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Designer DNA: JGI Helps Users Blaze New Biosynthetic Pathways
… enabled by the JGI DNA Synthesis Science Program. Fashioning DNA outside a cell is key to interrogating what genes … more than 10 papers, including two Nature Plants publications, in five years, have come out of the … the JGI DNA synthesis Community Science Program (CSP) Functional Genomics, the system allows scientists to test …
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Mediterranean grassland soil C–N compound turnover is dependent on rainfall and depth, and is mediated by genomically divergent microorganisms
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A Standardized Synthetic Eucalyptus Transcription Factor and Promoter Panel for Re-engineering Secondary Cell Wall Regulation in Biomass and Bioenergy Crops
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Identification of candidate genes in Arabidopsis and Populus cell wall biosynthesis using text-mining, co-expression network analysis and comparative genomics
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Laminarin stimulates single cell rates of sulfate reduction whereas oxygen inhibits transcriptomic activity in coastal marine sediment
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Axel Visel
Dr. Visel joined the DOE Joint Genome Institute in 2010. As the Deputy … Computational Biology , Nucleic Acids Research . Over 80 publications in peer-reviewed journals including Nature, … A , Bristow J, Niyogi KK, Wei CL (2015).  Lineage-specific chromatin signatures reveal a regulator of lipid metabolism …
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Expression of macromolecular organic nitrogen degrading enzymes identifies potential mediators of soil organic N availability to an annual grass
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Getting to the Bottom of Fungal Functions Across Earth’s Forests
… between fungal guilds, genes and function. If a tree falls in the forest — whether or not anyone registers the sound — one thing is for sure: there are lots of fungi around. Within a … some fungal species, other fungi will fill in needed functionalities. This work also shows new overlap between …
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Ian Blaby
Since 2019 Dr. Blaby heads the DNA synthesis platform at the … tool development/data analysis for synthetic biology and functional genomics. Prior to joining the JGI, he was a … Award for Research Excellence … Education … Selected Publications … Awards and Honors …
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Metabolomics Program
Program works to uncover the roles of small molecules in biological systems, linking them with genomic data to enhance our understanding … with gene expression, providing deeper insights into functional genomics. A key focus is understanding the …
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Massive lateral transfer of genes encoding plant cell wall-degrading enzymes to the mycoparasitic fungus Trichoderma from its plant-associated hosts
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An Inside Look at How Plants and Mycorrhizal Fungi Cooperate
A new view into a symbiosis could offer benefits to address climate … a network of tendrils called arbuscules into a plant’s root cells, and both organisms rearrange their cells around this … with previous studies in the same system. With the right functional characterization, those genes could become dials …
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