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… one tree species: Hevea brasiliensis . It’s great at producing latex that becomes rubber, but it’s vulnerable to disease and climate shifts. So researchers are looking into a desert shrub that’s native to North America: …

… of plant components   The Science There are three main ingredients to tackle when it comes to breaking down a … modify lignin without oxygen and make use of it, it would change the entire landscape of biomass production and … skeleton. It’s more complex, and poisons enzymes and the  microbes that make them. It’s known that aerobic fungi, like …

… In April 2020, we mark both the 50th celebration of Earth … These kinds of innovations are particularly relevant as climate change intensifies and accelerates drought and … The U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science User Facility …

… we understood plants and how they adapt to their ever-changing environments better? We could unlock new innovations to drive more productive food, medicine, and … swaths of the plant tree of life. One project aims to change that. …

… Kaushal Sharma, one of five Antioch High School rising juniors who participated in internships at the DOE Joint Genome Institute this summer … program is now an author on a Nucleic Acids Research publication. The paper describes the version 6 data updates …

… A new view into a symbiosis could offer benefits to address climate change: pulling atmospheric carbon into soil and boosting … The U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science User Facility  located at …

… Mr. Schmutz’s involvement with the JGI dates back to 1997, when he was working for the Stanford Human Genome Center, now the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology. There he constructed the … to learn more about the program's areas of focus, major initiatives and more.  …

… The Integrative Genomics Building (IGB) seen above is home to the DOE Joint Genome Institute (JGI). Researchers from the DOE Systems … who made use of our data. We completed 39,870 projects in FY24 We generated 871 Terabases of sequence We … processed 13,700 metabolomics samples With our users, 247 publications were published   …

… The JGI’s data stewardship expertise and infrastructure enable a broad community of scientists and engineers to leverage our data to develop new algorithms, models and tools in support of DOE mission priorities. Data discoverability … data, open to all researchers. Book a session via the appointment calendar for technical help, feedback or a guided …

… and leader of the Microscale Applications group. Before joining the JGI in 2010, he made the first ever measurements … genetic material, thus bypassing the need to culture these microbes in the lab. After joining the JGI, he formed the … that provides JGI users access to the genomes of uncultured microbes.  His group also handles the Stable Isotope Probing …

… Leveraging massive comparative genomics to decode millions of … those sequenced, roughly half of all genes have completely unknown functions — like a vast library of books written in … Earth's fungal kingdom. The manuscript reviews about 200 publications linking evolutionary history and innovations …

… Since joining the DOE Joint Genome Institute in 2016, Dr. Otani has been studying secondary metabolism in microbes, particularly actinomycetes. His research activity … particularly interested in understanding how, when and why microbes decide to produce which metabolites. …