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… growth of poplar, a potential biofuel feedstock. The Science The fungus Mortierella elongata enjoys a dual … effort to understand its influence on the plant, a team of scientists studied what happens to the tree’s physical … as secreted proteins. However, M. elongata seems to encourage the plant to have leakier cell walls and weaker …
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… when it comes to breaking down tough plant fibers. The Science Walk in a temperate forest filled with Norway spruce trees, and microbial activity teems beneath your feet. Both bacteria and fungi have genes that can break … proteins in the samples were then isolated and sequenced by scientists at the Environmental Molecular Sciences …
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… $700 Thanks for joining the Joint Genome Institute (JGI) and the Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory (EMSL) at their joint meeting! … JGI and EMSL are U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science national scientific user facilities dedicated to …
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… genetic toolkit of ancestral and present-day plants The Science In a recent Nature Genetics paper , researchers … about their ability to adapt to changing environments, scientists have turned their attention to the pangenomes of … of the Marchantia pangenome, scientists developed a resource that associates plant’s genetic variants with specific …
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… of meta-analyses boosted by AI and Machine Learning — JGI researchers and collaborators work to create FAIR … process. The isotope labeling incubations can take hours to months, followed by weeks of tricky, laborious lab … Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at Lawrence Berkeley National …
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… Dr. Rokhsar joined the JGI in 2000 as the founding Associate Director for … over fifty plant and animal genomes. He currently leads the JGI’s Computational Genomics group, and is past lead of the Eukaryotic Genome Program (2010-2019), and JGI Chief Informatics Officer (2013-2016). Dr. Rokhsar …
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… insights into benefits of polyploidy and perenniality. The Science A reference genome sequence and genomic toolkit for … team. The work was a joint effort led by scientists at the Center for Advanced Bioenergy and … to novel traits. M. sinensis is a tetraploid, with four sets of chromosomes; the study showed that these sets …
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… this “ data tsunami ,” as Kathy Yelick of the Computing Sciences Area at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory … to create pipelines, tools and other standardized data resources that the global research community can access and use … These advanced computing capabilities meet the needs of scientists out in the field, and developing such tools has …
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… Mr. Everson rejoined the JGI in 2020 and leads all aspects of JGI Operations which include the Safety, Finance, Human Resources, Facilities, IT, Shipping and Receiving, Lab … space and facilities, finance and procurement, human resources, safety, and administrative activities. The Deputy of …
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… (SFA²F) meeting brings together established and emerging scientists from academia, industry, and government … talk and a tech talk. Stop by the JGI booth to learn about our user programs and how we can help advance your science. …
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