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… in every corn variety and protect maize by fending off fungal and microbial infections. Scientists had assumed that … of chemicals called terpenes. Terpenes are important in plant growth, defense, and environmental interactions, and also have industrial applications, including bioenergy. All plants make terpenoids, which carry out a …
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… chromosomes of mammals is, for the first time, seen in a plant. The Science Sex in plants can be befuddling. Most … trichocarpa, or the poplar tree, are potential biofuel feedstocks of interest to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). (Poplar is a Flagship Plant.) To engineer …
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… for the global research community. The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI) has released its … and prediction strategies for types of as-yet unknown pathogens. The JGI’s advanced data integration and models … how climate change might contribute to the emergence of new pathogens. “ By sharing our vision broadly across Berkeley …
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… within the lab, we have both antibiotic assays for ESKAPE pathogens as well as anti cancer assays, and so we've … students, we obviously can't put any antibiotics or antifungals in there. So they get just a smattering. JACKIE: …
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