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Registration and Agenda Coming Soon!  Hosted by the DOE Joint Genome Institute, the … discoveries toward the evolution of cellular complexity and microbial symbiosis.  This is a continuation of the previous … lineages in biogeochemical cycles and beyond, as well as microbial symbioses. We aim to foster discussions centered …

… system traces polyploid genome evolution. Flowering plants abide by the concept, “the more the merrier,” with respect to their genomes. In their base state, they are diploids with two genome copies, one from each parent. Having three or more genome copies from additional parents or …

… diversity of large and giant viruses. While the microbes in a single drop of water could outnumber a small city’s … noted study senior author  Tanja Woyke , who heads JGI’s  Microbial Program . The team mined more than 8,500 publicly … ecosystems, including, respectively, the northern Lakes of Canada, the Laurentian Great Lakes, Lake Mendota …

The JGI has a strong interest in seeing that the data produced by the facility result in scientific publications. JGI users and collaborators have …

Using a novel computational approach, researchers confirm … what falls within that single beam. When it comes to microbial communities, scientists have historically been …

… of plant components   The Science There are three main ingredients to tackle when it comes to breaking down a plant … Centers, the Joint BioEnergy Institute and the Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center. O’Malley is also affiliated …

Maize produces a family of compounds that protects it against infections — using surprisingly few enzymes. The Science … corn variety and protect maize by fending off fungal and microbial infections. Scientists had assumed that maize …