The fungus Mortierella elongata enjoys a close association with the fast-growing poplar tree (Populus trichocarpa), a potential biofuel feedstock. Scientists routinely spot the fungus near the tree or in between its root cells. To better understand their relationship, a team of scientists has studied the effect of the fungus on the tree’s physical traits and gene expression, finding the fungus induces some notable metabolic changes. Click here to read the science highlight on the JGI website.
iCLEM Summer Science Program’s Recipe for Success
The Introductory College Level Experience in Microbiology (iCLEM) summer intensive, hosted and run by the Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI) in Emeryville, immerses Bay Area high school students in the biological sciences through a curriculum of instruction, hands-on basic laboratory skill training, and tours of working labs within JBEI and local biotech companies. Since the program first launched in 2008, 95% of participants have gone on to continue their education at two or four-year colleges and universities, with 80% majoring in science or engineering. Given that the program specifically recruits teens who face socioeconomic hurdles to higher education, this impressive attendance rate is a point of pride among the scientists and educators who make iCLEM happen. Hoping to spread their prodigiously successful model beyond the confines of JBEI, a group of former and current scientific advisors have shared the iCLEM curriculum in the Journal of Microbiology & Biology Education.
Read more in the Berkeley Lab News Center.
A Winning Year for Biotech Partners Interns in the Biosciences Area
The Biosciences Area once again teamed up with Biotech Partners to provide paid summer internships to high school students. The mission of the non-profit is to provide underserved youth in the Bay Area with personal, academic, and professional development experiences that increase participation in higher education and access to fulfilling science careers. This year, seven high school students worked alongside Biosciences researchers across the Area’s laboratories.
On Saturday, August 10, the Biotech Partners interns presented their posters at BRAVO!, the end of summer celebration and poster competition. Three Biosciences interns—Ysabel David, Annie Lei, and Enzo Osorio—made it to the final round of the poster competition. Ysabel, who interned in the Celniker Laboratory, won the Best Overall Category for her poster on spatial gene expression in Drosophila melanogaster.
Mary Maxon New Head of Lambda Alliance ERG
Biosciences Area Assistant Lab Director Mary Maxon is the new executive sponsor of the Lambda Alliance Employee Resource Group which represents LGBTQ employees and their allies at the Lab. She replaces Jay Keasling, CEO of the Joint BioEnergy Institute, who was the founding executive sponsor.
For more information, or to join the Lambda Alliance ERG, please contact ERG Co-Chairs Daniel Gens (dygens@lbl.gov) or Kelliane Parker-Lam (kparkerlam@lbl.gov).
For more information about the Lambda Alliance Employee Activity Association: Lambda Alliance @ LBL
A Community-driven Data Science System to Advance Microbiome Research
The National Microbiome Data Collaborative will develop an open-access framework for harnessing microbiome data to accelerate discoveries
The National Microbiome Data Collaborative (NMDC), a new initiative aimed at empowering microbiome research, is gearing up its pilot phase after receiving $10 million of funding from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science. Led by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), in partnership with Los Alamos (LANL), Oak Ridge (ORNL), and Pacific Northwest (PNNL) National Laboratories, the NMDC will leverage DOE’s existing data-science resources and high-performance computing systems to develop a framework that facilitates more efficient use of microbiome data for applications in energy, environment, health, and agriculture.
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