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… is characteristic of the sex chromosomes of mammals is, for the first time, seen in a plant. The Science Sex in … familiar with: differentiating into male and female sexes. For the first time, the sex chromosomes of shrub willow have … structure. Scientists found both a gene likely important for sex determination and a shared genetic architecture with …

… soil and boosting biofuel feedstocks with less fertilizer. For millions of years, underground fungi have lived in … Berkeley National Laboratory, is committed to advancing genomics in support of DOE missions related to clean energy … The JGI provides integrated high-throughput sequencing and computational analysis that enable systems-based scientific …

… soil and boosting biofuel feedstocks with less fertilizer. For millions of years, underground fungi have lived in … Berkeley National Laboratory, is committed to advancing genomics in support of DOE missions related to clean energy … The JGI provides integrated high-throughput sequencing and computational analysis that enable systems-based scientific …

… also holds a joint appointment with the University of California, Berkeley. Nowadays, Session is an Assistant … arise when different ancestral species crossbreed before genome doubling. In allopolyploids, the set of … a subgenome. Session and Rokhsar, building on work with former JGI postdoc Jarrod Chapman, developed a method to …

Data from marine heatwave event may foreshadow climate change impact on marine microbial … it in the deep ocean. With genomic samples collected before, during and after The Blob, researchers developed a … water about a third the size of the United States began forming in Alaska. Over the next two years it slowly spread, …

… the Lab in 2007 as the Sr. Human Resources Division Partner for the Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI) and in 2017 joined … Academy (HRMA) Partnership with UC Hasting’s Center for Negotiation and Dispute Resolution (CNDR) UC Managing …

The Science After a wildfire burns, recovery begins at the forest floor. Within the soil, a microbiome of bacteria, … and fungi process carbon and nitrogen, paving the way for future plants and trees to grow. However, fire changes … was performed at the University of Colorado Cancer Center’s Genomics Shared Resource, which is supported by the Cancer …

… of an obligate symbiont—entirely dependent on the other for required nutrients—is genome size. The obligate … the Rauer 1 and Club lakes in East Antarctica and enriched for native microbes. Metagenomes from enrichment cultures … cultured. The researchers then pursued the Nha-C strain for further study, tagging the cells with individual …

… plant roots, focusing on genetic components required for effective colonization. In addition, Dr. Cole is … (scRNA-seq, Spatial Transcriptomics). … University of California, San Diego (PhD, 2011) Rensselaer Polytechnic … of Cell Identity as an R package … Education … Selected Publications … Software …

… by minimizing flood risks and filtering water. Peat formed there over thousands of years sequesters more carbon … vegetation types in the world combined. Harvesting peat for energy has been increasingly discouraged due to … Berkeley National Laboratory, and the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology sequenced sphagnum  genomes from plants …

… living near hydrothermal deep-sea vents hold vast potential for bioenergy.   The Science Hydrothermal vents are … and chemically-rich ecosystems. This means they hold clues for understanding how life thrives in extreme environments. … (Community Science Program award 339, lead Peter Girguis) for sequencing several of the samples. …

For the first time, a team has comprehensively described … studying a microbial mat from Cone Pool in Mono County, California, scientists have used sequencing methods for the … virus in 34 hosts or 26 percent of the single cells. Metagenomics sequencing then allowed the team to ask, for the 34 …