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… Multi-species assays yield an unprecedented view of plant evolution and adaptation.    Understanding how … complex wiring behind a city’s power grid. Just as the flow of electricity controls when and where lights turn on or … genes in distinct cell types, shedding light on the molecular basis of plant development and adaptation. “You …

… which specializes in genome improvement for plants. As part of that partnership, the JGI and HudsonAlpha researchers led … a better handle on the gene function helps identify the molecular targets for plant improvement. Surprisingly, about … it to fill gaps in the under-sampled area of the plant phylogeny and improving genome annotations. For that …

… online Oct. 11, 2023 in  Nature highlights the vast array of functional diversity of microbes through a novel approach to better understand … at protein function within them. The work was led by a team of scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint …

… for fiscal year 2026, in partnership with the Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory (EMSL) and other national user facilities. Focus areas for these projects include biofuels, biomaterials and bioproducts; hydrobiogeochemistry; … interorganismal interactions; and novel applications of molecular techniques. The FICUS program is designed to …

… researchers built an interactive and comprehensive database of fermentative prokaryotes. The Science Most organisms use … process called fermentation. To better understand the range of bacteria and archaea that rely on this form of metabolism, researchers recently compiled a list of with …

… Highlighting the latest interactive version of the JGI’s plant data portal. On August 6, 2021,  version 12 of Phytozome will be retired, and  version 13 will become … and use the Search input box to find the organism and genome version you’re after.  … The U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science …

…   The Science Scientists have fully decoded the genome of an oil-producing green alga, and demonstrated precise … gene targeting in the genome in the November 2025 issue of The Plant Cell. Auxenochlorella is an allodiploid hybrid of two species, similar to a mule, but that is still able to …

… closely with staff to understand the data-intensive nature of JGI workloads. Dr. Fagnan was appointed CIO of the JGI in 2016, and in 2018 was hired to be the JGI’s … Methodologies workshops. In 2018, Dr. Fagnan was part of the Gordon Bell prizewinning team at the Supercomputing …

… (MPI) for Terrestrial Microbiology and the University of Bordeaux have developed a platform that mimics … composition variants. Summary In the  May 8, 2020 issue of  Science , a team led by Tobias Erb, director of the MPI … JGI synthesized library of genes that code for Enoyl-CoA Carboxylase/Reductase (ECR) enzyme variants. ECR enzymes are …

… Large-scale comparative analysis leads to identification of biosynthetic gene clusters for novel secondary … The planet’s microbial diversity is immense, yet much of it remains unknown. For more than a decade, researchers … resource, but also yielding and supporting many high-impact publications ,” emphasized Markus Göker, who managed the …