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Over 40 percent of the cereal crop’s genes respond to drought stress. The Science Fields of drooping stalks and cracked earth are becoming common … relationship between plant roots and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF), known to provide plants with nutrients and …
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Nov. 2: Getting Credit for Scientific Contributions of Any Size What is considered to be a scientific … students (and their mentors) how to begin establishing a professional presence through getting credit for any scientific contribution they make, whether as part of a course or internship, and before ever publishing a …
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Over the course of the summer, the JGI-UC Merced Genomics Internship paired … interactions to functional genomics. Hear from five of the Summer 2019 interns, who briefly shared their … below. Name: Noelle Anderson Class Year: At the time of the internship, 4th year PhD student in Quantitative and …
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For the Joint Genome Institute, the end of 2018 was marked by a celebration of contributing over one “petabase” – a quadrillion nucleotide bases of DNA sequence to the public data repositories over its now …
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In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have revisited a number of notable achievements that showcase our collaborations and … SOD. Of the dozens of Phytophthora species, the most globally-recognizable relative of SOD is P. infestans , …
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Blaby-Haas joined the JGI in 2022 as lead of the Biomolecular Materials Initiative, a partnership … Microbiology and Cell Science in 2011 from the University of Florida, working with Valérie de Crécy-Lagard on using … M, Blaby IK, Ware D, Blaby-Haas CE. (2024) Functional diversification within the heme-binding split-barrel family. …
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In April 2020, we mark both the 50th celebration of Earth Day on April 22, and DNA Day on April 25. As both … Audio Two special days occur in April: the 50th celebration of Earth Day on April 22, and DNA Day on April 25. Since … his project, and riffed a bit on what it means in a more global context. As we approach Earth Day, I thought you …
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After studying the mechanism of action of antifungal natural products and their derivatives during … 2020. Giant virus diversity and host interactions through global metagenomics. Nature 578, 432-436. Bowers et al. …
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… gas 20 times more potent than carbon dioxide. Billions of years ago, methane-producing archaea likely played a key role in determining the composition of the Earth’s atmosphere and regulating the global climate for life to flourish. For Guillaume Borrel …
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… communities than ever before — especially with the prospect of meta-analyses boosted by AI and Machine Learning — JGI … communities. By pairing RNA or DNA sequencing with tracings of stable, heavy isotopes, SIP allows researchers to go … will help grow and improve high-quality datasets, enabling global insights from modeling, machine learning, and …
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… the slightly murky waters in the tube look like a scoop of stormwater, complete with leaves, debris, and even … bacteria aren’t usually visible without the assistance of microscope. “It’s 5,000 times bigger than most bacteria. … cycling . If you look at the space that they occupy on a global scale, it’s less than 1% of the coastal area …
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