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… 600 million years ago. The Science By studying the genes of land plants’ closest algal relative,  Zygnematophyceae , … land. Key gene groups involved in stress tolerance and multicellularity enabled plants to develop complex structures and … Program of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User …

… By studying the structure and function of a cyanobacterial protein, researchers have new insights … scientist at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User … structure of the protein related to its function inside the cell, Grosjean used the JGI-developed  guideRNA and Sequence …

… cycle. The Science Chloroplasts are the factories in plant cells. Using photosynthesis, they take raw materials … (MPI) for Terrestrial Microbiology and the University of Bordeaux have developed a platform that mimics … Program (CSP) of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User …

… In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have revisited a … (Graphic: Neil Byers) The JGI launched the 1000 Fungal Genomes (1KFG) Project through a 2012 Community Science … “We currently have 19 genomes sequenced, 15 that are in sequencing or assembly right now, and eight more that we are …

… This shorter episode is about a tiny, single-celled alga – Chlamydomonas reinhardtii – that’s managed to … UC Berkeley plant biologist Sabeeha Merchant explains why she works on this alga, how researchers managed to …

… fragments and data quality. The Science Through advances in sequencing technologies and computational approaches, more … recovered and identified from environmental samples (metagenomes). However, the quality and completeness of … who encounter an elephant for the first time. Based on the single body part each blind man touches – a tusk, the ear, …

… JGI DNA Synthesis Science Program. Fashioning DNA outside a cell is key to interrogating what genes do, how they work, … This is where the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User … Program , the JGI enables large-scale synthesis support, sequencing, integrative -omics, and data mining, empowering …

… climate has earned it a place on the JGI’s Flagship Plant Genome roster. Sorghum has an important feature in common … JGI: 2009: JGI and collaborators use whole-genome shotgun sequencing to analyze the 730-megabase Sorghum bicolor (L.) … ( 2017 ), have identified many more genes than found in the single reference genome, including traits useful for …

… energy and environmental challenges. Chlamydomonas is a single-celled alga with a unique place in evolutionary history. … of those shared by both humans and flowering plants). Its genome also contains hundreds of genes uniquely associated … C. zofingiensis on Phytozome …

… decide on the order in which this fungus breaks down plant cell wall materials including lignin, cellulose and … researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User … and optimized by Ronan O’Malley, who leads the JGI’s Sequencing Technologies group. DAP-seq allowed the team to …