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… The JGI’s DNA Synthesis Program supports a wide range of projects, from single-gene synthesis to the synthesis of entire chromosomes, advancing the development of biofuels, … The DNA Synthesis Program plays a central role in advancing functional genomics, focusing on developing genetic systems …

… Tracing gene regulatory networks in the model fungus  Neurospora crassa . The Science A team led by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley … The Impact N. crassa is the model organism for filamentous fungi, all of which contain a wide array of plant cell-wall …

… Fungi from herbivore poop make surprisingly complex … to help bolster the bioeconomy. Summary A team led by Michelle O’Malley, a chemical engineer at the University of California (UC), Santa Barbara, collected the droppings of a sheep and a goat … This research project was supported by a grant from Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital and the University of …

… DAN: You’re listening to the US Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute’s “Natural Prodcast,” a … the current state of things, and what we’re hoping to accomplish at JGI in this area. If this series of podcast … been shared for a long time by many, many bacteria – and fungi and plants. And so that’s the power and the promise …

… Three stories of JGI-supported research, connected to nutrient cycles. … Auer discuss their work on communities of forest floor fungi. Allison Joy looks into seagrass meadows' carbon … research on the symbiotic relationship between mycorrhizal fungi and plant roots.  …

… In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have revisited a … and environmental challenges. Switchgrass is a native, shrubby grass that can grow year-over-year on marginal soil and … study , researchers focused on two types of naturally occurring switchgrass, those with 4 copies of the genome (4X) …

… DAN UDWARY: You’re listening to the Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute’s Natural Prodcast, a … around us. And we actually don’t know a lot about them by their mate, what their role in nature, how have they been … a marine actinomycete bacterium. So they look kind of like fungi but also make these mycelia. They kind of look like …

… A new view into a symbiosis could offer benefits to address climate change: pulling atmospheric … with less fertilizer. For millions of years, underground fungi have lived in symbiosis with plant roots. Plants … other biological activity of the surrounding neighborhood,” said Benjamin Cole, senior author of this work. Cole is a …