017
Schmutz
Jeremy
Insights into an Eukaryotic Alga that Lives by the Sea
01/16/2017
Stephanopoulos
Gregory
Scientists Program Yeast to Turn Plant Sugars into Biodiesel
11/26/2013
New Method for Identifying Genetic Regulatory Networks in Poplar
12/24/2013
Discovery of Key
Brachypodium
Regulators May Help Improve Bioenergy Feedstocks
02/14/2014
Novel Methanogenic Microbe Discovered in Thawing Permafrost
11/21/2016
Yang
Xiaohan
A Big Step Forward in Designing Drought-Tolerant Bioenergy Crops
01/02/2014
Understanding Mineral Transport in Switchgrass for Enhanced Sustainability
02/19/2014
Floating Water Weed Could Be Used as Biofuels Feedstock
06/28/2013
Using Mass Spectrometry to Localize Lipid Metabolites in Camelina Seeds
10/18/2013
Recoding a Bacterial Genome Allows Biosynthesis of Proteins with New Functions
09/26/2013
Discovery of a New Way that Bacteria Regulate Their Genes
07/27/2013
Higher Yields of Advanced Biofuels from Genetically Engineered Yeast
10/19/2017
DeAngelis
Kristin
Bacteria Use Multiple Enzymes to Degrade Plant Biomass
11/16/2017
Wrighton
Kelly
Aerobic Wetlands Emit High Levels of Methane
06/02/2016
Betenbaugh
Michael J.
Unraveling the Complex Metabolism of a Potential Biofuels-Producing Green Alga
03/14/2017
Yang
Bin
Unplugging the Cellulose Bottleneck
04/17/2017
Keasling
Jay
Biosynthetic Pathway to Nylons
08/18/2016
Church
George M.
Advancing Toward Construction of a Bacterial Recoded Genome
01/16/2018
Magic Pools: Parallel Assessment of Transposon Delivery Vectors in Bacteria
03/19/2018
Dynamic Root Exudate Chemistry and Microbial Substrate Preferences Drive Patterns in Rhizosphere Microbial Community Assembly
05/20/2020
Jardine
Kolby
Breathing New Life into an Old Question: What Plants' Emissions Reveal about Their Cell Walls
11/26/2019
Firestone
Mary K.
Soil Viruses: A Rich Reservoir of Diversity
12/12/2016
Gill
Ryan
A New High-Throughput Genome Editing Technique to Generate Mutant Bacterial Strains
03/23/2017
Yang
Xiaohan
Small Proteins Secreted by Poplar Roots Form Communication Route with Associated Fungal Communities
03/15/2017
Dangl
Jeffery L.
Phosphate Stress and Immunity Systems in Plants are Orchestrated by the Root Microbial Community
02/10/2017
Busov
Victor
Poplar Gene Enhances Lateral Root Formation and Biomass Growth Under Drought Stress
11/08/2016
Ong
Rebecca Garlock
Consequences of Drought Stress on Biofuel Production
07/05/2017
Donohue
Timothy J.
Modifications to the Bacterial Cell Envelope Increase Lipid Production
06/19/2017
Evans
Barbara
Isotope Delivery in Lignin: Not an Easy Path
05/23/2019
Katsaras
John
First Look at a Living Cell Membrane
11/29/2016
McKinlay
James
A Synthetic Microbial Ecosystem Helps Understand the Behavior of Bacterial Communities
12/27/2016
Lidstrom
Mary
Microbial Community Interactions Drive Methane Consumption in Lakes
10/26/2016
Loqué
Dominique
New System for Introducing Genetic Pathways into Plants, Making Them More Productive
06/22/2017
Kerfeld
Cheryl A.
First Snapshot of a Bacterial Microcompartment’s Protein Shell
05/30/2017
O’Malley
Michelle A.
Unlocking the Potential of Fungal Enzymes to Break Down Plant Cell Walls
05/08/2017
Grigoriev
Igor V.
Fungi: Gene Activator Role Discovered
04/18/2017
Schmutz
Jeremy
A Gene that Influences Grain Yields in Grasses
04/06/2017
Woyke
Tanja
Tracking Genome Expansion in Giant Viruses
11/29/2016
Kyrpides
Nikos
Database of DNA Viruses and Retroviruses Debuts on Integrated Microbial Genomes Platform
07/15/2016
Dinneny
José
Grasses Fight Drought by Squelching Root Growth
08/02/2016
Harwood
Caroline
LuxR Homolog in a Cottonwood Tree Endophyte Activates Gene Expression in Response to Plant Signal or Specific Peptides
02/15/2020
Fuchs
Bernhard M.
