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… In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have revisited a number of notable achievements that showcase our collaborations and …

… Tanja Woyke , who has been elected to the American Academy of Microbiology (AAM) ! She is among the 68 new Fellows in the Class of 2020, selected from 118 nominees. The selection process …

… Researchers start pinning down how a fungal symbiont spurs growth of poplar, a potential biofuel feedstock.     The Science … and gene expression when the fungus is present. The Impact Black cottonwood, or poplar, ( Populus trichocarpa ) is the … the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) sponsored by the Office of Biological and Environmental Research at the …

… With a new methodology, scientists are now getting more complete genomic results from single cells. The Science Studying the  genomes of microorganisms is incredibly useful for understanding the microbiome of the earth, but most species do not grow easily in the …

… A special issue of Synthetic Biology celebrates research enabled by the JGI DNA Synthesis Science Program. Fashioning DNA outside a cell is key to interrogating what genes … more than 10 papers, including two Nature Plants publications, in five years, have come out of the …

… a wildfire. The Science After a wildfire burns, recovery begins at the forest floor. Within the soil, a microbiome of bacteria, viruses and fungi process carbon and nitrogen, … the microbes within the soil. To get a clearer picture of how burned ecosystems return to health, researchers have …

… JGI is in the process of shifting its operations from Walnut Creek to the heart of the Berkeley Lab campus. By Friday, October 18, the … The U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science User Facility …

… In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have revisited a number of notable achievements that showcase our collaborations and …

… Streamlined genome with precise gene targeting transforms …   The Science Scientists have fully decoded the genome of an oil-producing green alga, and demonstrated precise … The discovery that Auxenochlorella thrives despite lacking 33 conserved photosynthesis genes suggests …

… For the first time, a team analyzes the transcriptomes of a lichen fungus and alga to understand their partnership … The Science The humble lichen is a superorganism: one being that is actually comprised of two (or more) participants. One is a fungus (usually …

… Miscanthus  sequence offers insights into benefits of polyploidy and perenniality. The Science A reference … This work was supported by the Energy Biosciences Institute and the DOE Center for Advanced Bioenergy and … Innovation, which is supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of Biological and …

… Sequence-based studies — from metagenomics to single-cell work — have quickly accelerated understanding of giant viruses. The Science In the last thirty years, in … genomes than many bacteria. Until recently, understanding of giant viruses came primarily from sampling an …