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… 21-23, 2023, attendees joined the JGI Annual Genomics of Energy & Environment Meeting.  A wide array of invited speakers shared how research infrastructure – DNA … and his group want to better understand how wide this biodiversity is, and what factors determine how a particular …

… In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have revisited a number of notable achievements that showcase our collaborations and … and inspire next-generation researchers while preserving biodiversity and yielding demonstrable economic benefits. … sequences uncover evolutionary origins and mechanisms of pathogenesis . Science. 2006 Sep 1;313(5791):1261-6. doi: …

… plant is under threat due to climate change and devastating fungal infections. That’s why Mars, Inc., a maker of chocolate for more than 100 years and one of the world’s largest buyers of cocoa, is collaborating … The U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science …

… Interactions Within Ecosystems Latest portfolio of approved proposals highlight biodiversity and how ecosystems are adapting to stresses. A total of 17 proposals have been approved through the annual …

… A genetic architecture that is characteristic of the sex chromosomes of mammals is, for the first time, seen in a plant. The … and female sexes. For the first time, the sex chromosomes of shrub willow have been sequenced with sufficient … This work was supported by the NSF Dimensions of Biodiversity Program (DEB-1542509 to S.D., DEB-1542486 to …

… Ancient  Chloroflexota s ditched their flagella and other traits when … place: hot spring-dwelling bacteria from the phylum C hloroflexota . Research shows that flagella were lost in other … and pH levels vary wildly from spring to spring. These biodiversity hotspots harbor specialized microbial …

… tiny algae. The cold polar oceans give rise to some of the largest food webs on Earth. And at their base are … properties,” said study coauthor Igor Grigoriev , JGI Fungal & Algal Program Head. “But still, there are no … of algal communities.” The team found that the boundary, or biodiversity ‘break point,’ between these algal communities …

… A new approach for improving functional annotation in fungal genomes. The Science In a proof-of-concept study, researchers demonstrated that a new … including biofuel production. Efforts such as the 1000 Fungal Genomics Project led by the DOE Joint Genome … The work conducted by the US Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science …

… A fungus relies on bacteria to regulate key components of its reproductive machinery The Science To better … that bacteria living within a host (endosymbionts) have on fungal host reproduction, and the reproductive genes they … transition occurs. Rhizopus is a fungal pathogen of crops, including candidate bioenergy …

… Over the course of the summer, the JGI-UC Merced Genomics Internship paired … graduate student Mentors: Igor Grigoriev and Asaf Salamov, Fungal and Algal Program What effect has your summer … During my internship, I got to work with an enormous set of fungal genomics data. For me, it was an opportunity to adapt …