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… On July 8, JGI’s DNA Synthesis Science group held a  JGI Engagement: Accessing Functional Genomics Capabilities Webinar inviting researchers to submit white papers to the Community Science Program’s  Functional Genomics call for proposals .  … working to address some of the most pressing challenges of our time. For more information, please visit  …

… identified a virus protein tied to carbon cycling.  The Science Through a collaborative effort, researchers have … to another, which can have a significant impact on the microbial communities within soil. Using metagenomics, … second only to cellulose.  Chitin is also a common food source for microbes living within soil. So, the chitosanase …

… it against infections — using surprisingly few enzymes. The Science Maize ( Zea mays ) produces a plethora of … corn variety and protect maize by fending off fungal and microbial infections. Scientists had assumed that maize … buck. The research team reports that transferring just four genes encoding these enzymes to another plant, such as  …

… on sequenced fungal genomes to classify gene families. The Science As a proof of concept, researchers developed an … Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at Lawrence Berkeley National … Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), has generated a more accurate phylogenetic tree tracking the evolution of  Dothideomycetes …

… large and giant. In a recent study  published in the journal  Nature , a team led by researchers at the U.S. … Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at Lawrence Berkeley National … noted study senior author  Tanja Woyke , who heads JGI’s  Microbial Program . The team mined more than 8,500 publicly …

… metabolites for multiple applications. The planet’s microbial diversity is immense, yet much of it remains … Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at Lawrence Berkeley National … DSMZ overall, resulting not only in a valuable sequence resource to complement DSMZ’s vast strain resource, but also …

… for improving functional annotation in fungal genomes. The Science In a proof-of-concept study, researchers … biofuel production. Efforts such as the 1000 Fungal Genomics Project led by the DOE Joint Genome Institute … of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, aim to improve our understanding of fungal diversity by sequencing genomes …

… they are symbionts and not free-living organisms. The Science Researchers employed multiple microbiology and … cycle. The JGI is sequencing large numbers of microbes and microbial communities that contribute to carbon cycling, and … host cells. In the  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences , a team led by Rick Cavicchioli at the University …

… Woyke as a pioneer in uncovering the hidden diversity of “microbial dark matter”–that uncultured and unknown majority … Woyke currently serves as the interim deputy for JGI User Programs. Earlier this year, she was elected to the American … as Adjunct Scientist at the Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences and as Associate Adjunct Professor at the …

… genetic toolkit of ancestral and present-day plants The Science In a recent  Nature Genetics paper , researchers … plant lineages makes it ideal for comparative genomics studies, offering insight into genes critical for … of the  Marchantia pangenome, scientists developed a resource that associates plant’s genetic variants with specific …

… broadens understanding of Antarctic biogeography. The Science Haloarchaea flourish in hypersaline environments, and researchers are … adapt from marine to hypersaline conditions by studying the microbial communities in Antarctic lakes, some of which have … Research Council (DP150100244) and the Australian Antarctic Science program (project 4031). The work conducted by the US …