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Genomes from uncultivated bacteria offers clues to ancestral … development of multicellular organisms. Not all bacterial lineages harnessed aerobic respiration when the Cyanobacteria did; contemporaries Melainabacteria and Sericytochromatia, members of the same clade …

In this episode, undergraduates adopt genomes that the JGI sequenced, but never published in the literature. These students analyze the genomes, write …

Mini-Metagenomics Approach Helps Identify Novel Archaeal Methane Metabolism. Methane-producing archaea are estimated to produce 500 million tons of … separately. From these samples, 111 metagenome-assembled genomes (MAGs) were recovered, most of them archaea. The …

… has been head of the DNA Synthesis Science Program since 2015. The mission of this program is to harness the power of DNA synthesis, strain engineering, and biosystems design for DOE-mission-relevant …

… genes respond to drought stress. The Science Fields of drooping stalks and cracked earth are becoming common images in many regions due to more extreme … it is considered to be a Flagship Plant. By uncovering and characterizing the mechanisms through which sorghum is …

In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have … of all kinds,” noted Igor Grigoriev, head of the JGI’s Fungal & Algal Program, including work with Olivier Vallon … impact. Her lab has sequenced four additional green algal genomes using Chlamy as a reference for functional …

Dr. Vogel joined JGI in 2014 to establish a plant functional genomics program. … the evolutionary and practical significance of plant pan-genomes including understanding polyploid genome evolution …

Dr. Blow joined the JGI in 2009, and currently heads the User Support Analysis … to study genome regulation in human and other vertebrate genomes. When he joined the JGI, he worked as a project …

Maize produces a family of compounds that protects it against infections — using surprisingly few enzymes. The Science … in every corn variety and protect maize by fending off fungal and microbial infections. Scientists had assumed that …

A collaborative team led by Geoffrey Schiebinger at the University of British Columbia, Philip Benfey … University and Uwe Ohler at   Humboldt Universität zu Berlin   has developed an atlas that maps gene expression … with the JGI’s growing efforts in establishing plant and fungal single-cell and spatial transcriptomic technologies, …

… 25th anniversary. Over the last year, we’ve been revisiting a number of notable achievements that showcase our … challenges.   Usually, plants have the upper hand against any kind of biomass breakdown. They’ve spent millions … for anaerobic fungi . Eventually, it’s possible that fungal communities — or enzymes from fungal communities — …

Machine learning approach significantly expands inovirus diversity. To … are filamentous viruses with small, single-stranded DNA genomes and a unique chronic infection cycle. “We’re not … affecting the microbe’s own eukaryote host. As their small genomes can be easily manipulated through genetic …