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… and environmental challenges. Switchgrass is a native, shrubby grass that can grow year-over-year on marginal soil and … crop. In 2018, the JGI had sequenced and assembled the genomes of two varieties of a close relative and model … have also harnessed the switchgrass gardens for other projects. At the 2021 JGI Annual Meeting, David Lowry talked …

… wetlands in south Texas,” he explained. “In terms of my project, I wanted to incorporate that CSP, but also look at … coast of south Texas. At the JGI, Rambo’s work was overseen by Susannah Tringe, head of the Microbial Systems group. He …

… University in Fort Collins. He’s part of a JGI-supported project studying the world’s rivers and their microbial … its health.  He sat down with me to talk about his project, and riffed a bit on what it means in a more global … the question, well, how are the microbes being affected by the metals? When metals are introduced, how do they adapt …