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Survey of Setaria's natural diversity reveals seed dispersal in wild populations … of the road to collect small weedy plants and bring them back to the lab. The weedy grass was green millet (Setaria … an ortholog of known genes, “The gene has now been mapped back in maize as involved in leaf angle,” noted Schmutz. …

… review. “So webinars like this didn’t really fully exist back then,” said Hal Alper, a University of Texas at Austin professor, “but we really first heard about the … that [DNA Synthesis Science Head] Yasuo [Yoshikuni] gave back in 2016.” Alper’s first approved JGI proposal came …

… for capturing the genetic make-up of specific uncultivated microbes from complex environmental samples. The Science A team led by researchers at the Max Planck Institute (MPI) for Marine Microbiology …

… are among the authors who offer perspectives on what the next five years of innovation could look like. In one article, Micro-Scale … outline more targeted approaches to reconstruct individual microbes in an environmental sample beyond the …

… 2022, we have revisited a number of notable achievements that showcase our collaborations and capabilities to enable … with carbon dioxide capture and the generation of biomass, making Chlamydomonas (affectionately known as “Chlamy” to … from on Chlamy from Sabeeha Merchant in this episode of JGIotas, a Genome Insider podcast minisode.) Since the JGI’s …

… the global diversity of large and giant viruses. While the microbes in a single drop of water could outnumber a small city’s population, the number … with amoeba or with their hosts, though metagenomics is now making it possible to seek out and characterize uncultivated …

… fungi of Chytridiomycota (the “chytrids”).  A collaborative team led by Joey Spatafora at Oregon State University, Jason Stajich at the … various origins, ranging from fungi, plants to bacteria. Back in 2011 when these genome and transcriptome data were …

… rejoined the JGI in 2020  and leads all aspects of JGI Operations which include the Safety, Finance, Human Resources, Facilities, IT, Shipping and Receiving, Lab Automation, and Administration departments. He previously served as JGI’s Business …

Using a novel computational approach, researchers confirm microbial diversity is … Nature highlights the vast array of functional diversity of microbes through a novel approach to better understand microbial communities by looking at protein function within them. The work was led by …

Proposals aim to sequence and annotate genomes from Antarctica to Africa to global oceans. … writing the New Investigator proposal, and receiving feedback from reviewers, was invaluable in preparing the … reviewers allowed me to be better prepared and to avoid making the same mistakes,” he said. “Although in my specific …

Danielle operates the single-cell genomics pipeline for JGI collaborators. This work combines custom flow cytometric analysis, cell sorting, genome amplification, PCR screening, and 16S sequencing. She also develops … flow cytometry protocols for targeted recovery of specific microbes. …

… library approach to tuning gene expression in metabolic pathways. Compared to the traditional way, which leverages an … of gene expression allowed researchers to identify variations of essential genes in metabolic networks that were … engineering could lead to sustainable pathways for making high-value bioproducts including biofuels. In …