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… For the first time, a team analyzes the transcriptomes of a lichen fungus and alga to understand their partnership more clearly. The Science The humble lichen is a superorganism: one being that … (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility. Grigoriev and his team at the JGI contributed …

… through the plant portal  Phytozome . Now the portal offers a way for users to more easily access public data sets through a common set of metadata. For Steve Wilson, JGI’s Systems Engineering … at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, is committed to advancing genomics in support of DOE missions related to …

… Nov. 2: Getting Credit for Scientific Contributions of Any Size What is considered to be a scientific … through the Department of Energy-funded National Labs, User Facilities and Programs, and introduce best practices … for anyone to get credit for their contributions to science. A panel of DOE researchers, program managers, and …

… insights on their potential carbon cycling impact.   The Science Enabled by the JGI’s Community Science Program (CSP), researchers are developing a number of resources to build up Sphagnum as a plant model system … and researchers estimate that they hold about 25 percent of the world’s soil carbon. In high latitudes, sphagnum can …

… a reference for the highly complex sugarcane genome . The Science 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 complex … platform (http://southgreen.cirad.fr). For the portion of the work conducted by the Joint Genome Institute and the …

… JGI’s  PhycoCosm data portal , an interactive collection of sequenced algal genomes, omics data and comparative … project? A: Combination of: DOE mission relevance Science User community – trying to produce resources for … at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, is committed to advancing genomics in support of DOE missions related to …

… for developing ​​bio-based industrial products.    The Science Scientists have fully decoded the genome of an oil-producing green alga, and demonstrated precise … gene targeting in the genome in the November 2025 issue of The Plant Cell. Auxenochlorella is an allodiploid hybrid …

… may have been important in early Earth conditions. The Science Through a combination of sequencing tools and techniques applied to samples … discovered and characterized a novel phylum-level lineage of archaea with at least two major subgroups dubbed … The work conducted by the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute is supported by the Office …

… Micro-Scale Applications group explores the genetic makeup of natural microbial communities using a variety of cutting-edge approaches.  Our group also seeks out new approaches that utilize microfluidics/microdroplet technology in order to enhance the … The JGI uniquely offers the first quantitative Stable Isotope Probing (SIP) …

… a single protein. Recently reported in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences , a team of researchers has found numerous examples … (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at Berkeley Lab and the Environmental …

… Dr. Yasuo Yoshikuni has been head of the DNA Synthesis Science Program since 2015. The mission of this program is to harness the power of DNA synthesis, … Yasuo Yoshikuni is the DNA Synthesis Science Program Head at the JGI. Click to learn more about the program's areas of focus, major initiatives and more.  …

… The Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory (EMSL) and the Joint Genome Institute (JGI) provide access to a variety of tools that leverage stable isotopes to measure carbon and … The more the better. We want to put at least a microgram of DNA in the tube so you’d need at least 2 micrograms in …