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… which genes help plants grow, get nutrients, weather drought, and more. And eventually, their findings could help us grow better crops, with less impact on our planet. …

… Citrus , appeals in other ways. It better tolerates cold, withstands pests, and, especially tantalizing, resists a … may be a plant of bitter fruit, yet sweet are its genetic secrets. This work builds upon JGI-supported research led by …

… carbon from the atmosphere and keeps it in the deep ocean. With genomic samples collected before, during and after The … instances of extreme weather events such as hurricanes and droughts. Another one began in late 2013, when a large patch … the Community Science Program . The proposal focuses on uncovering the metabolic networks involved in carbon and …

… features prominently among the eleven proposals selected with four focused on biofuels and bioproducts. For example, … that may be relevant to both algae and land plants.  Within the biogeochemistry group, one of the four proposals … to learn more about climate change feedbacks including drought and increasing temperatures on tropical rainforests, …

… was applied to a recent Nature Communications paper, uncovering giant virus sequences in soil for the first time. … stable isotope probing (DNA SIP) relies on incubating DNA with isotopically-labeled compounds to link active microbes with specific metabolic processes. A third approach steps …

… earlier this year. And today we have our conversation with Professor Alison Narayan, from the University of … too. Thanks for listening! And enjoy this conversation with Alison Narayan. JACKIE WINTER: Well, Welcome, everyone. … University of Michigan. Dr. Narayan is currently associated with the chemistry department as well as the life sciences …

… poorly-studied algal and viral genomes, and integrate with key DOE Office of Biological and Environmental Research … species. Many fungi have beneficial symbiotic relationships with plants and bacteria; in many instances, fungal … Dick of The Ohio State University aims to study plant drought resilience in the Sahel, an arid region of West …

… considered for bioenergy feedstock development. Summary With the aim of producing at least one reference genome for … Office of Science User Facility, and others like it, are uncovering the true diversity of the fungal kingdom. The …

… Earth’s climate. Most methane is produced in environments without oxygen through a process called methanogenesis. … to  Euryarchaeota .  Finding Methane-Making Microbes with Metagenomics  By leveraging metagenomics to sample the … at once — rather than cultivating a single microorganism within a lab setting.  Roland Hatzenpichler is an associate …

… are NOT eligible for BERSS support through the JGI (with the exceptions of DE-FOA-0003453 and DE-FOA-0003615 , … Proposals whose scope was not previously negotiated with the JGI will only be accepted pending available capacity, technical review and scope negotiation with the JGI.  Investigators with grants funded by DOE-BER …

… book featuring polar bears in winter scenes that came with crayons in various shades of white. To researchers … most organism’s genetic information is encoded in DNA, with RNA delivering the instructions inside DNA to the cell, … the RNA virome However, this is now real Big Data, we are dealing with billions of sequences, and soon, with …

… switchgrass transformation pipeline and, in collaboration with industrial partners, generated hundreds of transgenic … tolerance, and the mechanisms by which plants interact with their microbiomes. In addition, his group conducts … in the Brachypodium distachyon pan-genome correlates with population structure. Nat. Comm. 8(1), 2184 doi: …