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… causes Asian Soybean Rust (ASR) and is the major pathogen of soybean. Left uncontrolled, soybean rust could reduce crop yields by as much as 90 percent. As part of the DOE Joint Genome Institute’s  2016 Community Science … Duplessis of the French National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA)  proposed sequencing a reference genome for  …

… Adapting the graduate research experience amidst a global pandemic   …

… and illnesses. These injuries and illnesses may result from contact with chemical, biological, physical, … Over the last few months, we found an increasing number of colleagues missing elements of the required PPE in the lab. To address this issue, we … The U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science …

… Right now, our natural rubber comes from just one tree species: Hevea brasiliensis . It’s great … but it’s vulnerable to disease and climate shifts. So researchers are looking into a desert shrub that’s native to …

… Lake Mendota sits right next to the University of Wisconsin, Madison. And Trina McMahon's lab has been sampling the microbes of that lake for over 20 years, to understand how the … next 3 episodes are the story behind that giant assembly from Lake Mendota. In this episode: the software evolution …

… user facilities. Focus areas for these projects include biofuels, biomaterials and bioproducts; hydrobiogeochemistry; … interorganismal interactions; and novel applications of molecular techniques. The FICUS program is designed to encourage and enable researchers to more easily integrate the expertise and …

… We know all kinds of things about plastic – except, how to break it down for … recycling. But some hungry insects can digest plastic. So researchers are taking a look at how these critters process …

… This summer, the DOE JGI hosted 10 interns who came from a wide range of backgrounds. Many of them spent the summer crunching … Zhong Wang while Karen Tolentino worked with Brachypodium researcher John Vogel. Other students hosted this summer …

… for a sustainable bioeconomy. Mission  As a U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science user facility, we provide advanced genomic … data, and professional expertise to support the global research community in studies of complex biological and …