Targeting Microbial Needles in a Community Haystack
06/15/2020
Jewett
Michael C.
A Cell-Free Platform to Rapidly Optimize Synthetic Enzymes for Cellular Design
05/18/2017
New Toolkit for Plant Genome Engineering
06/11/2019
Jansson
Janet
Droughts Spell Changes for Soil Microbes
06/17/2019
Hungate
Bruce
Microbial Evolution: Nature Leads, Nurture Supports
06/18/2019
Comai
Luca
How Many Copies Does It Take to Change a Trait?
02/27/2020
Agrobacterium
-Mediated Transient Expression in Sorghum Leaves for Accelerating Functional Genomics and Genome Editing Studie
07/17/2019
Diversion of Carbon Flux from Sugars to Lipids Improves the Growth of an Arabidopsis Starchless Mutant
07/06/2020
Dunbar
John
The Traits of Microbes Matter in Microbial Carbon Cycling and Storage
04/16/2020
Moran
Jim
Digging into the Roots of Phosphorus Availability
05/06/2019
Sullivan
Matthew
A Viral Gold Rush
01/06/2018
Novel Gene Targets Discovered for Improving Heterologous Enzyme Production in
Aspergillus Niger
11/18/2016
Engineering a More Efficient System for Harnessing Carbon Dioxide
02/26/2019
Mukhopadhyay
Aindrila
Microbes Retain Toxicity Tolerance After They Escape Toxic Elements
05/15/2019
Peay
Kabir Gabriel
Trees Consider the Climate When Choosing Their Partners
06/10/2019
Developing Switchgrass for Biomass Production: Community Gardens Help Distinguish Genetic Bases of Fitness Traits from Climatic Influence
07/01/2019
Hydrogenolysis Offers an Improved Method to Break Down Lignin
05/14/2019
Zegeye
Elias
Simplifying Microbial Consortia Opens a Path to Understanding Soil Community Ecology
04/23/2015
Chundawat
Shishir
Loosen Up Cell Walls and Get the Sugars Out
03/09/2015
Fox
Brian G.
Most Complete Functional Map of an Entire Enzyme Family
04/24/2013
Tainer
John A.
Small-Angle Scattering of Proteins and Nucleic Acids
08/13/2018
Dunbar
John
Microbes are Metabolic Specialists
05/01/2019
Hofmockel
Kirsten
Cultivating an Understanding of Microbial Diversity
02/02/2019
Roth
Melissa
Discovering an Internal Metabolic Switch in Algae
01/27/2013
Radivojac
Predrag
Evaluating Methods for Predicting Protein Functions
07/18/2018
Mayali
Xavier
Community Matters When Using Algae to Produce Energy
01/02/2018
Northen
Trent
Microbes Eat the Same in Labs and the Desert
02/12/2018
Mohnen
Debra
Rewriting Resistance: Genetic Changes Increase Crops’ Biomass and Sugar Release
10/10/2017
Palsson
Bernhard
The Secret Lives of Cells
10/01/2019
Transformation of
Clostridium thermocellum
via Complete Methylome Analysis and Directed DNA Methylation
04/14/2019
Methyl Ketone Production by
Pseudomonas putida
is Enhanced by Plant-Derived Amino Acids
04/16/2019
Roth
Melissa
Feeding Sugars to Algae Makes Them Fat
08/14/2018
Scale-Up of Biomass Conversion Using 1-Ethyl-3-Methylimidazolium Acetate as the Solvent
01/30/2019
Liao
Hui-Ling
Fungus Fuels Tree Growth
08/08/2019
Microbial Carbon Use Efficiency Predicted from Genome-Scale Metabolic Models
05/28/2018
Cannon
William
New Method Helps Predict Metabolite Concentrations, Rate Constants, and Enzyme Regulation Within Cells
11/27/2017
Sarath
Gautam
Seasonal Below-Ground Metabolism in Switchgrass
05/07/2018
Zhao
Huimin
New Method Knocks Out Yeast Genes with Single-Point Precision
09/17/2018
Wilkerson
Curtis Gene
How Plants Regulate Sugar Deposition in Cell Walls
10/08/2018
Hittinger
Chris Todd
Scientists Identify Gene Cluster in Budding Yeasts with Major Implications for Renewable Energy
07/25/2018
Ong
Rebecca G.
