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… For many scientists, the culmination of their work into a written … program and current PhD student, reached this milestone with a recent publication in Molecular Biology and Evolution . “It’s my …

… Communications takes on the challenge of understanding one of these proteins — and its role in photosynthesis — in … other protein structures. Repeatedly, this search surfaced another important partner for this protein — an iron-bound … revealed structure of the protein related to its function inside the cell, Grosjean used the JGI-developed  guideRNA …

… Brachypodium model system traces polyploid genome evolution. Flowering plants abide by the concept, “the more the merrier,” … their base state, they are diploids with two genome copies, one from each parent. Having three or more genome copies … The U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of …

… do they tend to specialize, infecting just a single host? Another wrinkle in the mystery is that viruses can affect … a lifestyle called lysogeny, they can insinuate themselves inside the host’s genome, living quietly and replicating … host indefinitely. Now, in studying a microbial mat from Cone Pool in Mono County, California, scientists have used …

… Congratulations to the 2023 Highly Cited Researchers from the JGI … influence in their chosen field or fields through the publication of multiple highly cited papers during the last … ability to break down lignin , the hardiest of plant components and a key barrier when breaking down biomass. He was …

… class of 18 juniors.  He got turned down consistently, with one of his favorite answers being, “It would take a team of … and organic carbon concentration. From Field Studies to Publication Together as a class, the students learned about … side, and if the run-off might have affected the results. Another idea was to study the different methane-producing …