Search

A tall native plant of the North American prairie, switchgrass ( Panicum virgatum ) has long been a tantalizing potential biofuel feedstock. But switchgrass has a complex genome and, as a species, encompasses dizzying diversity. …

Uncovering associations between plant roots and fungi that can help … host health. The Science Researchers compared the genomes of fungi that colonize Arabidopsis thaliana roots with … office building, its roots are akin to the ground floor lobby. People walking into the lobby have many reasons for …

…   Join the Joint Genome Institute (JGI) and the Environmental … to stay informed … The JGI and EMSL are U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science national scientific user … informatic tools at no cost. The JGI and EMSL are supported by the DOE's Biological and Environmental Research (BER) …

In April 2020, we mark both the 50th celebration of Earth … I’m Alison Takemura at the US Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, or JGI.  Two special days occur in April: …

Understanding how a fundamental mechanism of evolution allows microbes … DGR could mutate the virus’ tail fiber proteins, and thereby allow them to embrace different cells. Since that …

Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and other institutions shared their works-in-progress with 86 … insights from metagenomic data. In deep learning, a branch of machine learning, data is passed through algorithms … layers. The architecture of these algorithms, inspired by communication networks found in nature, allows machines …

In a special issue of mSystems , out May 14, 2019, JGI … Micro-Scale Applications head Rex Malmstrom and Metagenome Program head Emiley Eloe-Fadrosh outline more … global ecological and environmental processes, especially by modifying host cell metabolism and altering cell fitness. …

Over 40 percent of the cereal crop’s genes respond to drought stress. The Science Fields of drooping stalks and cracked earth are becoming common images in … and floods. The planet’s resources are being stretched by a growing human population and increasing demand for …

Ancient  Chloroflexota s ditched their flagella and other traits when migrating back to the ocean. The Science Scientists have … However, genome and metagenomic sequencing conducted by the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a …

A collaborative team led by Hao Tan from the Sichuan Academy of Agricultural Sciences in China and involving Francis Martin from the Institut …

… have been elected to the User Executive Committee (UEC) of the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User … On the UEC she intends to represent the user community by providing input on JGI policies and capabilities that …

… to replicate themselves and spread from cell to cell. Two of the most common forms of MGEs are viruses and plasmids. They can be found in virtually all of Earth’s ecosystems. A software tool  … and their genetic sequences. The software was created by researchers under the direction of Microbiome Data …