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… They hypothesized that certain gene families — including fungal genes horizontally transferred — contributed to the … plant lineages in the Open Green Genomes Initiative , a project supported by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) … Energy operated under contract no. DE-AC02-05CH11231. This project received funding from the European Research Council …
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… that bacteria living within a host (endosymbionts) have on fungal host reproduction, and the reproductive genes they … transition occurs. Rhizopus is a fungal pathogen of crops, including candidate bioenergy … genome (Rm ATCC 52813) as part of the 1000 Fungal Genomes project. As reported in the November 29, 2017 issue of …
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… . Yet, combing through the genomes of four anaerobic fungal species has revealed, for the first time, that this … , and Piromyces finnis . In work reported in 2017, the fungal genomes were sequenced by the U.S. Department of … only by aerobic fungi. In order to identify more of the fungal natural products, O’Malley and her team plan to use …
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… dataset was particularly important for characterizing fungal genes, because, unlike bacteria, they often carry … sequences, as well as individual reference fungal genome sequences assembled as part of its 1000 Fungal Genomes Project . To map microbial activity, Baldrian’s team …
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… and also made new friends while working on their summer projects. Watch the short video here to see what they had to … below are the interns, their mentors, and their summer projects. Each intern also mentioned what they loved about … Sajeet Haridas & Asaf Salamov Project: “ Improving the JGI fungal mitochondrial annotation pipeline ” Anna Kucherova : …
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… and their JGI mentors are listed below, along with their project focus areas: Undergraduate Interns Andrew Lin and … Kamel, A Comparative Analysis of Metabolic Pathways in Fungal Pathogens Shayna Bennett and mentor Robert Bowers, … Tools and Exploring Novel BGC Detection Techniques on Fungal Genomes Video Transcript: Emerald Nash : What I’m …
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… professor at Michigan State University. He studies fungal biodiversity, ecology, and evolution, with a focus on microbiome sciences and fungal symbioses. He has worked closely with both the Fungal … Program over the past decade in gene regulatory network projects supported by the CSP, and as part of microbiome …
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… plant is under threat due to climate change and devastating fungal infections. That’s why Mars, Inc., a maker of … Mars, Inc.-led consortium through the Cacao Genome Database project. The genome sequence was assembled by the plant team …
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… from the JGI and EMSL in one proposed research project. In the same proposal, researchers can also request … JGI : For general questions, contact Christa Pennacchio , Project Management Office. For questions about the appropriateness of projects or experimental design, contact Tanja Woyke , …
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… Interns contributed to a number of projects, from refining lab protocols at the bench to … Brandon Imstepf一were selected to continue their research projects through the DOE RENEW grant initiative when school … starts in the fall. Outside of the technical aspect of her project, Hour mentioned that she had gained knowledge in …
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… The collaboration between the JGI and the Foundry on this project highlights an ongoing partnership that combines the … Through a Laboratory-Directed Research and Development project supported by Berkeley Lab, JGI and Foundry … developed with funding from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) as part of the Bio-inspired …
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