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… and coastal environments. The Impact The perennial grass switchgrass ( Panicum virgatum ) is a candidate bioenergy feedstock with a complex genome with multiple copies of its … from a variety of soils and has a high tolerance of extreme water conditions such as drought and floods. The U.S. …

… Ray Turner has been one constant for the Joint Genome Institute. On July 1, 2020, that all changed. Ray’s vigilant … as the IGB from the old Bevatron site. Ray knew, he said, “when to be firm on the science requirements and when to be … home, land it. It’s your dedication to detail that has made the IGB such a wonderful facility that will serve the …

… Identifying and breeding varieties that have high productivity across a range of environments is becoming increasingly … of the common gardens. “Gardeners and farmers fully understand that when you move plants outside of their native habitat or cold … The U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science User Facility  located at …

… source of energy, and because anaerobic fungi can’t harness it, scientists long held that these fungi don’t have the … Laboratory. More recently, O’Malley’s team has begun to understand the outsized role the fungi play in digesting … baumin. Baumin is an antioxidant, previously known to be made only by aerobic fungi. In order to identify more of the …

… team led by Joey Spatafora at Oregon State University, Jason Stajich at the University of California, … Upon maturity, the cucumber roots were rinsed with cold water to stimulate the release of zoospores by Olpidium . … ranging from fungi, plants to bacteria. Back in 2011 when these genome and transcriptome data were generated, …

… Zhong Wang and Science Programs Deputy Axel Visel teamed with University of California (UC), Merced assistant … organizers Wang, Visel and Sindi, along with UC Merced Undergraduate Research Opportunities Center coordinator … of UC Merced’s history and already in its five years has made a really strong impact,” she said. “I look forward to …

… on the scientific questions asked and whether they are within DOE mission areas of bioenergy, carbon cycling, and biogeochemistry. This is a great opportunity to mention that we have a sister portal PhycoCosm ( … pages and VISTA tracks on the Genome Browser. 20.  Q: When displaying protein info, is there any way to look for …

… around the globe. Now, scientists have shed light on both when and how eelgrass adapted and evolved throughout its history. Their research, published in  August 2023 in  … 67 million years ago, the ancestor to eelgrass underwent a whole genome duplication event, doubling all of …

… (BNL) led a team that  identified a protein , PtrbHLH011, within poplar involved in plant growth, lignin production, … and integrating molecules that combat infections. When the  PtrbHLH011 gene was knocked out in poplar, those … resistant to disease compared to the controls.  Analyses to understand how the protein influences poplar responses to …

… of secondary metabolism. Natural products, secondary metabolites, and specialized metabolites all refer to the chemicals that make species unique and … the environment, and human health. As the JGI acts on its goals in — and builds out its capabilities for — …

… for dozens of complex compounds, but stay largely dormant under standard conditions. As described in a recent issue of mSystems , … chemical production pathways. By tracking gene activity and chemical output over time, the team mapped how the … conducted by the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute (https://ror.org/04xm1d337), a DOE Office of Science …

… National Lab biologist Jennifer Pett-Ridge collaborated with JGI scientists on an ambitious project: to bring in robots to help process … activity in soil. Now, the researchers and robots have made these experiments easier for scientists everywhere. …