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Maize produces a family of compounds that protects it against infections — using surprisingly few … at least 15 zealexins, they suspect there are even more to find. Zealexins are produced in every corn variety and … ability make zealexins, and harnessed gene expression data from these lines to identify genes associated with zealexin …

Research uncovers the genetic foundations that helped plants conquer land over 600 million … enhanced our understanding of how early plants transitioned from water to land. Key gene groups involved in stress … environments — ultimately allowing them to adapt to life on land. Learning that these genetic tools existed in …

The User Support Analysis group provides computational analysis for new technology development and JGI user … with main focus areas being genome variation, transcriptomics and epigenomics. Our work varies in scope from the development of highly customized analysis workflows …

… 2022, we have revisited a number of notable achievements that showcase our collaborations and capabilities to enable … genomic information using minute quantities of DNA derived from individual environmental cells. The proof of principle … 30 major previously uncharted branches of the tree of life. Used in tandem over the years, metagenomics and single …

Since 2019 Dr. Blaby heads the DNA synthesis platform at the Joint Genome Institute, where he leads three … design and assembly, strain engineering and bioinformatic tool development/data analysis for synthetic biology and … profiling of a synchronized diurnal transcriptome from Chlamydomonas reinhardtii reveals continuous cell and …

Tracing gene regulatory networks in the model fungus  Neurospora crassa . The … break down the components of plant cell walls, which range from simple to complex carbohydrates, and then convert them … models and their close relatives across the fungal tree of life, enriching the work being done as part of the 1000 …

… and ‘omics techniques to experimentally determine that Nanohaloarchaeota are symbionts, rather than free-living … interactions. Using metagenomes recovered directly from environmental samples and cultivated microbes, … team sheds light on the range of archaeal symbiotic lifestyles found in the Antarctic lakes and offers a …

Programs, he focuses on the development and implementation of strategic initiatives at the JGI. Dr. Visel received his Ph.D. in 2004 from the Max Planck Institute in Hanover, Germany, where he developed novel tools for large-scale in situ gene expression analysis in …