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… Science In a recent  Nature Genetics paper , researchers focused on the full composition of genes, or pangenome, of the … The team found that some of the adaptation strategies used by liverwort are also seen in flowering plants, or … of plants to the Earth’s ever-changing harsh habitats, thus allowing them to spread across most of the plant’s …

… Miscanthus  sequence offers insights into benefits of polyploidy and … and genomic toolkit for the perennial grass Miscanthus sinensis has been published. Analysis of the genome … parts of the plant, the team identified genes that may regulate nutrient transport to and from the rhizome and …

… work — have quickly accelerated understanding of giant viruses. The Science In the last thirty years, in environments … over the world, scientists have discovered giants among viruses. Now categorized in their own phylum,  Nucleocytoviricota , these giant viruses boast larger genomes than many bacteria. Until …

… In March 2008, the genome sequence of the forest fungus Laccaria bicolor was published in the journal Nature . The mushroom has a symbiotic relationship with the poplar, a JGI … Having this first genome sequence of a mycorrhizal fungus shifted the focus from looking at single organisms to …

… Using a novel computational approach, researchers confirm … (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at Lawrence Berkeley National … is working on soil environments or the human body — they may take some of those families and try to functionally …

… (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility, hosted three undergraduates and seven … Merced through their long standing internship program. In just two months, the students participated in networking … able to work with state of the art technology and greenhouses/grow chambers has been an incredible experience. I feel …

… The Science The first step in the deadly dance between a virus and microbial cell is an embrace. For a virus with a “head-tail” morphology, this means using proteins on its tail fibers to latch onto a specific … Energy under contract no. DE-AC02-05CH11231. This research used resources of the National Energy Research Scientific …

… $500     Students: $200      Postdocs: $250     Industry: $700    Thanks for joining the Joint Genome Institute … featured insightful presentations, dynamic panel discussions, informative poster sessions, thought-provoking … of Energy (DOE) Office of Science national scientific user facilities dedicated to advancing research in bioenergy …

… Foster Irina Birskis Barros and mentors Elle Barnes and Susannah Tringe Shari Larsen and mentor Robert M. Bowers … in the government lab. And I find this really valuable because in this time that I’ve been in my PhD program, I’ve been … I was kind of worried coming into the, the internship that maybe I didn’t have as good of skills as somebody else might …

… putida to break down biomass and help bring about a more sustainable, biobased economy. They conduct research at the … Institute (JBEI) , a JGI partner and one of the four US Department of Energy Bioenergy Research Centers.  …

… (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at Lawrence Berkeley National … and in the laboratory. “We are fortunate because the progenitor species of  Brachypodium hybridum are … de Zaragoza, one of the paper’s senior authors. “It offers us the possibility to explore genomically the whole complex …

… The work aligns with the ETOP mission of providing JGI users with the most current technology and expertise in … and soil from the Angelo Coast Range Reserve in California. Using DAS Tool on data from soil samples, researchers were … genomes with >90% completeness. These results, noted JGI User Programs Deputy Susannah Tringe , suggest that …