A More Intuitive Phytozome Interface
JGI’s plant data portal team highlights the latest Phytozome update while assuring users will continue to have straightforward access to the existing data and features. [Read More]
A Natural Mechanism Can Turbocharge Viral Evolution
A genetic element that enables rapid, targeted mutation is surprisingly widespread and appears to allow viruses to hunt new microbial prey. [Read More]
Refining the Process of Identifying Algae Biotechnology Candidates
A collaborative approach highlights how a screening and characterization pipeline could help accelerate algae biotechnology research efforts. [Read More]
Gut Fungi: Unexpected Source of Novel Chemicals
Combing through the genomes of four anaerobic fungal species has revealed, for the first time, that this group is unexpectedly powerful: they can whip up dozens of complex natural products, including new ones. [Read More]
Green Algae Reveal One mRNA Encodes Many Proteins
A team of researchers reports unexpectedly finding multiple genes transcribed on a single molecule of mRNA in two algal species. [Read More]
An Age of CRAGE: Advances in Rapidly Engineering Non-model Bacteria
A group led by JGI scientists have made strides in improving and applying a method that allows researchers to quickly modify diverse bacterial genomes. [Read More]
Fields of Breeders’ Dreams: A Team Effort Toward Targeted Crop Improvements
Combining field data with a reference switchgrass genome, a multi-institutional research team has been able to associate climate adaptations with switchgrass biology, information that could be useful toward the DOE’s interest in harnessing the crop toward producing sustainable alternative fuels. [Read More]
Uncovering Novel Genomes from Earth’s Microbiomes
Expanding the known diversity of bacteria and archaea by 44%, the publicly available Genomes from Earth’s Microbiomes (GEM) catalog generated from environmental samples around the world results from a collaboration involving more than 200 scientists, and JGI and KBase researchers. [Read More]
2021 JGI Proposal Call Brings New Investigators into Community Science Program
For the first time, 63 percent of the 27 accepted annual large-scale CSP proposals come from investigators who have not previously been a principal investigator on an approved JGI proposal. [Read More]
Shattering Expectations: Novel Seed Dispersal Gene Found in Green Millet
For the first time in wild populations, researchers have identified a gene in green millet related seed dispersal. [Read More]
