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The Science After a wildfire burns, recovery begins at the forest floor. Within the soil, a microbiome of bacteria, viruses and fungi process carbon and nitrogen, paving the way for future plants and trees to grow. However, fire changes …

… down tough plant fibers. The Science Walk in a temperate forest filled with Norway spruce trees, and microbial … the enzymes present in the complex organic matrix of the forest floor, a team of researchers have found that there is … and metatranscriptome sequences, as well as individual reference fungal genome sequences assembled as part of its …

… an internship program to bring students to the JGI for research training experience. Enabled by the DOE RENEW … of Brachypodium distachyon plant root exudates on the plant microbiome. They also took part in many enriching workshops … and I’ll be attending Alabama A&M University this fall for my master’s in plant soil science and my career focus is …

… plant species have adapted to their local environments; for example, crop and ornamental seeds sold for the upper … Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), has produced a high-quality reference sequence of the complex switchgrass  genome using … “For that, it’s necessary to have the plant’s genome as a reference. Additionally, having the gardens as a resource …

A mini-episode looking at the efforts of Pankaj Trivedi, whose New Investigator proposal was … approved through the JGI Community Science Program, to use microbiome science to help make plants more resilient to …

… ways to protect poplar and other crops being considered for bioenergy feedstock development. Summary With the aim of producing at least one reference genome for every family of fungi, the 1000 Fungal … unwrapping complex mechanisms of genome-wide regulation and cataloging them in JGI’s fungal portal MycoCosm. … The work …

See below for a list of Frequently Asked Questions about our proposal … and instructions.  Many of the submissions are done using web-based forms.   To view the proposal templates, go to the proposal …

… experiences and what they’ll take with them as they go forward in their careers.   Listed below are the interns, … of Brachypodium distachyon root transporters in plant-microbiome interactions ” Cory-James Pugne-Andenoro : “The … “ Development of a multiplex genomic integration system for the selection of genes essential for specialized carbon …

… a photosynthetic microalgae, and a little-characterized microbiome. When warm waters stress corals, it might be …

… addition to the synthetic biologist’s toolkit: a technique for  c hassis (or strain)-independent  r ecombinase- a … “CRAGE is central to our ability to offer host-engineering for our users,” says JGI Director Nigel Mouncey. Using … have also harnessed CRAGE to create a plant-fertilizing microbiome. In work  reported in  Applied and Environmental …

… to spread across most of the plant’s ecosystems. The Impact For decades, the liverwort  M. polymorpha has been used as a … . The comparative framework provided by these high quality reference genome sequences could help researchers better … encompass a plant’s genetic diversity beyond a single reference genome, which is key to understanding its full …