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… of how plants adapted to terrestrial life paves the way for innovations in sustainable agriculture and clean energy. … helped plants thrive under challenging conditions could inform the development of resilient crop varieties able to … and productivity. The algal genomes sequences are available on the JGI’s  PhycoCosm portal. …

… and search through the more than 2 million viral sequences available in IMG/VR v3. …

… and spread from cell to cell. Two of the most common forms of MGEs are viruses and plasmids. They can be found in … by NERSC, another user facility at Berkeley Lab. geNomad is now accessible through the National Microbiome Data … global viral diversity. geNomad has already been downloaded thousands of times, receiving excellent feedback …

… microbial mats at Yellowstone offer researchers an analog for studying early Earth conditions. Additionally, … planet Mars. To help determine where Marsarchaeota might fall amidst other known archaeal lineages, the team relied on a combination of … Experiment Station (W.P.I.). Computations were performed on the Hyalite High-Performance Computing System, …

… access to all kinds of sequencing, ‘omics and bioinformatics capabilities — and it’s open to scientists at any career stage, anywhere in the world, for free. We accept new projects related to energy and the …

…   Each year, the JGI accepts proposals for state-of-the-art functional genomics research from reseachers who translate genomic information into biological function. Through our CSP Functional Genomics call , we look for projects that will leverage the JGI’s DNA synthesis and …

… and Sheree Yao. ] ] The JGI welcomed 14 scientists selected for our 2026 Community Science Program Large Scale call. … with optimized lignin, engineering heat-resilient algae for industrial applications, and developing RNA barcoding … This genomic research creates new opportunities for biomanufacturing, from industrial enzymes discovered in …

… and Elizabeth “Lizzy” Wilbanks of the University of California, Santa Barbara. They join eight other JGI users … she is committed to representing and advocating for early career users on the UEC. As a user of the JGI and … current chair of the Emerging Ecological Issues Committee for the Ecological Society of America. He’s interested in …

… With a new methodology, scientists are now getting more complete genomic results from single cells. … the  genomes of microorganisms is incredibly useful for understanding the microbiome of the earth, but most … genome recovery in microbiome studies, these scientists (now at Stanford University) collaborated with the JGI. …

… be a specific host the virus has adapted to commandeer. For bacteriophage viruses, these hosts are microbes like … a new program called iPHoP (pronounced “eye-pop”,  freely available online ). It combines and evaluates multiple … different routes. To train the model, the team used 1,870 known virus-host pairs to generate a matrix of data points.  …

… soil and boosting biofuel feedstocks with less fertilizer. For millions of years, underground fungi have lived in … studies to date. This paper  is the cover article for the April 2024 issue  of  Nature Plants .  “We wanted to … like sorghum and switchgrass. We’re optimizing systems now, so that we can get those working,” Cole said.  Other …