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… Despite their diminutive stature, “short plants” such as mosses could be uniquely powerful in helping scientists link plant genetic sequences to what they do. But sequencing the …

… help solve energy and environmental challenges.   Usually, plants have the upper hand against any kind of biomass … plants can’t run away, they’ve evolved these really tough cell wall materials that keep microbes — and the enzymes … biomass harbors all kinds of organic material and stores quite a bit of energy. Eventually, that biomass could serve …

… After studying the mechanism of action of antifungal natural products … in 2007, she switched gears from metagenomics to single-cell genomics, which is now her primary interest and … Adjunct Scientist appointment at the Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences since 2012 and an Adjunct Professor at the …

… (CSP), researchers are developing a number of resources to build up Sphagnum as a plant model system focused on carbon cycling studies, rather than for food or fuel applications. The … The work conducted by the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute is supported by the Office of Science …

… evolved to establish symbiotic relationships with plants (mycorrhizae), and particularly how fungi that feed … plants, such as candidate  bioenergy feedstock crops, to acquire nutrients. Additionally, these results validate how … assist researchers in moving toward functional genomics studies to learn more about the inner workings of plant-host …

… Sabeeha Merchant of the University of California, Berkeley studies the alga  Chlamydomonas reinhardtii , one of … phenotyped mutant library in Chlamy, as the alga is colloquially known by researchers. A missing gene from this mutant … gene functions that may be relevant to both algae and land plants.  Within the biogeochemistry group, one of the four …

… Q&A from the Webinar: 1. Q(uestion): How much DNA is required for the JGI SIP metagenomics pipeline? A(nswer):  The … narratives, or plans to develop narratives in KBase for SIP studies? I’d be interested in how it could possibly be … 8. Q:  Related to Jim Moran’s talk, how long do plants need to be placed in a 13 CO2 chamber for sufficient …

… functions. Even in the chilly waters of Antarctica, tiny ocean-dwellers called phytoplankton play an outsize role in … zinc to photosynthesize. Thomas Mock, a marine microbiologist at the University of East Anglia, leads this … noted that the F. cylindrus genome encoded more proteins requiring zinc than non-polar algae. They hypothesized that …