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… Tracing gene regulatory networks in the model fungus  Neurospora crassa . The Science A team led by … breaks down plant cell wall materials including lignin, cellulose and hemicellulose. The Impact N. crassa is the … fungi, all of which contain a wide array of plant cell-wall degrading enzymes (PCWDEs) that allow them to efficiently …

… poplar, a potential biofuel feedstock.     The Science The fungus  Mortierella elongata enjoys a dual lifestyle; it can … as an endophyte, living between a plant’s root cells. The fungus is almost always found among and within poplar trees, … in order to get  M. elongata and  I. europaea  genomes sequenced and annotated for this study. The team found that, …

… resequencing, RNA sequencing and epigenomics. Expansion of sequence space:  The JGI generates reference genomes from … of microbial communities based on their metagenome sequence, in the context of reference isolate genomes …

… at JGI start with sequencing, but where else did those sequences go? Like, what are the other scientific tools we … that describe the work. In general. Scientific merit and why it’s important. The DOE mission is one of these … section. We want to be sure that the PIs can articulate why their work falls within one of these DOE mission areas. …

… embargo starting at construct or strain delivery.  Detailed sequence information and constructs are made publicly …

… capabilities support researchers exploring how to convert sequence into functional assessments. This is done by … BOOST provides a suite of tools to automate sequence design for assembly by Gibson, Yeast recombination …

… A fungus relies on bacteria to regulate key components of its … have evolved from a parasitic interaction with their soil fungus host, Rhizopus microsporus . Researchers found that … with the fungi and bacteria, while the DOE JGI team sequenced and annotated a host genome (Rm ATCC 52813) as …

… first time, a team analyzes the transcriptomes of a lichen fungus and alga to understand their partnership more … the fungus and alga, either separately or together, on nitrocellulose filters in Petri dishes. The scientists also sequenced the fungus and photobiont’s genomes and compared …

… you maybe explain what’s going on with their biology and why they’re so important to natural products? ERIC:  Sure. … I’ve seen you give a few talks on that. Can you tell us why cone snails are so cool? ERIC:  So cone snails are … turns a peptide, for example, from a disordered sequence into an antibiotic that kills bacteria through a …

… our User Program’s Community Science Program, the JGI sequenced and characterized 270 genomes of the Clostridium … To meet these needs, the JGI deploys state-of-the-art sequencers and platforms dedicated to biodesign, single-cell …

… then genomics happened. Dan: Yeah, I did my first genome sequence with you. Brad: That’s right,  Dan: JGI did it in … working with you, Dan, on this one, and we said, “Well, why don’t we have you know, the bioinformaticians go against … get made fun of by my now-wife, because she was wondering why it is that we needed to produce more toxins in the lab …