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… “Where’s Waldo?” readers need to look for a number of distinguishing features. Several characters may be … glasses, or a cane, but only Waldo will have all of these features. As described July 22, 2019, in  Nature … are important from the standpoint of phage-bacterial coevolution and are also useful tools in CRISPR-Cas …

… online Oct. 11, 2023 in  Nature highlights the vast array of functional diversity of microbes through a novel approach to better understand … at protein function within them. The work was led by a team of scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint …

In late June, Kathleen Lail, a member of JGI’s Sample Management Group, attended a conference in … in the Florida Everglades to help train the next generation of scientists. She shares her thoughts about the experience below. In the summer of 2018, Jonathan Benskin was preparing to teach a second …

By studying the structure and function of a cyanobacterial protein, researchers have new insights … cycle carbon in changing conditions. The products of photosynthesis are easy to point out. Plants, algae and … intricate connections, and many, many moving parts. A lot of these moving parts are proteins — amino acid structures …

… … 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. Hey there, and welcome back to … in more detail. Especially if you want to look at the evolution of these gene clusters, for example, you really …

… impact on marine microbial communities. The Science A team of researchers tracked the impact of a large-scale heatwave event in the ocean known as “The Blob.” The event was recorded during a long-term study of microbial communities in the northeastern subarctic …

… data portal allows anyone to freely investigate the genes of more than 100 algae. The Science Interested in the … algae, but many kinds of algae exist. During the course of evolution, algal organisms sprung up in almost all branches … (organisms with a nucleus). In part because of this evolutionary diversity, algal genomes can be incredibly …

… data portal allows anyone to freely investigate the genes of more than 100 algae. The Science Interested in the … algae, but many kinds of algae exist. During the course of evolution, algal organisms sprung up in almost all branches … (organisms with a nucleus). In part because of this evolutionary diversity, algal genomes can be incredibly …

Ancient  Chloroflexota s ditched their flagella and other traits when … don’t have flagella, meaning they were lost in the evolutionary adaptation to marine environments. These … a similar loss of cell walls and a complex pattern of evolution for genes related to eating plant compounds in …

Miscanthus  sequence offers insights into benefits of polyploidy and … models, Miscanthus has a large and complex genome whose evolutionary history and perennial lifecycle makes it … species of Miscanthus that was sequenced. Understanding the evolution of polyploidy, and how genomes respond to extra …

Understanding the shared genetic toolkit of ancestral and present-day plants The Science In a recent  … in flowering plants, or angiosperms, suggesting they are evolutionarily conserved across plant lineages. They … the liverwort  M. polymorpha has been used as a model for evolutionary studies. Its place among early-diverging plant …

… have been elected to the User Executive Committee (UEC) of the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute … feedback on pangenome tool development. Maurice is a fungal evolutionary ecologist with interests in understanding which … Laboratory. With a background in fungal genetics and evolution, he helps manage the Bacterial-Fungal Interactions …