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… Research uncovers the genetic foundations that helped plants conquer land over 600 million years … resources. Enabling the use of non-arable land for biomass production — that can be converted into biofuels and … Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), scientists sequenced the genomes of four  Zygnematophyceae algae, which were isolated …

… Understanding how a fundamental mechanism of evolution allows microbes to adapt to changing environments. The … For a virus with a “head-tail” morphology, this means using proteins on its tail fibers to latch onto a specific target … ago, a team discovered a group of viruses that had in their genomes a surprising tool: a “diversity generating …

… the field of genomics through open access to resources and promoting data sharing to accelerate discovery and maximize … the benefit to society. Inspired by the Human Genome Project (HGP), and building upon the principles for open access in the field of genomics …

… Clarivate Analytics, formerly the IP & Science arm of Thomson Reuters, has released their 2019 list of Highly Cited … of 21 fields appear on the 2019 list. Congratulations to: Project Manager Kerrie Barry, Cross-Field Category Fungal … a long-term project to sequence, annotate and analyze the genomes of more than 300 Aspergillus Go here to learn more …

… TBK Reddy gives an overview of the JGI's Genomes OnLine Database and why curated metadata matters. …

… Nanohaloarchaeota cultures reveal they are symbionts and not free-living organisms. The Science Researchers … unknown microbes that play critical roles in environmental processes (related to interactions of soil-sediment … consequences of microbe-microbe interactions. Using metagenomes recovered directly from environmental samples and …

… Trained on environmental data, a new JGI tool more accurately … Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), led the project. He explained that large language models—artificial … methodologies developed for natural languages to study genomes,” Wang explained.  And since microbial genomes are …

… 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 … at a genetic level, how does  Y. lipolytica work? The project was a multi-institutional effort led by …

… and seven graduate students from UC Merced through their long standing internship program. In just two months, the … and also made new friends while working on their summer projects. Watch the short video here to see what they had to … Kauffman Project: “ 16s Sequencing of Barcoded Microbial Genomes ” Morgan Lavenstein Bendall : “It’s great meeting …

… plants and how they adapt to their ever-changing environments better? We could unlock new innovations to drive … food, medicine, and bioenergy crops. But most available genomes are from narrow swaths of the plant tree of life. One project aims to change that. …

… breadth of algal diversity, the numbers of sequenced algal genomes, and the quality of those genomes, is rising. The purpose of this Workshop is to illustrate the expansion of this field and bring it to the attention of the wider … of plant systems. We will describe how to apply for a project with the JGI Community Science Program and how you …

… JGI innovates protocol revealing how genetic variations in sequences affect traits. In a text file, the rows of … it can also serve as a stepping stone to studying many genomes simultaneously through multiDAP, which allows … Program (CSP) focuses on a fungal comparative ENCODE project known as FUNCODE. “We noticed a few years ago that …