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… recent study  published in the journal  Nature , a team led by researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint … at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) uncovered a broad diversity of large and giant viruses that … viruses (NCLDV) supergroup. The expansion of the diversity for large and giant viruses offered the researchers insights …

… For many scientists, the culmination of their work into a … internship in 2018. She selected one of the projects posted by JGI fungal researchers, Igor Grigoriev and Asaf Salamov, … together to build proteins. What Wint and her mentors discovered in the genomes helped to reinforce Charles Darwin’s …

… and thousands of resequenced sorghum varieties, a resource for breeders and researchers to harness the traits that let … has focused on producing high-quality reference genomes. By cataloguing a genome sequence for a line of sorghum, … and discovery. “We're building the data sets that are needed to build the algorithms of the future. With more …

… leads to identification of biosynthetic gene clusters for novel secondary metabolites for multiple applications. … methods in the past decade, researchers have uncovered genomes for just a small fraction of Earth’s … microbial communities in the environmental samples without needing to isolate individual organisms, using various …

… to those who study it) a powerful reference organism for studying photosynthesis and cell motility. It’s also a … and pharmaceuticals. The team at Merchant’s lab also discovered the existence of polycistronic genes within Chlamy, … the manual curation of the Chlamydomonas genes. The need for streamlining those gene names speaks to the impact …

… potential carbon cycling impact.   The Science Enabled by the JGI’s Community Science Program (CSP), researchers … model system focused on carbon cycling studies, rather than for food or fuel applications. The Impact Sphagnum’s impact … permafrost from the warming regional temperatures. For this reason, the U.S. Department of Energy is overseeing …

… is characteristic of the sex chromosomes of mammals is, for the first time, seen in a plant. The Science Sex in … (Poplar is a Flagship Plant.) To engineer them, researchers need to select and breed cultivars for the next generation. Understanding the mechanisms by which they reproduce can help guide breeding efforts. For …

… ways to protect poplar and other crops being considered for bioenergy feedstock development. Summary With the aim of … kingdom. The abundance of fungal genomes underscores the need for a more comprehensive exploration of genomic DNA … (epigenome).  In  Nature Ecology & Evolution , a team led by Robert Schmitz at the University of Georgia and including …

… staff in the Integrative Genomics Building in Berkeley, California.  Our location at the IGB fosters team science and … biotechnology through analyzing and harnessing genomic information from plants, fungi, algae, non-medical microbes, … and metabolomics through its data portals. Supported by the DOE Office of Science's Biological and Environmental …

… OnLine Database celebrates 25 years as a vital resource for data contextualization The Science Since its launch 25 … making curated microbiome metadata that follows community standards freely available, and enabling large-scale … from public repositories, as well as project data entered by external users. The Impact One of the significant …

… diversity. To answer the question, “Where’s Waldo?” readers need to look for a number of distinguishing features. Several characters … of viruses, with six families. Additionally, the team uncovered a range of genetic diversity among inoviruses with … address some of the most pressing challenges of our time. For more information, please visit  …