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… 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 …

… to maximize returns on these advances. Over the last two decades, Stable Isotope Probing (SIP) has opened vast … 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 tall native plant of the North American prairie, switchgrass ( Panicum … dizzying diversity. So, a team of scientists made an ambitious plan to begin to link the plant’s varying traits — height, … The undertaking took shovels, trucks — and more than a decade.  …

… 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, has discovered … to address long-standing evolutionary ecological hypotheses about how C4 perennial grasses like switchgrass respond to …

… Research uncovers the genetic foundations that helped plants conquer land over 600 million years ago. The Science … to terrestrial life paves the way for innovations in sustainable agriculture and clean energy. These evolutionary … the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at …

… Every year, the JGI sequences around 35,000 samples — from plants, algae, bacteria, archaea, fungi, viruses — to support scientists around the world. Most of those … send their samples in from afar, without ever hearing much about the sequencing lab. So today, Chris Daum walks through …

… Leveraging decades of technological development, dozens of reference genomes and thousands of resequenced sorghum varieties, a resource for … how we think of things that we thought we knew everything about,” said Lovell.  In future work, a pangenome offers … of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science User Facility  located at Lawrence Berkeley National …

… This shorter episode is about a tiny, single-celled alga – Chlamydomonas reinhardtii … – that’s managed to have a big impact. UC Berkeley plant biologist Sabeeha Merchant explains why she works on … managed to sequence its genome, and what it has to teach us about other organisms – like plants. [ Editor’s Note: …

… a potential biofuel feedstock.     The Science The fungus  Mortierella elongata enjoys a dual lifestyle; it can thrive in the soil as a saprophyte, living off decaying organic matter, or as an endophyte, living between … were striking. Adding PM193 caused poplar cuttings to grow about 30 percent larger by dry weight than without PM193  . …

… Microbial cells infected by viruses undergo metabolic reprogramming. The Science If it … ocean could fix less carbon when infected. Little is known about virus-infected microbial cells that are transformed … U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at …

… Recent study shows eelgrass has been around about 2.5 million years less than previously believed.  The Science Eelgrass, one of the most abundant plants in the ocean, originated in Japan before spreading … and by a grant to J. Eisen, J.J.S. and J.L.O. from the US Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute Community …

… ] The Science The recipe for growing algae as a source of sustainable biofuels seems fairly simple: place these algae … feedstocks that can thrive in saltwater mitigates concerns about diverting resources such as arable land and fresh … the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at …