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… a graduate student in Brett Baker’s lab at the University of Texas at Austin, will defend his dissertation. Some of his research was conducted at the JGI through the DOE … coast of south Texas. At the JGI, Rambo’s work was overseen by Susannah Tringe, head of the Microbial Systems group. He …

Congratulations to US Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI) staff scientist … Roux , who was recently selected as the 2025 recipient of the Microbiome Data Prize by the American Society for Microbiology (ASM). Roux leads …

Understanding the shared genetic toolkit of ancestral and present-day plants The Science In a recent  … The team found that some of the adaptation strategies used by liverwort are also seen in flowering plants, or … and later plant lineages that independently expanded. Along with NLRs, the diversified peroxidases are associated …

… to expression, scientists can now opt for various shades of grey. The ability to fine-tune the level of gene expression allowed researchers to identify … on, scientists can determine the level of gene expression by the gradations. The Impact Metabolic engineering could …

… data portal allows anyone to freely investigate the genes of more than 100 algae. The Science Interested in the genomes of algae? You now have one place where you can browse the … harnessing algae for bioenergy and the greater bioeconomy. By bringing together publicly available genomic data on …

… data portal allows anyone to freely investigate the genes of more than 100 algae. The Science Interested in the genomes of algae? You now have one place where you can browse the … harnessing algae for bioenergy and the greater bioeconomy. By bringing together publicly available genomic data on …

… genetic entities that seek to replicate themselves and spread from cell to cell. Two of the most common forms of MGEs are viruses and plasmids. … and their genetic sequences. The software was created by researchers under the direction of Microbiome Data …

In   April 2020, we mark both the 50th celebration of Earth Day on April 22, and DNA Day on April 25.  On March … at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, is located in one of those counties. The shelter-in-place order has since been … and cleanup. The JGI provides integrated high-throughput sequencing and computational analysis that enable …

Antarctic algae need their vitamins; zinc fuels some of their most important functions. Even in the chilly waters … their essential nutrients, too.  This work is part of a long-term collaboration with the JGI Algal Program, which … CSP projects publicly available at the PhycoCosm portal . Byline: Menaka Wilhelm   … The U.S. Department of Energy …

… potential carbon cycling impact.   The Science Enabled by the JGI’s Community Science Program (CSP), researchers are developing a number of resources to build up Sphagnum as a plant model system … and S. magellanicum. The draft genome for  S. fallax is already available on the  JGI plant portal Phytozome , and …

… start pinning down how a fungal symbiont spurs growth of poplar, a potential biofuel feedstock.     The Science The fungus  Mortierella elongata enjoys a dual lifestyle; it can thrive in the soil … particular interest to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). By better understanding how poplar responds to its intimate …

… characteristics — creating many different ways of processing nitrogen. To boost crops more efficiently in … — they rely on enzymes that have been evolving for billions of years. However, these enzymes are often loosely … of the National Academy of Sciences bridges this gap, by tracing the evolution of a specific enzyme family called …