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… external source. The work is part of the JGI’s 1000 Fungal Genomes Project, which aims to provide genomic information … carbon from lignocellulosic-abundant matters such as plant litter and to incorporate the assimilated carbon into the soil, reducing the amount of CO2 emissions from decaying leaves …
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… of the comparative analysis platforms for microbial genomes and metagenomes (IMG). He became the Metagenomics Program head in 2010 and has the combined Microbial Genomes and Metagenomes Program since 2011. Prior to joining … bacteriophages. Cell . 185(21):4023-4037 Nayfach S, et al. (2021) Metagenomic compendium of 189,680 DNA viruses from the …
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… of chromosomes (they are “polyploid”) and their complex genomes are more difficult to sequence and assemble, in turn … now underway as part of the JGI Community Science Program (CSP), a critical factor in developing sugarcane as a … crop that very efficiently converts solar energy into plant biomass, which can then be crushed to extract the …
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… browser that allows other researchers to study the genomes and predict the metabolic abilities of these … GOLD and IMG data portals to get information about the genomes and genes of the organisms on the list. They also … the phenotypic records of 8,350 organisms along with 4,355 genomes and 13.6 million genes. The results reveal that …
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… has been at the forefront of Covid-19 research (see his 2021 VEGA talk ). A global authority on viruses, Holmes was …
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… cycle. The Science Chloroplasts are the factories in plant cells. Using photosynthesis, they take raw materials … was enabled in part through the Community Science Program (CSP) of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome … (Berkeley Lab). Supporting the Erb lab through the CSP Functional Genomics call, the JGI synthesized library of …
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… of JGI user science projects spanning bacteria, fungi, and plants. His team is also developing single-nuclei sequencing … regulation at the level of individual cells across diverse plant tissues. Dr. Baumgart focuses on expanding functional … in bacterial gene regulation." Nature methods 18, no. 12 (2021): 1499-1505. Hasty, Jeff, Leo Alexander Baumgart, Scott …
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… ra-MOR-um) the genus in Latin translates to “plant destroyer” and it has served as just that on a … the organism’s DNA code in tandem with a closely-related plant pathogen species, Phytophtora sojae, which imperils … provided a framework essential to understanding how these plant pathogens cause disease and how to control them. …
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… This work was supported by DOE Joint Genome Institute grant CSP-503076 (IW, HA, and MB) and NSF 1706545 (IW). HA and JW …
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