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… Global chocolate brands can’t exist without cocoa According to the  International Cocoa Organization (ICCO), global … fungal infections. That’s why Mars, Inc., a maker of chocolate for more than 100 years and one of the world’s … with others to develop healthier and more productive cacao plants and ensure there will be cocoa for chocolate tomorrow …

… awarded the van Niel International Prize for Studies in Bacterial Systematics for the triennium 2017-2020! Established by the University of Queensland in 1986, the van Niel Prize recognizes … around the planet–through techniques including single-cell genomics and metagenomics. They cited her “landmark” 2013 …

… Analysis reveals cotton genome stability across global lineages . Come harvest … growing on plants, with fluffy white bolls bursting out of the green pods in every direction. There are 100 million … Science “The results described in this  Nature Genetics publication will facilitate deeper understanding of cotton …

… Dr. Grigoriev joined the JGI in 2003, following his postdoctoral training at UC Berkeley and work in the pharmaceutical … at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and an Adjunct Professor of Plant and Microbial Biology at University of … protists to plants. In 2009, he launched the JGI Fungal Genomics program which resulted in over 2500 fungal genomes …

… The JGI is leveraging its current partnerships to offer new capabilities and resources to users through a … is discoverable and accessible. Linking the resources of powerful institutions like the JGI, KBase, NCBI, NMDC, … to facilitate these efforts. Particular areas of emphasis will be the development of tools and …

… Ancient  Chloroflexota s ditched their flagella and other traits when … enable organisms to swim around. However, genome and metagenomic sequencing conducted by the U.S. Department of … have flagella, meaning they were lost in the evolutionary adaptation to marine environments. These bacteria are so …