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The Integrative Genomics Building (IGB) seen above is home to the DOE Joint Genome … expertise to support the global research community in studies of complex biological and environmental systems. We … and we continue to develop new capabilities in single-cell sequencing, spatial transcriptomics, and cell- and …

… 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 …

… sediment like a leaf.” The lab conducted some microscopy studies over the next couple of years, and realized it was a … these organelles “pepins,” after the small seeds in fruits. DNA clusters were plentiful in the single cells. The … which is a process analogous to photosynthesis for plants.” Another outstanding question is whether the new …

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 …

Baxter is a principal investigator at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, where his group focuses on interactions underlying plant adaptation in different environments. He’s been involved in … Her research focus is genetically engineering the plant cell wall to address dairy sustainability challenges. She’s …