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… assembly to support targeted tree breeding for the bioeconomy.   The Science Researchers report a new reference genome for eucalyptus in the July edition of the journal G3 Genes | Genomes | Genetics , with … inherited from each parent. It also has 700-fold greater contiguity, meaning the genome is reconstructed in much …

… The  National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON) is a network of field research sites designed to collect … assignable assets program. Q: For a NEON Assignable Assets project, does the data produced become public as well? A:  … of Science User Facility  located at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, is committed to advancing genomics in …

… reveals the microbial community involved in a bioremediation effort. The Science In 1999, the Environmental Protection Agency declared the North Railroad … to analyze the resulting metagenomic data. (Data from the project are available on the  JGI Genome Portal .) The team …

… A fungus relies on bacteria to regulate key components of its reproductive machinery The Science To better … genome (Rm ATCC 52813) as part of the 1000 Fungal Genomes project. As reported in the November 29, 2017 issue of … This research was supported by the National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of …

… Leveraging massive comparative genomics to decode millions of mystery genes and lay a future-ready foundation     … of scientists. Initiatives like our 1000 Fungal Genomes Project established crucial phylogenetic frameworks spanning … ecological niches from genomic features alone. In one major project analyzing over 1,000 yeast genomes, machine learning …

… Gareth Gillard, Audrey Goeckner, Jennifer Goff, Sarah Gonzalez Henao, Yang Hai, Julia G. Harenčár, Sarah Hu; [Row … Elina Laanto, Rose A. Marks, Daniel Mok, Elise Morrison, Jake Nash, Reuben J. Peters, Morito Sakuma; [Bottom … N. Zepernick.    Each year, the JGI solicits novel research projects from PIs who have not led any previously accepted …

… On July 8, JGI’s DNA Synthesis Science group held a  JGI Engagement: Accessing Functional Genomics Capabilities Webinar inviting researchers to … of the proposals. Upon approval from JGI reviewers, the DOE project managers review the proposals. The proposer of …

… Select interns look back on meaningful lessons from their summer experiences at the … researcher who serves as their mentor. By contributing to projects that will help them build skills and tools, they … results not being the most promising. Going into the project, like, I kind of knew that my projects were …

… When local students Maya Hanck of Carondelet High School and Tim Kostolansky of De La Salle High … biology, Robert Evans and Jan-Fang Cheng in the Functional Genomics group took it upon themselves to mentor them. …

… a microbiome of bacteria, viruses and fungi process carbon and nitrogen, paving the way for future plants and trees … at microbial genomes across a spectrum of burned soils. By connecting microbial genes with functions useful for forest … DOE Office of Science National User Facilities in a single project. …

… A deep dive into microbial genomics reveals one bacterial species is made of four ecologically distinct … from the warm, well-lit surface, to the blue-lit twilight zone, to the continuous pressure of the dark abyss, 4000 m … out that, without the JGI, the discoveries made in this project wouldn’t have been possible. Scientists hadn’t known …

… Most species are diploids and have two sets of chromosomes, one from each parent. In contrast, many crops have multiple sets of chromosomes (they are “polyploid”) and their … The JGI sequenced half of the 4,500 BACs sequenced for this project that were colinear to the gene-rich part of sorghum …