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… much of the Earth’s carbon as well as material that can be converted to energy, are made up heavily of sphagnum … stores carbon and responds to stress. The Impact Despite constituting less than 5% of land on Earth, peatlands store … was possibly driven by genetics, or even temperature. By sequencing the genome, researchers were able to pinpoint …

… our tools with a widening circle of researchers. That’s why each year we look for novel research projects — aligned … proposals — through the New Investigator call under our Community Science Program . Below find a list of researchers … desert grasslands to the metabolic savviness of microbial ecosystems at the forest floor and along ocean shores. Their …

… a number of notable achievements that showcase our collaborations and capabilities to enable great science that … impressive environmental and energy advantages explain why soybean is a flagship genome of the JGI’s Plant Program. … was just like rediscovering genetics, with the evolution of sequencing technologies and the evolution of …

… after a wildfire. The Science After a wildfire burns, recovery begins at the forest floor. Within the soil, a … which microbes in the soil persist after a wildfire — and why they thrive — gives forest managers more avenues to … a step further, using both DNA and messenger RNA (mRNA) sequencing to identify those traits that have helped fungi, …

… the microbial cell’s membrane. Two decades ago, a team discovered a group of viruses that had in their genomes a … to adapt to changing environments. It also sheds light on why the rapid injection of mutations in a particular gene … all at once from the same environment, called metagenomes. Why? Simon Roux, who led the research team and is the head …

… and illnesses. These injuries and illnesses may result from contact with chemical, biological, physical, mechanical, or … when actively working include safety glasses, lab coats, gloves, long pants that cover ankles, and shoes that fully enclose the entire foot. …

… and biosystems design for DOE-mission-relevant discovery and applications. This program has supported over 250 … improve crop yield, and developing a platform for building composite materials. Before joining the JGI, Dr. Yoshikuni was co-founder and chief science officer at a clean technology …

… 12 of Phytozome will be retired, and  version 13 will become the current, and only, version of Phytozome accessible … BLAST and BioMart data warehouse interfaces they have come to rely on from Phytozome, with a more intuitive … Questions about the transition from Phytozome v12 to v13. Why is it necessary to retire Phytozome v12? The codebase …

… Learn more about JGI’s  MycoCosm data portal , an interactive collection of sequenced … Do you accept oomycetes to be proposed for genome sequencing, or only “true fungi”? A(nswer): Our focus is on … about myxomycetes (Amoebozoa), would you consider them for sequencing? A: We do have 1 Amoebozoan, > Dicyostelium …

… Global chocolate brands can’t exist without cocoa According to the  International Cocoa Organization … to climate change and devastating fungal infections. That’s why Mars, Inc., a maker of chocolate for more than 100 years … and cleanup. The JGI provides integrated high-throughput sequencing and computational analysis that enable …

… at the University of California, San Diego. As the Sequencing Technology Implementation Lead, he directs a … and plants. His team is also developing single-nuclei sequencing methods to characterize gene regulation at the … and Timothy J. Donohue. "Using DNA affinity purification sequencing (DAP-seq) to identify in vitro binding sites of …

… genomics reveals one bacterial species is made of four ecologically distinct groups with different lifestyles. The Science The bacterium SAR324 is unusually cosmopolitan. In the ocean’s North Pacific Subtropical Gyre, … depths. But SAR324 can be found throughout the water column, from the warm, well-lit surface, to the blue-lit …