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… For the first time, a team analyzes the transcriptomes of a lichen fungus and alga to understand their partnership … is a superorganism: one being that is actually comprised of two (or more) participants. One is a fungus (usually … fungus and photobiont’s genomes and compared them to close relatives who don’t engage in the lichen lifestyle. The …

… Interns contributed to a number of projects, from refining lab protocols at the bench to applying artificial intelligence to aspects of research questions Another intern summer has closed at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of …

… JGI User Executive Committee (UEC) : Roland Hatzenpichler of Montana State University, Teresa Pawlowska of Cornell … and can serve no more than two consecutive terms. In late 2021, the JGI launched a solicitation for nominations for … stages. The election period concluded on December 23, 2021. …

… Over the last year, we’ve been revisiting a number of notable achievements that showcase our collaborations and …   Usually, plants have the upper hand against any kind of biomass breakdown. They’ve spent millions of years … complexes that work like assembly lines for efficiency.  In 2021, her team saw that four strains of anaerobic fungi …

… . The Science Most species are diploids and have two sets of chromosomes, one from each parent. In contrast, many … now underway as part of the JGI Community Science Program (CSP), a critical factor in developing sugarcane as a … in part on these positive results, in 2017, JGI approved a CSP proposal from the international team to complete the …

… DAN UDWARY: You’re listening to the Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute’s Natural Prodcast, a … about natural products and the science and scientists of secondary metabolism. Welcome back. This will be episode 12 of Natural Prodcast. And it’s our conversation with Nadine …

… viruses outnumber the microbes by at least another order of magnitude. For years, scientists at the DOE Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science user facility located at Lawrence Berkeley … metagenome-assembled viral genomes ( Nature Biotechnology , 2021), geNomad , a tool for identifying mobile genetic …

… Yeast strains engineered for the biochemical conversion of glucose to value-added products are limited in chemical … to keep processes running smoothly. As  reported August 26, 2021, in  Nature Communications , researchers led by Hal … Genomics of Energy & Environment Meeting on September 1, 2021.  Register here to hear him and others.     …

… plants; at least once during their evolution, the genomes of flowering plants multiply. Over time, plants lose many … genomes to a diploid state while retaining multiple copies of some genes. This polyploidization process is ongoing and … B. distachyon , a relative of the candidate bioenergy crop switchgrass and a JGI Flagship Plant. All three  …

… Dr. Blaby-Haas joined the JGI in 2022 as lead of the Biomolecular Materials Initiative, a partnership … at Berkeley Lab. She is spearheading the development of a joint user capability between the JGI and Molecular … Microbiology and Cell Science in 2011 from the University of Florida, working with Valérie de Crécy-Lagard on using …

… have been elected to the User Executive Committee (UEC) of the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute … he’s interested in finding ways to boost visibility of the CSP to encourage more plant proposals and provide feedback … functioning of ecosystems. She leads a recently approved CSP New Investigator proposal to understand the genetic …