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What if we understood plants and how they adapt to their ever-changing environments better? We could unlock new innovations to … genomes are from narrow swaths of the plant tree of life. One project aims to change that. …

Mini-Metagenomics Approach Helps Identify Novel Archaeal … on the global carbon cycle. All methanogenic archaea use one of three pathways for methanogenesis: hydrogen-dependent … in samples collected by Stephen Quake’s team at Yellowstone National Park’s Obsidian Pool hot spring. The …

RIViT-seq technology could speed up associating transcription factors with their target genes. The … three distinct RNA polymerases; in bacteria there is only one type of RNA polymerase responsible for each gene. These …

Biofuels and bioproducts are a way to kick our addiction to fossil fuels. In this episode, we peek into how scientists Aindrila … at the Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI) , a JGI partner and one of the four US Department of Energy Bioenergy Research …

A deep dive into microbial genomics reveals one bacterial species is … from the warm, well-lit surface, to the blue-lit twilight zone, to the continuous pressure of the dark abyss, 4000 m …

Sphagnome data would enable researchers’ insights on their potential carbon cycling impact.   The Science Enabled by the JGI’s Community …

Black fungi are microscopic and mighty. They survive … harsh conditions. And their survival secrets could one day help other organisms survive hotter, drier climates. … of Tuscia researchers Laura Selbmann and Claudia Coleine are working with scientists from around the world – and …

Biofuels and bioproducts are a way to kick our addiction to fossil fuels. In this episode, we peek into how scientists Aindrila … at the Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI) , a JGI partner and one of the four US Department of Energy Bioenergy Research …

Right now, our natural rubber comes from just one tree species: Hevea brasiliensis . It’s great at producing latex that becomes rubber, but it’s vulnerable to …

Understanding the shared genetic toolkit of ancestral and present-day … polymorpha. Commonly known as liverwort, this was done to gain insights into gene families involved in … and cell wall development.  M. polymorpha is also among one of the plants representing 35 major evolutionary plant …

Congratulations to US Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI) staff scientist Simon Roux , who … ASM Microbe Meeting in Los Angeles, Calif.  Roux is also one of the lead organizers of the Viral EcoGenomics & …