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Hey, Alison Takemura: Hey, Dan. Dan Udwary: Today we’re going to talk to Kate Duncan. And Kate is– I should ask, you … in school. I wouldn’t say I was one of these people that wants to study oceanography and was fascinated by the oceans, … of North America. So then I came back and I worked on an EU project, the Scottish Association for Marine Science. And …

To provide broad plant genomic capabilities, the DOE Joint Genome Institute works in partnership with the … which specializes in genome improvement for plants. As part of that partnership, the JGI and HudsonAlpha … the JGI Plant Gene Atlas in  Nucleic Acids Research . The project spans 15 years and involves more than 17 research …

… for new technology development and JGI user science projects. We perform analysis for diverse experiment types, with main focus areas being genome variation, transcriptomics and … Our group also performs ‘proof-of principle’ research projects to demonstrate new genomic capabilities. Our group …

Microbial cells infected by viruses undergo metabolic reprogramming. The … interactions. In  their study , which appeared in  The ISME Journal , they focused on how virus-infected microbes are … and Environmental Research in one proposed research project. For this project, RNA sequencing was done by the …

A collaborative team led by Geoffrey Schiebinger at the University of British Columbia, Philip Benfey … the largest integration of single-cell datasets in plants and provides a foundation for still larger efforts in … Phytozome and will be available for future single-cell projects.” The Berkeley Lab  Biosciences Area has been …

For many scientists, the culmination of their work into a written report that is published in a scientific journal is the ultimate achievement. To get to this point … the primary author on this publication and drove the entire project, Visel explained. She continued working virtually …

Uncovering associations between plant roots and fungi that can help … found in plant roots may have unknown roles. Some plants and fungi have mutually beneficial (e.g., mycorrhizal) … on the fungal Tree of Life through the 1000 Fungal Genomes Project. Hacquard’s group had assembled a mycobiome culture …

By studying the structure and function of a cyanobacterial protein, … The products of photosynthesis are easy to point out. Plants, algae and cyanobacteria create the air we breathe and … — but the experts we were able to work with on this project to ask questions about structure and function,” …

… enabled by the JGI DNA Synthesis Science Program. Fashioning DNA outside a cell is key to interrogating what genes … Terpenes are made via a tangled network of enzymes in plants. To better pinpoint the biosynthetic routes that … in five years, have come out of the JGI-supported project. “The JGI DNA Synthesis Science Program has been …

Microbial communities living near hydrothermal deep-sea vents hold vast potential for … (IMG/M) portal. The study,  published in the  Microbiome journal, broadens our understanding of the unique … work was funded by the US-National Science Foundation grants OCE-0728391, OCE-0937404, OCE-1558795 to A-L.R, and …

Dr. Frederik Schulz joined the DOE Joint Genome Institute in 2016 and is leading … to the JGI user community and supports various user projects in the Microbial Program. In an LDRD-funded … Microbiome. 5 (1), 1-6 Google Scholar … Senior Editor, ISME Journal LBNL LDRD (Soil Protists) FY2022 LBNL LDRD (Viral …

A nuanced understanding of peat moss drives insight into carbon storage   The … type of microbes that break down plant matter. This means plants don’t fully decompose in peatlands, and so carbon … for Biotechnology sequenced sphagnum  genomes from plants selected by a team from Duke University, then tested …