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… . The Science A team led by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley used a multi-omics approach to … N. crassa is the model organism for filamentous fungi, all of which contain a wide array of plant cell-wall degrading enzymes (PCWDEs) that allow …

… 600 million years ago. The Science By studying the genes of land plants’ closest algal relative,  Zygnematophyceae , … Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), scientists sequenced the genomes of four  Zygnematophyceae algae, which … plant resilience and productivity. The algal genomes sequences are available on the JGI’s  PhycoCosm portal. … …

National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON) is a network of field research sites designed to collect long-term open … available for research over 100,000 samples and specimens of over 60 different types of NEON samples and specimens per year. This NEON-focused …

… as a typical monthly JGI All-Hands Meeting, after a couple of perfunctory items, the agenda went off the rails – according to plan but unbeknownst to Ray and most of the rest of the 200-plus Zoom participants. While the …

… just one research proposal. Guest speaker Michelle O’Malley of UC Santa Barbara talked about how her approved FICUS … Collaborations for User Science” (FICUS) program. Letters of Intent are due March 17, 2021. Q&A from the Webinar: … on the proposal call page. Feel free to  reach out to any of them with questions. Q:  Apart from instrumental support, …

… from the other JGI Portals, as well. “For thousands of scientists around the world, the JGI Genome Portal is a critical resource — it provides access to all of JGI’s genomic databases and tools,” noted  Kjiersten Fagnan , JGI’s Chief Informatics Officer. JGI’s Portals, including Phytozome , IMG , GOLD , …

… really fully exist back then,” said Hal Alper, a University of Texas at Austin professor, “but we really first heard about the JGI synthesis … the researchers will receive a FedEx package with the sequenced, quality controlled population representing the …

… ice in the Arctic has decreased by more than 30% in terms of quantity and thickness. Replacing older, thicker ice with … surface where algae grow. Armed with a better understanding of the alga’s stress resistance and ability to adapt to … to better manage the growth, yield and climate resilience of algae — for potential use as biomass or in biomass …

A special issue of Synthetic Biology celebrates research enabled by the JGI … and synthesis work. This is where the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at Lawrence Berkeley …

New genomes highlight the diversity of white rot fungi in the genus Lentinula   The Science … mushroom genomes, and assembling genomes from 60 existing sequences, this work expands the family tree for Lentinula. … as well as atmospheric carbon dioxide.  Summary Researchers sequenced 11 samples from Asia–Australasia and 13 samples …

Maize produces a family of compounds that protects it against infections — using … corn variety and protect maize by fending off fungal and microbial infections. Scientists had assumed that maize … in addition to maize, including the bioenergy crop switchgrass. The team confirmed just how important zealexins are …

… more about PhycoCosm, the largest interactive collection of sequenced algal genomes, omics data and comparative … by the Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a US Department of Energy Office of Science user facility at Berkeley Lab. …