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… poop make surprisingly complex compounds — an energetically expensive feat thought to be too costly for them. … and help them digest their last leafy meal. In their evolutionary history, these fungi branched off early from aerobic … at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. The team’s research at both the JGI and EMSL was enabled by the …

… Multi-species assays yield an unprecedented view of plant evolution and adaptation.    Understanding how genes are regulated … As  published online in  Nature Plants  on July 15, researchers have developed multiplexed assays — experimental … The U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE …

… Using the IMG/M data portal, researchers have identified a virus protein tied to carbon cycling.  The Science Through a collaborative effort, … This work was supported by the Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Biological and Environmental Research (BER) and is a contribution of the Scientific Focus …

… A team has optimized a crucial part of CRISPR-Cas9 technology to enable improvements in microbial oil production. The Science CRISPR-Cas9 is a powerful, high-throughput … To ensure the gene editing tool will make the right cut, researchers created a set of guide RNAs that were effective …

… The JGI’s Genomes OnLine Database celebrates 25 years as a vital resource for … curated microbiome metadata that follows community standards freely available, and enabling large-scale comparative … entities,  further outlined in the journal  Nucleic Acids Research in November 2022.  One of GOLD’s strengths has been …

… Meta-omics datasets show that CRISPR-Cas systems determine … hitchhikers. These organisms are abundant and yet exceptionally small, with mini genomes to match. As a result, they … provides new views of these relationships.  Recently , researchers used population genomics to find that while …

… On September 1, JGI held a JGI Engagement: Pro Tips for … Science Program (CSP) Applications Webinar inviting researchers to submit white papers to the CSP  New … but you don’t need to necessarily just add samples in order to max out the gigabase allocation. Q: Can PhD …

… Pictured from left: [Top] Bill J. Baker, Jeff Barrick, Ian … Flavia Winck Vischi, Jennifer Wisecaver, Yaqi You, Yong Zhang and Zhiping Zhong. (All images courtesy of the researchers) Each year, the JGI searches for novel research …

… A metagenomic look at the soil microbes present a year after a … a microbiome of bacteria, viruses and fungi process carbon and nitrogen, paving the way for future plants and trees … clearer picture of how burned ecosystems return to health, researchers have taken a look at microbial genomes across a …

… For the first time, a team analyzes the transcriptomes of a … clearly. The Science The humble lichen is a superorganism: one being that is actually comprised of two (or more) … mycobiont. However, despite a century-and-a-half of lichen research, many of the symbiosis’ details remain unclear. For …

… By studying the structure and function of a cyanobacterial protein, researchers have new insights into how these ocean … and sugars. How photosynthesis works, though, is much harder to pin down.  Photosynthesis appears to have a lot in … The U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE …

… The JGI was honored to host some of the brightest minds in genetics as … by CRISPR-Cas9; the Weizmann Institute of Science’s Assaf Vardi, who delved into algae blooms and the alga-viral … the CRISPR-Cas9 investigations began as “curiosity driven research.” In the early 2000s, UC Berkeley colleague and …