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… of a mycorrhizal fungus shifted the focus from looking at single organisms to applying a broader ecosystem …
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June 24-28: Module 2/Microbial Genomics & Metagenomics Workshop The workshop is addressed … sharing concepts, tools and research results in genomics, metagenomics and the human microbiome. The workshop will train …
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… land. Key gene groups involved in stress tolerance and multicellularity enabled plants to develop complex structures and … share key genes with land plants for making and modifying cell walls, a feature crucial for surviving on land. They … on land, these algae had a genetic toolkit for multicellular growth with plant-like cell walls and environmental …
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… protists to plants. In 2009, he launched the JGI Fungal Genomics program which resulted in over 2500 fungal genomes … development reveals conserved genes behind complex multicellularity in fungi. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. … Ecol Evol . 3(4):668-678. Ahrendt et al (2018) Leveraging single-cell genomics to expand the fungal tree of life. …
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… bp) that directs the endonuclease where to cut, but these “single guide” RNAs (sgRNAs) can be faulty. Without a good …
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… comparative analysis platforms for microbial genomes and metagenomes (IMG). He became the Metagenomics Program head in 2010 and has the combined Microbial … global RNA virome reveals diverse clades of bacteriophages. Cell . 185(21):4023-4037 Nayfach S, et al. …
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… entities that seek to replicate themselves and spread from cell to cell. Two of the most common forms of MGEs are … cycles around them. By understanding more about the genomics of MGEs and their evolution at the cellular level, … currently has more than 700,000 plasmids from genomes, metagenomes and metatranscriptomes. To lower barriers to …
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… eukaryotes was long held to be monocistronic – that is, a single gene makes messenger RNA, which encodes a single protein. Gene expression in eukaryotes was long held … Berkeley National Laboratory, is committed to advancing genomics in support of DOE missions related to clean energy …
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… include strategic planning and ensuring program excellence. The Director represents the JGI to its various … international forums. Breaking the Wall of Environmental Genomics … Jensen, R. O. et al. 2024. Phylogenomics and … of Actinobacteria with 824 Isolate Reference Genomes. Cell Genomics 2: 100213Nayfach S et al. 2021. A genomic …
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… analysis for synthetic biology and functional genomics. Prior to joining the JGI, he was a group lead at … from Chlamydomonas reinhardtii reveals continuous cell and metabolic differentiation. The Plant Cell . 27: 10, 2743-2769. 2015 Blaby et. al., The …
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