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… one of the most abundant plants in the ocean, originated in Japan before spreading around the globe. Now, … form of another species, so the scientists had to use the genome itself.   Approximately 67 million years ago, the ancestor to eelgrass underwent a whole genome duplication event, doubling all of its chromosomes.  …

… some of their most important functions. Even in the chilly waters of Antarctica, tiny ocean-dwellers called … researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User … this collaboration, in 2017, they published the first genome sequence of a cold-adapted microalga: the diatom …

… fungi of Chytridiomycota (the “chytrids”).  A collaborative team led by Joey Spatafora at Oregon State University, … Grigoriev from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User … habitats. The work is part of the JGI’s 1000 Fungal Genomes Project, which aims to provide genomic information …

… This year’s list features 6,900 researchers working in 21 fields.  … the JGI is sequencing thousands of bacterial and archaeal genomes from diverse branches of the Tree of Life.  Its … Huntemann, Nikos Kyrpides  and Simon Roux — features 600 genome sequences for Actinobacteria.  Woyke  was also one of …

… The meeting was a hybrid event, with guests joining onsite at the Integrative Genomics Building at Lawrence Berkeley … genes has helped pave the way for the conception of a pangenome. Recordings and recaps of all three keynote talks … Talk Title: CRISPRology — The Science and Applications of  Genome Editing (Virtual) Jennifer Doudna is a professor at …

… DOE Metrics Sequencing Quarter Total Bases (Trillions) Operating Hours Goal  Actual Total*   Actual % of Goal   Goal … developments for improving microbial, metagenomic, or plant genome assemblies. [Download PDF] Q2 – Report on progress … the interpretation of microbial, metagenomic, or plant genomes. [Download PDF] End-of-year Goal – Develop one new …

… Analysis of haloarchaeal metagenomes broadens understanding of Antarctic biogeography. … Antarctic lakes, some of which have salinities 10 times that of seawater. To shed light on the global biogeography in … variation in haloarchaea, they also characterized metagenomes (collections of partial genomes) from six …

… In this episode, undergraduates adopt genomes that the JGI sequenced, but never … published in the literature. These students analyze the genomes, write reports, and publish first-author papers, …

… the largest interactive collection of sequenced algal genomes, omics data and comparative analysis tools developed by the Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a US Department of Energy Office of …

… place these algae in a container with access to sunlight, water and carbon dioxide so they can grow, and then harvest … multiple institutions have sequenced and analyzed the genome of an alga that thrives in saltwater (halotolerant) … researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User …

… Genomes from uncultivated bacteria offers clues to ancestral bacteria’s energy … acquired the ability to produce their own food and generate oxygen as a byproduct. The abundance of oxygen shaped … teams joined forces and data sets to describe bacterial genomes for related (“sibling”) lineages Margulisbacteria …

… for fly fishing is a boxful of lures. Designed with feathers or wires to mimic an insect or a particular movement, … by Tanja Woyke at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User … to sort cells into several small pools, followed by whole genome amplification and shotgun sequencing. The team first …