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… Analysis reveals cotton genome stability across global lineages . Come harvest time, the cotton fields look like … growing on plants, with fluffy white bolls bursting out of the green pods in every direction. There are 100 million … on cotton production, and the crop’s annual economic impact of $500 billion worldwide underscores its value and …

… system traces polyploid genome evolution. Flowering plants abide by the concept, “the more the merrier,” … plants; at least once during their evolution, the genomes of flowering plants multiply. Over time, plants lose many … genomes to a diploid state while retaining multiple copies of some genes. This polyploidization process is ongoing and …

… Survey of Setaria's natural diversity reveals seed dispersal in wild populations for the first time. For years, Elizabeth … Center (Danforth Center) drove up and down the highways of the continental United States, occasionally pulling over … The U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science …

…   To understand virus-host dynamics, computation helps fill in what cultivation can’t. The Science At first, viruses are … With metagenomic sequencing, researchers have found more of these viruses than ever before, in all kinds of … to improving crop yields and a better understanding of the roles viruses and their host microbes play in nutrient …

… A collaborative team led by Geoffrey Schiebinger at the University of British Columbia, Philip Benfey … development and how they determine identity, as well as the roles played by neighboring cells in these processes.   One … The U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science …

… – $250 Students & Postdocs – $200 Regular Rates (begin September 19, 2026) General & Berkeley Lab Attendee – … campus. Organized every two years since 2018, the goal of this symposium is to bring together a “Viral Ecogenomics” … uncultivated viral diversity, understand the role of viruses in natural ecosystems, and functionally explore …

… In a special issue of mSystems , out May 14, 2019, JGI researchers are among the authors who offer perspectives on what the next five years of innovation … in soil for the first time. A second approach known as DNA stable isotope probing (DNA SIP) relies on incubating …

… A quick snippet on Antonio Camargo and Simon Roux, a few of the JGI researchers behind software that finds plasmids and viruses within … As mobile genetic elements like viruses spread their DNA, they can affect how microbes cycle nutrients and adapt …

… wants to understand how viruses impact the release of greenhouse gases from Arctic permafrost. But to see what they’re doing, he first needs their DNA.   …

… April marks both the 50th celebration of Earth Day on April 22, and DNA Day on April 25. As both Earth and DNA are close to our JGI hearts, we’re highlighting genomic science research that feels especially relevant … The U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science …

… Large-scale comparative analysis leads to identification of biosynthetic gene clusters for novel secondary … planet’s microbial diversity is key to understanding the roles of microorganisms in regulating nutrient cycles, as … acknowledge the significant efforts to collect and extract DNA from these samples, many of which come from unique, …

… Tracing gene regulatory networks in the model fungus  Neurospora … . The Science A team led by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley used a multi-omics approach to … Program through a proposal akin to the Encyclopedia of DNA Elements (ENCODE) project, which is aimed at determining …