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… The Plant and Animal Genome XXVII Conference (PAG) takes place … your plant genomics research. Click here to download a list of talks relevant to JGI science at PAG XXVII. On January … in the Green Lineage using KBase 6:51 PM Evolution of Sex Chromosomes in the Moss Ceratodon 7:09 PM Bioinformatic …

… Fungi from herbivore poop make surprisingly complex compounds — an energetically … The Science Anaerobic fungi, which die in the presence of oxygen, dwell in herbivore guts and help them digest … meal. In their evolutionary history, these fungi branched off early from aerobic fungi, which can breathe oxygen — …

… On July 30, UC Merced students and their JGI mentors toasted to the end of a nine-week virtual internship. The celebration was … JGI staff. According to Axel Visel and Zhong Wang, founders of this internship program, this was the largest turnout for …

… Monitoring Inter-Organism Interactions Within Ecosystems Latest portfolio of approved proposals highlight biodiversity and how … University seeks to understand and enhance the rubber biosynthesis pathway in guayale, a drought tolerant shrub. …

… Proposals aim to sequence and annotate genomes from Antarctica to … to global oceans. Through the Community Science Program of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome … are believed responsible for a fifth of the planet’s photosynthesis activities. Aside from being a key component of …

… Brachypodium model system traces polyploid genome evolution. … 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 …

… Massie S. Ballon is the Communications and Outreach Manager … and outreach efforts, the team aims to broaden awareness of and access to JGI public resources and the DOE mission, as well as help cultivate the next generation of genomic research users, partners, and collaborators.  Ms. …

… New evidence shows anaerobic fungi can degrade the hardiest of plant components … called lignocellulose, are the primary components of hardy cell walls. It’s the cellulose and hemicellulose … The authors acknowledge their funding sources: Office of Biological and Environmental Research of the U.S. …

… Chloroplast mimic a platform to capture and utilize carbon in a … Chloroplasts are the factories in plant cells. Using photosynthesis, they take raw materials including sunlight, … (MPI) for Terrestrial Microbiology and the University of Bordeaux have developed a platform that mimics …

… Kjiersten Fagnan began working with JGI in 2012 as a NERSC … closely with staff to understand the data-intensive nature of JGI workloads. Dr. Fagnan was appointed CIO of the JGI in 2016, and in 2018 was hired to be the JGI’s … Kjiersten Fagnan is the JGI's Chief Informatics Officer. Click to learn more about how the JGI supports the …

… New studies show methanogenesis is not exclusively for Euryarchaeota. Atmospheric levels of methane, a potent greenhouse gas, regulate Earth’s … play a critical role in the global carbon cycle, and are of significant interest for their potential contributions to …

… Congratulations to Tanja Woyke, who has been awarded the van Niel … for the triennium 2017-2020! Established by the University of Queensland in 1986, the van Niel Prize recognizes contribution of scholarship in the field of microbiology and is awarded …