Posts by JBEI

By manipulating a plant’s metabolic pathways, JBEI's Henrik Scheller and Dominique Loqué, have figured out a way to genetically rewire plants to allow for an exceptionally high level of control over the spatial pattern of gene expression, while at the same time boosting expression to very high levels.

Scientists Chris Petzold (left) and Trent Northen have put their doctorates in chemistry to work in their JBEI research and in their free time, where they’ve applied their interest in the science of soil, plants, and microbes to wine making. The results thus far have been impressive and enjoyable.

Researchers at JBEI led by Steve Singer, director of the Microbial Communities Group, have developed an automated software program for sorting the genomes of individual microbial species from metagenomic sequences. MaxBin facilitates the genomic analysis of uncultivated microbial populations that can hold the key to the production of advanced biofuels and other products.