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… UEC. As a user of the JGI and the Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory, another DOE user facility, she will … laboratory researchers. This will help the JGI shape its programs, capabilities, and resources to best meet the broad base of user community needs. …

… helped plants conquer land over 600 million years ago. The Science By studying the genes of land plants’ closest algal … relative,  Zygnematophyceae , scientists have enhanced our understanding of how early plants transitioned from … able to grow in marginal lands and with minimal resources. Enabling the use of non-arable land for biomass …

… mobile genetic elements like plasmids and viruses. The Science Mobile genetic elements (MGEs) are genetic entities … National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), with computing resources provided by NERSC, another user facility at Berkeley … to become an essential tool for researching global viral diversity. geNomad has already been downloaded thousands of …

… they are symbionts and not free-living organisms. The Science Researchers employed multiple microbiology and … host cells. In the  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences , a team led by Rick Cavicchioli at the University … Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility, experimentally demonstrated that …

… it against infections — using surprisingly few enzymes. The Science Maize ( Zea mays ) produces a plethora of … buck. The research team reports that transferring just four genes encoding these enzymes to another plant, such as  … in  Nature Plants that the zealexin pathway has an “hourglass” shape with diverse precursors in, and many …

… on how to best capture and characterize uncultivated viral diversity, understand the role of viruses in natural ecosystems, and functionally explore viral genetic diversity toward innovative biotechnological and industrial … related to functional characterization of novel viral diversity, molecular mechanisms of virus-host interactions …

… New genomes highlight the diversity of white rot fungi in the genus Lentinula   The Science Shiitake mushrooms get their name from the same place they often source their nutrients — the shii tree, a Japanese relative … (BIO2017-86559-R) project of the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation (cofinanced by FEDER funds) to …

… and DNA Day on April 25. As both Earth and DNA are close to our JGI hearts, we’re highlighting genomic science research that feels especially relevant to living on … graduate student working with  Susannah Tringe , JGI’s User Programs deputy and head of the Microbial Systems group …