APRIL 30, 2025 News Release PNNL Hosts Inaugural Conference on Predictive Phenomics PNNL is hosting a scientific conference focused directly on understanding and predicting the collection of an organism’s traits. ( Read More )
APRIL 8, 2025 News Release Disturbed Sleep Cycle Propels Cyanobacteria Into Surprising Burst of Productivity Circadian rhythms of blue-green microbes offer new window into predictive phenomics—how to predict and control the traits of an organism. ( Read More )
FEBRUARY 13, 2025 News Release Beyond DNA: How Environments Influence Biology to Make Things Happen This week at AAAS, PNNL scientists discuss phenomics and the factors that influence DNA instructions to bring about the world around us. ( Read More )
OCTOBER 17, 2024 News Release Soils from Six Continents Add Up to Largest Database of Viruses Beneath Our Feet Scientists plumbed the depths of nearly 3,000 soil samples from around the globe to compile the heftiest atlas of soil viruses ever created. ( Read More )
JULY 23, 2024 News Release PNNL Scientists Tap Nation’s Fastest Computers to Explore Critical Science Questions Researchers will explore climate, pathogens and energy-efficient microelectronics using 3 million node hours on the nation’s supercomputers. ( Read More )
MAY 17, 2024 News Release How Plants Sense Sugar, Produce Oils Scientists unravel a secret to oil production in plants, opening up the possibility of increasing production for biofuels and other applications. ( Read More )
MAY 9, 2024 News Release Study Shows How Night Shift Work Can Raise Risk of Diabetes, Obesity New research sheds light on the biomolecular dangers of night shift work. ( Read More )
MAY 1, 2024 News Release When Working Out, Males Are Programmed to Burn More Fat, while Females Recycle It—at Least in Rats Vigorous exercise burns fat more in males than in females, but the benefits of exercise are broad for both sexes. ( Read More )
MARCH 1, 2024 News Release PNNL Scientists Help Pinpoint Molecular Switch Active in Type-1 Diabetes Scientists have learned more about how to protect the insulin-producing cells that die in patients with Type 1 diabetes. ( Read More )
FEBRUARY 2, 2024 News Release Proteins Suggest a Path to Reduce Drug Resistance in a Form of Cancer Scientists have learned more about how drug resistance develops in patients with acute myeloid leukemia and how the process might be slowed. ( Read More )
JUNE 28, 2022 News Release COVID-19 Fattens Up Our Body’s Cells to Fuel Its Viral Takeover The virus that causes COVID-19 takes over the body’s fat-processing system and boosts cellular triglycerides as it causes disease. ( Read More )