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Large-scale comparative analysis leads to identification of biosynthetic gene clusters for novel secondary … helped to define the current shape of the microbial tree of life by filling in genomic information for thousands of … Group. Many of these bacterial and archaeal genome sequences have been generated using techniques that the JGI …

In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have … but other important crops as well. In 2009, the JGI sequenced and analyzed the first reference genome for … the species. Earlier pan-genomes for other plants, like the soybean relative Glycine max ( 2014 ) and the grass …

… analysis to date of the modified DNA base 5mC variations in fungi. The Science Changing an A, C, T or G in a genome sequence can lead to changes in protein structures and … analysis of 5mC distribution across the fungal tree of life to date, involving more than 500 species of fungi. The …

By studying the structure and function of a cyanobacterial protein, researchers have new … of that machine — photosynthesizers’ DNA and RNA. These sequences provide a list of machine parts, and an idea of … of unknown function.  First, they looked across the tree of life, doing a very complex CTRL+F search for this domain, …

In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have … sustainable biofuel production. The JGI published a partial sequence of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii in 2003; then in 2007 … Computational Biology Program, along with JGI Computational Scientist Simon Prochnik, Arthur Grossman of the Carnegie …

The chromosome-scale genome sequence of trifoliate orange yields clues to … never heard of trifoliate orange. Otherwise known as  Poncirus trifoliata , it’s an evolutionary cousin of the  … a team of researchers sequenced  P. trifoliata ’s genome. Scientists at the US Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome …

After studying the mechanism of action of antifungal natural products and their derivatives … interplay using metagenomics. Taking on a Research Scientist position in 2007, she switched gears from … and archaeal isolates expand coverage of the tree of life. Nature Biotechnology 35, 676-683. Schulz et al. 2017. …

A nuanced understanding of peat moss drives insight into carbon storage   The Science Boggy peatlands, which hold much of … Laboratory, and the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology sequenced sphagnum  genomes from plants selected by a team … and others that preferred the hollows. Those genome sequences showed not only that the sex of a sphagnum plant …

… issue of mSystems , out May 14, 2019, JGI researchers are among the authors who offer perspectives on what the next five … recent Nature Communications paper, uncovering giant virus sequences in soil for the first time. A second approach … to microbial host cells. In a separate article, research scientist Simon Roux, a member of Eloe-Fadrosh’s …

Research uncovers the genetic foundations that helped plants conquer land over 600 million years … environments — ultimately allowing them to adapt to life on land. Learning that these genetic tools existed in … Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), scientists sequenced the genomes of four  Zygnematophyceae algae, which …