Around the world, various ‘Brain Initiatives’ are generating a tsunami of neuroscience data. But without a coherent strategy to analyze, manage and understand the data, advancements in the field will be limited. That’s why Kristofer Bouchard, research scientist in Biological Systems & Engineering Division, assembled an international team of interdisciplinary researchers to develop a plan to overcome the big data challenge. Read more at the Computational Research Division News Page.
X-rays Capture Unprecedented Images of Photosynthesis in Action
An international team of scientists is getting closer to discovering how plants split water during photosynthesis and produce nearly all of the oxygen in our atmosphere. Thanks to unprecedented, atomic-scale images of a protein complex found in plants, algae, and cyanobacteria captured by ultrafast X-ray lasers, researchers conducted atomic-level experiments to help delineate the mechanism of this system that also yields the protons and electrons used to reduce carbon dioxide to carbohydrates later in the photosynthesis cycle. The effort to uncover the secrets of this protein complex, photosystem II, was led by Vittal Yachandra and Junko Yano in the Molecular Biophysics & Integrated Bioimaging (MBIB) Division and the team’s findings were published this week in Nature.
California Assemblymember Richard Bloom Visits JBEI and ABPDU
The Biosciences Area’s Emery Station Operations Center welcomed Richard Bloom, Assemblymember of the 50th District of the California State Assembly, on November 21. As Chair of the Assembly Budget Subcommittee on Resources and Transportation, Assemblymember Bloom has pushed for increasing renewable energy development and reducing reliance on fossil fuels. The visit to JBEI and ABPDU served as an opportunity to learn about the latest developments in bioenergy research and bioproducts production.
Bioscientists Named American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellows
Two members of the Biosciences Area, Eleanor A. Blakely and Krishna K. Niyogi, were among the five Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory-affiliated researchers elected as Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) this week. This honor is bestowed for distinguished and continuing achievements in advancing science to serve society.
Engineering a More Efficient System for Harnessing Carbon Dioxide
Tapping the DNA synthesis expertise of the DOE Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a team from the Max-Planck-Institute (MPI) for Terrestrial Microbiology in Marburg, Germany has reverse engineered a biosynthetic pathway for more effective carbon fixation. Read more at JGI News.
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