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… Biology Pathway Engineering group. His research focus includes engineering of non-model yeasts for production of biofuels and renewable chemicals, developing … microbe-microbe and plant-microbe interactions in various environments to improve crop yield, and developing a …

… of fermentative prokaryotes. The Science Most organisms use oxygen to convert food into energy. However, in environments with little or no oxygen, life had found other ways to … can use to thrive, the process can result in other end products including biofuels and other bioproducts. Summary …

… plant genomic capabilities, the DOE Joint Genome Institute works in partnership with the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology, which … It was developed to improve plant genome annotations at the US Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI)*, …

… and applying these engineered ecosystems across various biological contexts. The program fosters intimate, …

… fields look like popcorn is literally growing on plants, with fluffy white bolls bursting out of the green pods in … of the five major lineages of cotton;  G. tomentosum ,  G. mustelinum , and  G. darwinii are the others. All of these … Biotechnology. “The goal has been for all this new cotton work, and even the original cotton project was to try to …

… team led by researchers at the University of Texas (UT) at Austin, the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology … using samples collected at these gardens. Building off this work, researchers at three DOE Bioenergy Research Centers … the crop for additional end products. The genetic diversity within this set of plants, each with a fully-sequenced …

… may not seem to amount to much, the common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) is actually a vital source of protein in many … sequenced and analyzed the genome of the common bean. That work was published online June 8, 2014 in the journal Nature … . “Common beans are a major societal crop for those with severely limited income,” McClean said. “Common bean is …

… following his postdoctoral training at UC Berkeley and work in the pharmaceutical industry. He holds joint appointments as Fungal and Algal … in genome projects and organized numerous genomics workshops. … JGI. Click to learn more about the program's areas of focus, major initiatives and more.  …

… To put this evolutionary timescale in perspective, the genus Aspergillus has been evolving for 82 million years, … written in a yet-to-be-deciphered language. Researchers with the Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute … recognized this opportunity early, developing standardized workflows to produce high-quality, comparable genome …

… ] The Science The recipe for growing algae as a source of sustainable biofuels seems fairly simple: place these algae in a container with access to sunlight, water and carbon dioxide so they … pipeline. The Impact Part of the Department of Energy’s work toward developing a clean energy economy is developing …

… crop yields.  The Science The fire moss Ceratodon purpureus is a short plant with a complex genome . Now, high-quality reference genome … for male and female plants of fire moss. Most notably, the work revealed that the U and V sex chromosomes of fire moss … This work was supported by NSF DEB-1541005 and start-up funds …

… plants abide by the concept, “the more the merrier,” with respect to their genomes. In their base state, they are … (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at Lawrence Berkeley National … Lab), relied on a model grass system for answers. Their work  recently appeared in  Nature Communication s. The team …