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… the 5th position on its carbon ring, or 5mC. In many organisms, 5mC is an important piece of how they regulate their … the genome. Many plant pathogens such as the fungi that cause poplar leaf rust, are rich in transposons, which may help the pathogens …

Nikos Kyrpides Dan Rokhsar Simon Roux Jeremy Schmutz Susannah Tringe Tanja Woyke Below are a few projects each of … (Watch SCGSR fellows Nick Reichart and Ian Rambo talk about their experiences at the JGI.) Igor Grigoriev hosted … Webinars promoting the JGI fungal data portal MycoCosm and the algal portal PhycoCosm. Additionally, working …

… a computational pipeline to sift and characterize RNA virus sequences.  A zoo once offered a coloring book featuring … polar bears in winter scenes that came with crayons in various shades of white. To researchers searching for sequences … can impact the planet’s nutrient cycles. While most organism’s genetic information is encoded in DNA, with RNA …

Congratulations to US Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI) … Data Prize by the American Society for Microbiology (ASM). Roux leads the Viral Genomics group within the JGI … Program, and coordinates the development of the virus and plasmid workflows for the National Microbiome Data …

… time. By collecting data from 27 different poplar ( Populus trichocarpa ) trees, as well as the soil surrounding … wildlife habitats and water-quality regulation. Focusing on the rhizosphere and interactions between the trees, … Metabolomics allowed them to then examine the chemicals and small molecules produced by the trees and associated …

… (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at Lawrence Berkeley National … a cold-adapted microalga: the diatom Fragilariopsis cylindrus . At that time, they noted that the F. cylindrus genome … zinc-binding proteins are important for primary metabolism such as photosynthesis and gene regulation.  Mock and his …

… highlight the diversity of white rot fungi in the genus Lentinula   The Science Shiitake mushrooms get their name from the same place they often … relative of the oak. These fungi are part of the genus Lentinula, which have evolved to decompose hardwoods on …

… (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at Lawrence Berkeley National … mining, empowering research collaborators to take on ambitious synthetic biology experiments. A recent special issue of … Genomics-enabled analysis of specialized metabolism in bioenergy crops: current progress and challenges , …

… from a large-scale field experiment to uncover the mechanisms behind sorghum’s capacity to produce high yields despite … (UC), Berkeley, UC Agriculture and Natural Resources (ANR), US Department of Agriculture P­­lant Gene Expression Center, … Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at Lawrence Berkeley National …

… bacteria evolved could help inform engineering microorganisms for biofuel production and other sustainable applications. Summary Hot springs are … A recent study published in  The ISME Journal     focused on a class within  Chloroflexota called  …

The Science Chloroplasts are the factories in plant cells. Using photosynthesis, they take raw materials including … from the atmosphere than current natural processes and use it as a sustainable resource for making high-value bioproducts. As a …

Dehalococcoides mccartyi and  Dehalobacter restrictus,  that work together to break down PCE into the chemical … by Congress in 1980 for Superfund sites which are hazardous waste areas that require cleanup and long-term … are ongoing to complete cleanup.  The process that was used to clean up the toxic chemicals is commonly known as …