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… Science In a recent  Nature Genetics paper , researchers focused on the full composition of genes, or pangenome, of the … the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at … Summary As the planet has changed, so have plants. Curious about their ability to adapt to changing environments, …

… of meta-analyses boosted by AI and Machine Learning — JGI researchers and collaborators work to create FAIR … which microbes are present in a sample, to generate data about which organisms are active, and which microbes are … microbial ecosystems. These communities harbor tens of thousands of different organisms who all consume different …

… a potential biofuel feedstock.     The Science The fungus  Mortierella elongata enjoys a dual lifestyle; it can … were striking. Adding PM193 caused poplar cuttings to grow about 30 percent larger by dry weight than without PM193  . … the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility, through its  …

… crop and ornamental seeds sold for the upper Midwest are often very different than those bred for Texas. Identifying … team led by researchers at the University of Texas (UT) at Austin, the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology … the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at …

… crop yields.  The Science The fire moss Ceratodon purpureus is a short plant with a complex genome . Now, … to evolve so rapidly in gene content and structure. He and JGI Plant Program head Jeremy Schmutz already see how … HudsonAlpha. As the team discussed in a JGI podcast episode about the work, the effort to fully sequence the fire moss …

… scale: fungi stretch a network of tendrils called arbuscules into a plant’s root cells, and both organisms … the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at … circular capture areas roughly 55-microns in diameter — about the width of a human hair. At such resolution, this …

… targeted genomic approach would allow researchers to focus on specific microbes within metagenome samples and … traditional shotgun metagenomics approach to learning more about environmental samples starts with researchers first … the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at …

… Learn more about PhycoCosm, the largest interactive collection of … analysis tools developed by the Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a US Department of Energy Office of Science user facility at …

… combo helps further demystify biosynthetic gene clusters.  The Science Microbial secondary metabolites, those … and other industries — yet there’s still so much about them we don’t know.  Unlocking the power of secondary … the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at …

… carbon cycling impact.   The Science Enabled by the JGI’s Community Science Program (CSP), researchers are … resources to build up Sphagnum as a plant model system focused on carbon cycling studies, rather than for food or fuel … decomposed matter, and researchers estimate that they hold about 25 percent of the world’s soil carbon. In high …

… By leveraging new tools and large-scale data mining, JGI researchers nearly tripled the available fungal … discovered more than 6,000 mitochondrial sequences previously unrecognized within existing public databases and … to features like self-splicing introns and multiple genetic codes. Adding to the challenge, mitochondrial sequences are …

… for the triennium 2017-2020! Established by the University of Queensland in 1986, the van Niel Prize recognizes … 2013 Nature paper , which uncovered nearly 30 major previously uncharted branches of the tree of life. A senior … Lab), Woyke currently serves as the interim deputy for JGI User Programs. Earlier this year, she was elected to the …