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Antarctic algae need their vitamins; zinc fuels some of their most important functions. Even … ocean-dwellers called phytoplankton play an outsize role in cycling carbon and nutrients. These microscopic algae have … collaboration, in 2017, they published the first genome sequence of a cold-adapted microalga: the diatom …

… [above] Emma Bell, Mallory Choudoir, Sneha Couvillion, Tobin Hammer, Christina Hazard, Rachel Mackelprang, Brook Moyers, Mei, Ran,; … our tools with a widening circle of researchers. That’s why twice each year we look for novel research projects — …

Tanja Woyke and other JGI researchers made their debut writing for the Nature Reviews Microbiology column last year — … Institute in the UK — a nonprofit that was founded to help sequence the human genome. Today, the Sanger Institute … hot topics in genomics.” And it makes sense to Woyke why JGI would have this role. “We work with leaders in …

… around the country recognize that crop varieties grow best in certain regions. Most plant species have adapted to their … (Berkeley Lab), has produced a high-quality reference sequence of the complex switchgrass  genome using samples … many parts of the country also helped the team understand why some switchgrass plants from the Northeast have traits …

The PhycoCosm data portal allows anyone to freely investigate the genes of more than 100 algae. The Science … important organisms. They play key roles in global carbon cycling, are sources of natural products, and have potential … algal genomes can be incredibly complex and difficult to sequence and understand. A team of researchers led by Algal …

The PhycoCosm data portal allows anyone to freely investigate the genes of more than 100 algae. The Science … important organisms. They play key roles in global carbon cycling, are sources of natural products, and have potential … algal genomes can be incredibly complex and difficult to sequence and understand. A team of researchers led by Algal …

…   To understand virus-host dynamics, computation helps fill in what cultivation can’t. The Science At first, viruses are … kinds of ecosystems. However, matching these viral genetic sequences to their hosts is crucial to understanding what … environmental processes like  carbon fixation , nitrogen cycling and methane production. Meanwhile, environmental …