Although similar integrative tools exist (Supplementary Note 2), no other open platform shares all KBase's features, which include the following: (i) comprehensive support for data provenance and ...

Microbes are foundational for life on Earth. These tiny organisms play a major role in everything from transforming sunlight into the fundamental molecules of life. They help to produce much of the ...

New article describes how to extract and analyze genomes from microbiomes using the Department of Energy Systems Biology Knowledgebase The widespread adoption of DNA sequencing in microbiology has ...

If biologists wanted to determine the likely way a particular gene variant might increase a plant's yield for producing biofuels, they used to have to track down several databases and cross-reference ...

The new open software and data platform developed by scientists at DOE labs relieves research biologists from acting as programmers. Energy Open Source The Energy Department's national research ...

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has developed a computational platform known as Systems Biology Knowledgebase, or KBase, designed to help the biological community analyze, store, and share data.

Energy Department scientists can now leverage data without knowing how to write code. (iStock) While some of the smartest people in the world work with the Energy Department’s 17 national laboratories ...