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… JGI Engagement: Accessing Functional Genomics Capabilities Webinar inviting researchers to submit white papers to the … exist back then,” said Hal Alper, a University of Texas at Austin professor, “but we really first heard about the JGI synthesis grant during a presentation that …

… have diversified into an estimated 2–6 million species — dwarfing the diversity of plants. To put this evolutionary timescale in perspective, the genus Aspergillus has been evolving for 82 million years, … and ancient origins, fungi remain largely mysterious. Only about 200,000 fungal species have been named. Among those …

… development, dozens of reference genomes and thousands of resequenced sorghum varieties, a resource for … once, producing a pangenome resource for sorghum , recently reported in Nature . “We wanted to build a resource that … how we think of things that we thought we knew everything about,” said Lovell.  In future work, a pangenome offers …

… Open Green Genomes hits milestone with C. richardii The Science Fern genomes are huge, and … well as the evolution of seed plants, the fern’s distant cousin. Ceratopteris richardii, or C-fern, specifically has … of plant-based biofuels and bioproducts. ( Learn more about OGG in  this episode of to the JGI podcast Genome …

… Register here The workshop is addressed to students and professionals of … biomedical research, the health sciences and related fields who are interested in learning and sharing concepts, tools … Several sessions will be devoted to training in the use of the Integrated Microbial Genomes & Microbiomes …

… Register here for the workshop The MGM Workshop is Module 4 of the Fisabio Summer … Several sessions will be devoted to training in the use of the Integrated Microbial Genomes & Microbiomes … (IMG/M) system, presented by Rekha Seshadri and Mateus Fiamenghi from the Microbiome Data Science group. …

… reductase system, researchers could open avenues for using bacteria to produce ethylene and more.  Microbes excel … in point: for us, the smell of the ocean simply signals we’re near the beach. For bacteria, that salty, slightly … contexts.  “That allows us now to really start thinking about the structure-function relationship. What could we do, …

… Management Group, attended a conference in Florida to discuss a JGI pilot project involving soil sampling in the … the next generation of scientists. She shares her thoughts about the experience below. In the summer of 2018, Jonathan Benskin was preparing to … of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science User Facility  located at Lawrence Berkeley National …

… library approach to tuning gene expression in metabolic pathways. Compared to the traditional way, which leverages an … approach to expression, scientists can now opt for various shades of grey. The ability to fine-tune the level of … the realm of bioenergy optimization. Summary Life is all about balance. This study,  recently published in the  …

… unexpected complexity At first glance, the slightly murky waters in the tube look like a scoop of stormwater, complete … be single bacterial cells, visible to the naked eye. The unusual size is notable because bacteria aren’t usually … explained. “This kind of discovery opens new questions about bacterial morphotypes that have never been studied …

… Kaushal Sharma, one of five Antioch High School rising juniors who participated in internships at the DOE Joint Genome … tasks we assigned.”       Click here to watch a video about the Biotech Partner summer interns at the JGI. What …

… The Science In a recent Microbiome paper , scientists focused on the conifer needle microbiome. The phyllosphere, which is known as the aerial surface of plants, is a … pine, Douglas fir and Engelmann spruce–to learn more about conifer needle microbiomes. The survey showed what …