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… genome and now crop researchers can work toward advancing sugarcane biotechnology. The Science Considered the … most harvested crop by tonnage, sugarcane accounts for 80% of global sugar production. A reference genome for the sugarcane cultivar R570 has been  published in  Nature by an international consortium. With the genetic code …

… The JGI’s DNA Synthesis Program supports a wide range of projects, from single-gene synthesis to the synthesis of entire chromosomes, advancing the development of … project. These advancements contribute to the development of new biofuels and sustainable biochemicals. The DNA …

… is not exclusively for Euryarchaeota. Atmospheric levels of methane, a potent greenhouse gas, regulate Earth’s climate. Most methane is produced in environments without oxygen through a process called … by methanogenesis. Both studies were recently published in  Nature .  Researchers started by collecting samples from …

… Using the IMG/M data portal, researchers have identified a … The work was enabled in part by a community data portal of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome … The specific protein described in  a recent study in  Nature Communications , a chitosanase, is tied to carbon …

… Tanja Woyke , who has been elected to the American Academy of Microbiology (AAM) ! She is among the 68 new Fellows in the Class of 2020, selected from 118 nominees. The … they play in the environment. One example, published in Nature , applied single-cell sequencing to decode genomes of …

… Clarivate Analytics, formerly the IP & Science arm of Thomson Reuters, has released their 2019 list of Highly Cited Researchers , which includes 10 affiliated with the JGI . The 2019 list focused … production to agricultural plant pathogens. Reported in Nature Genetics, the work is part of a long-term project to …

… The JGI is excited to welcome six to the Facilities Integrating Collaborations for User Facilities (FICUS) … user facilities. Focus areas for these projects include biofuels, biomaterials and bioproducts; hydrobiogeochemistry; … of the increasingly collaborative and multidisciplinary nature of DOE mission science projects, this proposal call …

… In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have revisited a number of notable achievements that showcase our collaborations and … forest fungus Laccaria bicolor was published in the journal Nature . The mushroom has a symbiotic relationship with the …

… tools and data hub for NIH program. While the microbes in, on and around Earth outnumber the stars in the Milky … viruses outnumber the microbes by at least another order of magnitude. For years, scientists at the DOE Joint Genome … and completeness of metagenome-assembled viral genomes ( Nature Biotechnology , 2021), geNomad , a tool for …

… Dr. Kyrpides joined the DOE Joint Genome Institute in 2004 to lead the Genome Biology Program and the development of the comparative analysis platforms for microbial genomes … Joint Genome Institute, Dr. Kyrpides led the development of the genome analysis and Bioinformatics core at Integrated …

… less than previously believed.  The Science Eelgrass, one of the most abundant plants in the ocean, originated in Japan before spreading around … its history. Their research, published in  August 2023 in  Nature Plants , was able to assess absolute time estimates …

… to Tanja Woyke, who has been 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 … genomics and metagenomics. They cited her “landmark” 2013 Nature paper , which uncovered nearly 30 major previously …