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… of the five major lineages of cotton; G. tomentosum , G. mustelinum , and G. darwinii are the others. All of these … cotton lineages. Senior authors of the paper published April 20, 2020 in Nature Genetics include Jane Grimwood and … you have to alter.’ Why should we invest in something that may not be an immediate benefit to us for a decade? We …
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… internship partnership that started in the summer of 2014. … Modeled on the JGI-UC Merced internship program, a … within the realm of education. … Through the Berkeley Lab K-12 program, the JGI collaborates with Biotech Partners to …
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The Science Chloroplasts are the factories in plant cells. Using photosynthesis, they take raw materials including … allows them to test composition variants. Summary In the May 8, 2020 issue of Science , a team led by Tobias Erb, … Office of Science User Facility (contract no. DE-AC02-05CH11231) with T.J.E. as grantee. J.-C.B. acknowledges the …
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… (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility, found that the fungus Olpidium is a link in … to terrestrial habitats. The work is part of the JGI’s 1000 Fungal Genomes Project, which aims to provide genomic … associated virus LBVaV; genus Varicosavirus ) which may severely reduce crop yields. Like the typical chytrids …
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… (IMG). He became the Metagenomics Program head in 2010 and has the combined Microbial Genomes and Metagenomes … at Argonne National Laboratory. Dr. Kyrpides’ research focus on Microbiome Research with an emphasis on Microbiome … Doctorate from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (2017) The van Niel International Prize for Studies in …
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… ] The Science The recipe for growing algae as a source of sustainable biofuels seems fairly simple: place these algae … feedstocks, algae are tiny but mighty. An analysis in the 2017 Bioeconomy Report estimated that the United States has …
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… challenges. The Human Genome Project began in 1990 when the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) partnered with … health. Three DOE national labs had people and resources focused on three human chromosomes: Lawrence Berkeley National … human genome, which itself was finally deemed complete on April 1, 2022. After completing the human genome, the JGI …
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… patterns in the Arabidopsis root, profiling nearly 100,000 single root cells and combining the information with previously published datasets. The work was recently published in … research by then-Biosciences scientist Diane Dickel in 2017. In 2019, plant single-cell methods were officially …
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… training at UC Berkeley and work in the pharmaceutical industry. He holds joint appointments as Fungal and Algal … over 2500 fungal genomes in the JGI MycoCosm portal. In 2018, he launched scale-up of algal genomics and PhycoCosm … life. Nature Microbiol. 3(12):1417-1428. Haitjema et al (2017) A parts list for fungal cellulosomes revealed by …
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… to a pathogen. This ‘“alien’” organism — one previously unseen — is, in fact, a microscopic water mold, … relative of SOD is P. infestans , responsible for the mid-19th century Irish potato famine. Shortly before the … threaten the health of the tree. While drought conditions may slow the progress of SOD, the debilitated trees become …
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Molecular Foundry, a nanoscale research and knowledge-based user facility at Berkeley lab. She earned her PhD in Microbiology and Cell Science in 2011 from the University of Florida, working with Valérie de … and led the Quantitative Plant Science Initiative (2017-2022), a BER Science Focus Area (SFA). In 2022, she …
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… they need to survive. To fill in their nutrient gaps, they must latch onto a larger host — often, a fellow archaeal … population genomics to find that while archaeal hitchhikers may often act as parasites, in other cases, they likely help … Allen Frontiers Group, the National Science Foundation (MCB-1244557 to J.A.D.) and the Lawrence Berkeley National …
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