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… genomes of symbiotic species available: 73 saprotrophs and 62 mycorrhizal species. The 62 mycorrhizal species include 29 newly-sequenced mycorrhizal genomes. With so many fungal  …

As part of the JGI’s 25th anniversary celebration, the 2022 Annual Meeting … are two kinds of scientific revolutions,” Ari Patrinos opened with this quote from Thomas Kuhn in his 25th … areas of scientific possibility that these accomplishments open up … What the JGI has done for so many years is to, …

In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have revisited a number of notable achievements … team to associate climate adaptations with switchgrass biology. Switchgrass has a large polyploid genome, which …

… other tools that I can use to, um, perform computational biology.  Eric Wu : From the internship I learned to work as …

… , who has been elected to the American Academy of Microbiology (AAM) ! She is among the 68 new Fellows in the Class of 2020, selected from 118 nominees. The selection process for … and original contributions that have advanced microbiology. Academy Fellows are eminent leaders in the field of …

… in the Department of Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology at UCSB, where she leads a research group … Greenham stepped down at the end of her term. In late 2023, the JGI launched a solicitation for nominations for …

Dr. Visel joined the DOE Joint Genome Institute in 2010. As the Deputy for Science Programs, he focuses on the … major initiatives and more.  … Ph.D. (Dr. rer. nat.) in Biology, Max Planck Institute, Germany Postdoctoral … Computational Biology , Nucleic Acids Research . Over 80 publications in peer-reviewed journals including Nature, …

… comparative analysis leads to identification of biosynthetic gene clusters for novel secondary metabolites for … in a wide range of research fields. A public repository of 52,515 microbial draft genomes generated from environmental … National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), and the  DOE Systems Biology Knowledgebase (KBase) . Metagenomics is the study of …

… lipid production. These insights into  Y. lipolytica biology and lipid metabolism furthers the U.S. Department of … CRISPR-Cas9 relies on RNA with a short guiding sequence (20 bp) that directs the endonuclease where to cut, but these … by the Office of Naval Research under grant  N00014-15-1-2785 . JW acknowledges additional support from the National …

CRAGE-CRISPR combo helps further demystify biosynthetic gene clusters.  The Science Microbial secondary … in overcoming this obstacle when it hit the scene in 2019. Now, that power is poised to grow exponentially by … JGI researchers was published April 2022 in Cell Chemical Biology . When it comes to insect killer P. luminescens …

… sex chromosomes. The results were published in  Genome Biology . The team found that the shrub willow’s W … to correct mutations. This process, called gene conversion, helps maintain the integrity of the sequences. The … by the NSF Dimensions of Biodiversity Program (DEB-1542509 to S.D., DEB-1542486 to LBS, and DEB-1542599 to M.O.). …

… discovery that turns scientific presumption on its head and opens up a new avenue to explore for efficient biofuel …