JGIota: Looking Back at How Cow Rumen Samples Landed on a Syllabus

Back in 2011, JGI-supported researchers published a paper in the journal Science. They’d used metagenomics to sift for microbial genes encoding carbohydrate-chomping enzymes in cow rumen — and found 27,000 candidates. The data from that study is now used across California State University campuses for biotechnology education as part of a course-based undergraduate resource experience. Hear from CSU San Marcos Professor Matt Escobar and UC Davis Associate Professor Matthias Hess, also the chair of the JGI User Executive Committee, on how that study went from the lab to the classroom.

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• Episode Transcript
• JGI@25 Stories
• Science Highlight: Rumenating on improving biofuel production
• Paper: Metagenomic Discovery of Biomass-Degrading Genes and Genomes from Cow Rumen
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