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… By studying the structure and function of a cyanobacterial protein, researchers have new insights … cycle carbon in changing conditions. The products of photosynthesis are easy to point out. Plants, algae and … — but the experts we were able to work with on this project to ask questions about structure and function,” …

… Miscanthus  sequence offers insights into benefits of polyploidy and perenniality. The Science A reference … Understanding the evolution of polyploidy, and how genomes respond to extra chromosome and gene copies, will … Innovation, which is supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of Biological and …

… The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI) is committed to advancing the field of genomics through open access to resources and promoting … the benefit to society. Inspired by the Human Genome Project (HGP), and building upon the principles for open …

… The work was enabled in part by a community data portal of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome … to another, which can have a significant impact on the microbial communities within soil. Using metagenomics, … were retrieved using the  JGI’s Integrated Microbial Genomes & Microbiomes (IMG/M) data portal. The IMG suite is …

… the slightly murky waters in the tube look like a scoop of stormwater, complete with leaves, debris, and even … in coastal sediments,” said Woyke, who also heads the JGI’s Microbial Program and is one of the article’s senior … three times more genes than most bacteria and hundreds of thousands of genome copies (polyploidy) that are spread …

… During the summer of 2021, 13 interns from UC Merced spent eight weeks working … virtually with JGI mentors to investigate rigorous research projects, hone science presentation skills, and participate in professional development enrichment activities. For some …

… Pett-Ridge collaborated with JGI scientists on an ambitious project: to bring in robots to help process experiments that measure microbial activity in soil. Now, the researchers and robots …

… (CSP) . This includes mass spectrometry-based measurements of primary and secondary metabolites from plants, … Q:  Any advice on normalizing metabolomic data from a whole microbial community, without having cell counts or … 8 replicates for metabolomics. Why is this? A:  We did a pilot experiment with the JGI to look at the variability in …