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… to spread across most of the plant’s ecosystems. The Impact For decades, the liverwort  M. polymorpha has been used as a model for evolutionary studies. Its place among early-diverging … plant lineages makes it ideal for comparative genomics studies, offering insight into genes critical for …

… an internship program to bring students to the JGI for research training experience. Enabled by the DOE RENEW … and I’ll be attending Alabama A&M University this fall for my master’s in plant soil science and my career focus is … experience in molecular biology and plant functional genomics, because this work is essential for improving crop …

… dance between a virus and microbial cell is an embrace. For a virus with a “head-tail” morphology, this means using … Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), has looked for DGRs in a broad range of publicly available datasets. … who led the research team and is the head of the Viral Genomics group at the JGI, thinks that if you’re a virus or …

… A metagenomic look at the soil microbes present a year after a … The Science After a wildfire burns, recovery begins at the forest floor. Within the soil, a microbiome of bacteria, … helped fungi, bacteria and viruses survive. With this metagenomic analysis, it was possible to identify specific …

… of 2020, selected from 118 nominees. The selection process for AAM Fellows is based on their records of scientific … Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), Woyke has led JGI’s Microbial Genomics Program since 2009 and heads the Single Cells group. She has also served as the Functional Genomics Department Head for the Environmental Genomics and …

… to tackle when it comes to breaking down a plant for energy: Cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin, … naturally modifying lignin.  The Impact Traditional methods for breaking down biomass use aerobic methods (those using … accurate, and maybe anaerobic fungi living in soils or the guts of livestock were more capable than presumed. After …

… the June 2022 CROPS Conference at the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology. Phytozome is the Plant Comparative Genomics portal of the Department of Energy Joint Genome … and facilitates accurate and insightful comparative genomics studies. …

… June 24-28: Module 2/Microbial Genomics & Metagenomics Workshop The workshop is addressed to students and … and seminars as well as practical hands-on sessions in bioinformatics and biostatistics. …

… the plant portal  Phytozome . Now the portal offers a way for users to more easily access public data sets through a common set of metadata. For Steve Wilson, JGI’s Systems Engineering group lead, the … or fungi ( MycoCosm ). “We have made a concerted effort to create a common set of ‘baseline metadata’ across …

… Bob uses single-cell genomics and metagenomics to explore how microbes influence people and the …

… Berkeley is responsible for receiving and processing user samples. His R&D work … to improve the JGI’s capabilities in the areas of metagenomics, single-particle genomics, and metabolic engineering. …

… traditional cultivation methods along with microscopy and genomics to study endosymbiotic associations within …