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… has focused on producing high-quality reference genomes. By cataloguing a genome sequence for a line of sorghum, … drought tolerance, biomass production and more — however, a single reference genome shows only one slice of the … Development (USAID) also supported the work. Publication: Morris, G.P., Harder, A.M., Healey, A.L. et …
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… Dr. Blaby-Haas joined the JGI in 2022 as lead of the Biomolecular … and engineering. She earned her PhD in Microbiology and Cell Science in 2011 from the University of Florida, working with Valérie de Crécy-Lagard on using comparative genomics to predict gene function in bacteria and leveraging …
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… cycle. The Science Chloroplasts are the factories in plant cells. Using photosynthesis, they take raw materials … to convert them into energy that is then stored. A team led by researchers at the Max Planck Institute (MPI) for … Lab). Supporting the Erb lab through the CSP Functional Genomics call, the JGI synthesized library of genes that …
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… species? Or, do they tend to specialize, infecting just a single host? Another wrinkle in the mystery is that viruses … kill outright, replicating so thoroughly that they lyse the cell — a process called lytic infection. But some viruses … This work, recently published in The ISME Journal , by contrast, relied on methods that eschew culturing, …
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… Researchers at the JGI! They are among those recognized by Clarivate Analytics for demonstrating “significant … influence in their chosen field or fields through the publication of multiple highly cited papers during the last … past year, through programs including the JGI-UC Merced Genomics Internship Program and the DOE Office of Science …
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… of RNA molecules transcribed from all the genes within a cell or tissue at a specific time or under specific … difficult. Our Plant Gene Atlas resource addresses that by providing standardized experimental conditions, tissue … handling 18 different species is beyond the capacity of a single lab. Growing different species poses significant …
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… Earth's fungal kingdom. The manuscript reviews about 200 publications linking evolutionary history and innovations … mushrooms and yeasts, outnumber their ancient relatives by nearly 10 to one in sequenced collections. Yet the … evolutionary innovations. Some entire lineages have only a single genome representative, while others remain completely …
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… fungal metatranscriptome yet,” said Igor Grigoriev, Fungal Genomics Program Head at the JGI. Along with an improved … functions across different forests. Primary metabolism, cell activity, and fungal development looked quite alike for … that both guilds express similar genes for degrading fungal cell walls, the so-called fungal necromass, suggesting these …
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