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… Understanding the shared genetic toolkit of ancestral and present-day plants The Science In a recent  … paper , researchers focused on the full composition of genes, or pangenome, of the model plant  Marchantia … polymorpha. Commonly known as liverwort, this was done to gain insights into gene families involved in …

… The Science Anaerobic fungi, which die in the presence of oxygen, dwell in herbivore guts and help them digest … for the first time, that this group is unexpectedly powerful: they can whip up dozens of complex natural products, including new ones. The Impact In the past, natural products have been an …

… A team has optimized a crucial part of CRISPR-Cas9 technology to enable improvements in microbial oil production. The Science CRISPR-Cas9 is a powerful, high-throughput gene-editing tool that can help … in  Metabolic Engineering , a team of researchers likewise honed their tool before felling their research problem: at a …

… As part of the JGI’s 25th anniversary celebration, the 2022 Annual … sequencing for the Human Genome Project out to the future of the institution. Their talks shed light on how the JGI … great success. “For the most difficult challenges, no one agency has enough to go for it alone,” he said. A Larger …

… Joint Genome Institute and has focused on applying state-of-the-art molecular methods to address wide-ranging … Scientist at Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, and Adjunct Professor at UC Berkeley. Dr. Pennacchio received his Ph.D in … of a rare form of human epilepsy and subsequently generated one of the first mouse models for this common neurological …

… In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have revisited a … Schmutz have continued their work together unlocking the powers of the bean. Though the JGI no longer works on food … diversity makes it easier to genetically manipulate. One important improvement to the bean spawned from this …

… harsh conditions. And their survival secrets could one day help other organisms survive hotter, drier climates. So University of Tuscia researchers Laura Selbmann and Claudia Coleine are …

… Biofuels and bioproducts are a way to kick our addiction to … at the Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI) , a JGI partner and one of the four US Department of Energy Bioenergy Research …

… The PhycoCosm data portal allows anyone to freely investigate the genes of more than 100 algae. The Science Interested in the genomes of algae? You now have one place where you can browse the …

… Congratulations to US Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI) staff scientist … Roux , who was recently selected as the 2025 recipient of the Microbiome Data Prize by the American Society for … ASM Microbe Meeting in Los Angeles, Calif.  Roux is also one of the lead organizers of the Viral EcoGenomics & …

… Right now, our natural rubber comes from just one tree species: Hevea brasiliensis . It’s great at …

… ( CRAGE ). CRAGE enables scientists to insert large pieces of DNA (up to 60 kb) in a single step, directly into the genome. “CRAGE is central to our ability to offer host-engineering for our users,” says JGI Director … can be used to create compounds more efficiently than one strain could on its own.  In work published in  …