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… “Where’s Waldo?” readers need to look for a number of distinguishing features. Several characters may be … glasses, or a cane, but only Waldo will have all of these features. As described July 22, 2019, in  Nature … single-stranded DNA genomes and a unique chronic infection cycle. “We’re not sure why we systematically manage to miss …

… characteristics — creating many different ways of processing nitrogen. To boost crops more efficiently in … distinctly from both core and specialized enzymes. Even during specializing or multiplying, ATs have maintained … in ways other enzymes are not.  “It turns out that all of life created the minimum set of ATs that act together to …

Interactions Within Ecosystems Latest portfolio of approved proposals highlight biodiversity and how … wetlands, such as the Copper River Delta wetland pond, cycle carbon. Using plots at the Harvard Forest long-term … submission. She aims to look at the microbial methane cycle in terrestrial geothermal environments. …

… gas 20 times more potent than carbon dioxide. Billions of years ago, methane-producing archaea likely played a key … Earth’s atmosphere and regulating the global climate for life to flourish. For Guillaume Borrel and Simonetta … in the Archaea, and was lost many times independently during archaeal evolution or evolved into methanotrophy and …

… microbial eukaryotes. He hopes to broaden our understanding of the roles these associations play in the evolutionary history of life. …

The latest edition of the JGI Progress Report highlights notable research and … scientific collaborations in 2018. The cover is an image of Mono Lake, a saline soda lake east of California’s … and to better understand their roles in the global sulfur cycle. Copies are available online – click here to go …

… is broadly interested in the interactions between microbial life and environment, and using metagenomics to study these … places that are considered to be inhospitable to humans are of particular interest. Matt also supports various CSP and …

… is common among flowering plants; at least once during their evolution, the genomes of flowering plants … All three  Brachypodium  grasses have small genomes, short life cycles and can be easily transformed, traits that make them …

… viruses outnumber the microbes by at least another order of magnitude. For years, scientists at the DOE Joint Genome … host microbes impact the regulation of global nutrient cycles. The JGI’s latest strategic plan (download a copy  … The JGI team, including Kyrpides, Camargo, and Roux, has an extensive track record of developing cutting-edge tools for …

Phytozome workshop held during the June 2022 CROPS Conference at the HudsonAlpha … Phytozome is the Plant Comparative Genomics portal of the Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, and facilitates accurate …

… 600 million years ago. The Science By studying the genes of land plants’ closest algal relative,  Zygnematophyceae , … environments — ultimately allowing them to adapt to life on land. Learning that these genetic tools existed in … A deeper understanding of how plants adapted to terrestrial life paves the way for innovations in sustainable …

Biofuels and bioproducts are a way to kick our addiction to … Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI) , a JGI partner and one of the four US Department of Energy Bioenergy Research Centers.  …