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Tracing gene regulatory networks in the model fungus  Neurospora crassa . The Science A team led by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley used a multi-omics … biomass. This is of interest for bioenergy researchers looking to improve the industrial production of sustainable …

The Science Fern genomes are huge, and incredibly complex — making it difficult to grasp a deeper understanding of … more broadly, land plant evolution. Recent findings in Ceratopteris richardii show a long history of dynamic evolution … both genome content and structure following a genome duplication event that occured some 60 million years ago. Massive …

… store a big fraction of all the carbon on Earth, and soil microbes play a key role in pulling that carbon out of the atmosphere. This episode, researchers take a look at what …

… metagenomics studies. The Science Researchers demonstrated the value of conducting large-scale single cell … between the analyzed community members. The Impact Though microbes help regulate the planet’s nutrient cycles and are … is a remote hot spring, deep within the British Columbia backcountry (Purcell Wilderness Conservancy Provincial Park …

Congratulations to US Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome … recently selected as the 2025 recipient of the Microbiome Data Prize by the American Society for Microbiology (ASM). … analysis to better characterize how viruses infect soil microbes and influence how soil ecosystems function. He was …

… and fungi The Science Researchers have successfully automated aspects of a commonly-used process for studying … Many microorganisms hold clues to processes like biodegradation, with potential applications in industry and … it. The isotopes are incorporated into the DNA of specific microbes who consume the labeled food or water. Later, their …

… microbial communities. These experiments can show which microbes are handling specific nutrients, or what they're doing with those nutrients, and even how quickly. But there's a catch: SIP labwork and analysis can be very demanding.  The …

The latest edition of the JGI Progress Report highlights notable research and scientific collaborations in 2018. The cover is an image of Mono Lake, a saline … Yosemite National Park, taken by JGI’s own Jon Bertsch. Microbes isolated from Mono Lake were sequenced by the JGI …

… complex compounds — an energetically expensive feat thought to be too costly for them. The Science Anaerobic … fungi branched off early from aerobic fungi, which can breathe oxygen — just like we do. Oxygen is a rich source of … was to try to identify what natural products the fungi were making. So, Trent Northen , head of the JGI Metabolomics …

Team develops a computational pipeline to sift and characterize RNA virus sequences.  A zoo once offered a coloring book featuring polar bears in winter scenes that came with crayons … Computational Sieves to Filter Sequences There are more microbes on the planet than particles in a handful of dirt, …

… 2022, we have revisited a number of notable achievements that showcase our collaborations and capabilities to enable great science that will … in tracing the genetic signature of the organism back to commercial nursery plants in Europe, when seemingly …