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… growth of poplar, a potential biofuel feedstock.     The Science The fungus  Mortierella elongata enjoys a dual … effort to understand its influence on the plant, a team of scientists studied what happens to the tree’s physical … as secreted proteins. However,  M. elongata  seems to encourage the plant to have leakier cell walls and weaker …

… and fungi that can help or harm plant host health. The Science Researchers compared the genomes of fungi that … the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at … roots: friends, enemies or frenemies? … Datasets … From our partners … Behind the Paper …

… genes drive resilience when salinity fluctuates. The Science The Arctic microalga Plocamiomonas psychrophila can … recorded. Samples were taken again at two, six, 12 and 24 hours. By the 24-hour mark, these algae showed significant … increased nutrient uptake and decreased cell death.  Scientists then extracted RNA to analyze gene expression, to …

Dr. Blow joined the JGI in 2009, and currently heads the User Support Analysis … transcriptome, epigenome and other functional genomics datasets generated by JGI user science projects. … BS in Biochemistry and Biological …

… helped plants conquer land over 600 million years ago. The Science By studying the genes of land plants’ closest algal relative,  Zygnematophyceae , scientists have enhanced our understanding of how early plants transitioned from …

… diversity of white rot fungi in the genus Lentinula   The Science Shiitake mushrooms get their name from the same place they often source their nutrients — the shii tree, a Japanese relative … the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at …

… biology and functional genomics. Prior to joining the JGI, he was a group lead at Brookhaven National Laboratory … oxidase for biophotovoltaic energy. Plant biotechnology journal . 14: 1, 22-28. 2016 Blaby et. al., Genome‐wide … Chlamydomonas genome project: a decade on. Trends in plant science . 19: 10, 672-680. 2014 Blaby, et. al., …

On July 6, scientists from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory … recognition: for example, a camera’s ability to recognize your face and distinguish it from your friend’s. Biologists … of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science User Facility  located at Lawrence Berkeley National …

… at the soil microbes present a year after a wildfire. The Science After a wildfire burns, recovery begins at the … and growth.  This study builds on the pyrophilous fungi the JGI has previously sequenced , and provides a powerful … for User Science (FICUS) initiative and used resources at the Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory …

Merced students have contributed to the research of 13 JGI scientists since the program’s inception. In 2014, JGI’s Zhong Wang and Science Programs Deputy Axel Visel teamed with University of … staff, Mouncey explained: “One of the hallmarks of JGI is our diverse workforce and our diverse collaborators around …

… to enable improvements in microbial oil production. The Science CRISPR-Cas9 is a powerful, high-throughput gene-editing tool that can help scientists engineer organisms for bioenergy applications. … goal of producing sustainable fuels from alternative sources. Moreover, the team says the approach they used to …