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… the last major crop without a reference quality genome and now crop researchers can work toward advancing sugarcane … world’s most harvested crop by tonnage, sugarcane accounts for 80% of global sugar production. A reference genome for … 50% of the expected yields. The reference genome of R570 is available on the JGI plant data portal, Phytozome . … The …
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… overview and major challenges of host prediction methods for uncultivated phages. Current Opinion in Virology . 49 … 4 , 1895–1906 Roux, S. et al. (2019) Minimum Information about an Uncultivated Virus Genome (MIUViG). … viruses. Nature . 537:689-93. … Selected Publications … For further information contact the Group Lead: …
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… a chemical and biological engineer at the University of California Santa Barbara. So plants don’t break down without a … as these projects have delivered results, they have also snowballed into more collaborations. One of O’Malley’s former postdocs, Kevin Solomon — now an assistant professor at the University of Delaware — …
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… (UC Berkeley and the Joint BioEnergy Institute) are looking for new ways to engineer plants. So they’ve looked into …
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… health and diversity, which can in turn boost yields for both food and for candidate bioenergy feedstock crops. … Similarly, the microbes found in plant roots may have unknown roles. Some plants and fungi have mutually beneficial … on the JGI data portal MycoCosm . They looked for genes known to be involved in fungal-host interactions and …
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… in graphical processing unit (GPU)-based high-performance computing resources, an upcoming hackathon led by … JGI hackathon is particularly focused on developing bioinformatics applications instead of on simulation codes. “JGI … critical codes are ported to the architectures we will have available.” A maximum of six teams will be hosted at the …
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… algae. The Science Interested in the genomes of algae? You now have one place where you can browse the genetic … Understanding the genetic underpinnings responsible for these traits takes us closer to harnessing algae for … and the greater bioeconomy. By bringing together publicly available genomic data on algae into one place, PhycoCosm …
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… algae. The Science Interested in the genomes of algae? You now have one place where you can browse the genetic … Understanding the genetic underpinnings responsible for these traits takes us closer to harnessing algae for … and the greater bioeconomy. By bringing together publicly available genomic data on algae into one place, PhycoCosm …
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… exposure to new and different opportunities that could be available once I complete my PhD program. …
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… which could then be converted into sustainable biofuels . For its importance to the DOE mission, switchgrass is among … improved in parallel. The switchgrass genome sequence is available on the JGI plant data portal Phytozome. The combination of field data and genetic information has allowed the research team to associate climate …
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… how can SAR324 exist in so many varied environments? Now, a recent study published in Microbiome has uncovered … help regulate the global carbon cycle — fixing, transforming, and respiring carbon. Understanding the metabolisms … ecologically distinct clusters, or ecotypes. These ecotypes fall into two main groups: two ecotypes dwell in the sunlit …
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The Science A reference genome sequence and genomic toolkit for the perennial grass Miscanthus sinensis has been … x giganteus ), a high-yield candidate bioenergy feedstock known for its ability to grow on marginal lands and to … grass’ efficient perennial life cycle. For example, in the fall the plants store nitrogen in its rhizomes – in the form …
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