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… By studying the structure and function of a cyanobacterial protein, researchers have new insights … cycle carbon in changing conditions. The products of photosynthesis are easy to point out. Plants, algae and … intricate connections, and many, many moving parts. A lot of these moving parts are proteins — amino acid structures …

… “Where’s Waldo?” readers need to look for a number of distinguishing features. Several characters may be … glasses, or a cane, but only Waldo will have all of these features. As described July 22, 2019, in  Nature … , a team led by scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office …

… In late June, Kathleen Lail, a member of JGI’s Sample Management Group, attended a conference in … in the Florida Everglades to help train the next generation of scientists. She shares her thoughts about the experience below. In the summer of 2018, Jonathan Benskin was preparing to teach a second …

… hydroxyapatite, a high-value biomaterial with a wide range of industrial applications. The team was led by researchers at two U.S. Department of Energy national user facilities – the DOE Joint Genome … in the development and biotechnology applications of various biomaterials. These efforts align with BER …

… Multi-species assays yield an unprecedented view of plant evolution and adaptation.    Understanding how … complex wiring behind a city’s power grid. Just as the flow of electricity controls when and where lights turn on or … processes.  Traditionally, mapping this intricate network of regulatory “switches” in plants at a large scale was akin …

… The JGI was honored to host some of the brightest minds in genetics as part of our  2022 Annual Meeting . The meeting was a hybrid … keynote speeches from Nobel Laureate Jennifer Doudna of the University of California, Berkeley and Berkeley Lab, … The U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science …

… growing on plants, with fluffy white bolls bursting out of the green pods in every direction. There are 100 million … on cotton production, and the crop’s annual economic impact of $500 billion worldwide underscores its value and importance in the fabric of our lives. In the United States, cotton production …

… Survey of Setaria's natural diversity reveals seed dispersal in … Center (Danforth Center) drove up and down the highways of the continental United States, occasionally pulling over to the side of the road to collect small weedy plants and bring them … The U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science …

… Large-scale comparative analysis leads to identification of biosynthetic gene clusters for novel secondary … The planet’s microbial diversity is immense, yet much of it remains unknown. For more than a decade, researchers … around the world have collaborated with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office …

… By characterizing the structure and function of a methylthio-alkane reductase system, researchers could … more.  Microbes excel at recycling the abundant miscellanea of their surroundings. Case in point: for us, the smell of the ocean simply signals we’re near the beach. For …

… serving on the UEC – go here to view the full roster of members. Each of the researchers had their own reasons for wishing to … collaborators and other scientific organizations. Fungal biologist Stajich from UC Riverside sees the JGI’s …

… A collaborative team led by Hao Tan from the Sichuan Academy of Agricultural Sciences in China and involving Francis … an external source.  The work is part of the JGI’s 1000 Fungal Genomes Project, which aims to provide genomic … The genome sequences and annotations are available on JGI’s fungal portal  MycoCosm . Based on these analyses, we …