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… and fungi that can help or harm plant host health. The Science Researchers compared the genomes of fungi that … toward filling gaps on the fungal Tree of Life through the 1000 Fungal Genomes Project. Hacquard’s group had assembled … roots: friends, enemies or frenemies? … Datasets … From our partners … Behind the Paper …

… revisited a number of notable achievements that showcase our collaborations and capabilities to enable great science that will help solve energy and environmental … of SOD, the debilitated trees become susceptible to other secondary assaults, such as those posed by bark-boring …

Microbiome Data Collaborative (NMDC), and Berkeley Lab Biosciences Area are also co-located in the IGB. Vision  Lead … complex biological and environmental systems. We optimize our service to the community through responsibly managing … attendees with a rich agenda across our scientific programs, as well as workshops that gave participants …

… when it comes to breaking down tough plant fibers. The Science Walk in a temperate forest filled with Norway spruce trees, and microbial activity teems beneath your feet. Both bacteria and fungi have genes that can break … reference fungal genome sequences assembled as part of its 1000 Fungal Genomes Project . To map microbial activity, …

… computation helps fill in what cultivation can’t. The Science At first, viruses are merely toolkits. To do … nutrient cycling, or carbon sequestration. Summary Existing programs use a variety of approaches to match a virus with a … these different routes. To train the model, the team used 1,870 known virus-host pairs to generate a matrix of data …

… it against infections — using surprisingly few enzymes. The Science Maize ( Zea mays ) produces a plethora of … zealexins. Even though scientists have identified at least 15 zealexins, they suspect there are even more to find. … buck. The research team reports that transferring just four genes encoding these enzymes to another plant, such as  …

… assess virus sequence fragments and data quality. The Science Through advances in sequencing technologies and … Additionally, CheckV was able to identify just over 17,000 contiguous sequences (contigs) of proviruses flanked … step, numerous genes for antibiotic resistance and secondary metabolism would have been incorrectly attributed …

Michael Brandt (Operations Deputy), Horst Simon (Science Deputy), Jeff Blair (Chief Laboratory Counsel) and … in his event remarks. “I feel that is something crucial to our success, and Ray has been that. That person needs … to the ever-shifting landscape of funding Federal for programs, noted that “Ray is someone who just will get it …

… insights into benefits of polyploidy and perenniality. The Science A reference genome sequence and genomic toolkit for … allows  Miscanthus to both inform and benefit from breeding programs of related candidate bioenergy feedstock crops such … to novel traits.  M. sinensis is a tetraploid, with four sets of chromosomes; the study showed that these sets …