Diverse Biofeedstocks Have High Ethanol Yields and Offer Biorefineries Flexibility
06/13/2018
Banfield
Jillian
Novel Soil Bacteria with Unusual Genes Synthesize Unique Antibiotic Precursors
01/27/2018
Brandizzi
Federica
Locating the Production Site of Glucan in Grass Cell Walls
05/05/2018
Jacobson
Daniel
Complex Networks Identify Genes for Biofuel Crops
01/09/2018
Keasling
Jay
Renewable Solvents Derived From Lignin Lower Waste in Biofuel Production
12/01/2017
Jacobson
Daniel
A Novel Method for Comparing Plant Genes
12/18/2017
Dangl
Jeff
A Functional Genomics Database for Plant Microbiome Studies
07/16/2018
Sullivan
Matthew B.
Getting To Know the Microbes that Drive Climate Change
02/22/2022
Zhou
Jizhong
Warming Soil Means Stronger Microbe Networks
03/03/2021
Coates
John D.
Microbes Use Ancient Metabolism to Cycle Phosphorus
01/27/2021
Chapple
Clint
Labeling the Thale Cress Metabolites
04/27/2021
Burnum-Johnson
Kristin
Molecular Connections from Plants to Fungi to Ants
01/03/2020
Identification of Critical Mutation in a Novel Regulator of Lignin Synthesis in Poplar
03/06/2014
Chapple
Clint
Mediating Biofuel Complexity through “Mediator” Modification
10/01/2016
DeBruyn
Jennifer
Modified Switchgrass Has No Negative Effect on Soils
01/12/2018
Piotrowski
Jeff
Engineering Yeast Tolerance to a Promising Biomass Deconstruction Solvent
08/31/2020
Novel Bacterial Clade Reveals Origin of Form I Rubisco
03/10/2018
Eucalypt Genome Expands Terpene Synthesis Knowledge
07/04/2017
Keasling
Jay
Designer Yeast Consumes Plant Matter and Spits Out Fatty Alcohols for Detergents and Biofuels
06/26/2017
Ecker
Joseph R.
A Novel High-throughput Technology Allows the Identification of Thousands of New Pairs of Interacting Proteins in Plants
05/26/2020
Nitrogen Cycling in Switchgrass Varieties
04/04/2019
Hofmockel
Kirsten
Testing the Toughness of Microbial Cell Walls
04/16/2018
Coleman-Derr
Devin
Under Drought Conditions, Monoderm Bacteria Help Sorghum Continue Growing
12/19/2019
Zhao
Huimin
A MAGIC Approach to Understanding the Genetic Basis of Complex Biological Functions
12/19/2018
Baker
David
Breaking Through Computational Barriers to Create Designer Proteins
06/11/2019
Song
Hyun-Seob
Predicting How Microbial Neighbors Influence Each Other
01/17/2019
Knock-Down of
Galacturonosyltransferase-4
Gene Leads to Reduction in Lignin-Carbohydrate Crosslinking in Switchgrass
01/04/2019
Lee
Taek Soon
Redirecting Metabolic Flux in
E. Coli
via Combinatorial CRISPRi-Mediated Repression for Isopentenol Production
10/05/2018
Adams
Michael W. W.
Molybdenum Limits Microbes' Ability to Remove Harmful Nitrate from Soil
06/11/2018
One Poplar 5-Enolpyruvylshikimate 3-Phosphate (EPSP) Synthase Moonlight as Transcriptional Repressor to Regulate Lignin Biosynthesis
02/20/2018
Multiplex Genome Engineering of Polyploid Industrial Yeast Strains Using an Optimized CRISPR/Cas9System
03/15/2019
Trinh
Cong T.
Stronger Membranes Help Yeast Tolerate Bioenergy Production Chemicals
05/05/2020
Wannier
Timothy
New Technique Helps Solve a Long-Standing Obstacle for Microbial Genetic Engineering
10/07/2019
Zúñiga
Cristal
Cooperative Microorganisms Get Competitive