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… Researchers at the JGI develop a tool to quickly and … forms of MGEs are viruses and plasmids. They can be found in virtually all of Earth’s ecosystems. A software tool  … This is because MGEs can affect a microbe’s ability to cycle nutrients or produce new chemicals. They can also …

… system traces polyploid genome evolution. Flowering plants abide by the concept, “the more the merrier,” … traits. Given the importance of polyploidy in plants, researchers have sought to learn the origins, evolution and … three  Brachypodium  grasses have small genomes, short life cycles and can be easily transformed, traits that make them …

… Ian Gilman, Louis Graf, Yuxi Guo, Shaomei He, Vayu Hill- Maini, Forrest Lefler, Pok Man (Bob) Leung and Huang Li; … Yong Zhang and Zhiping Zhong. (All images courtesy of the researchers) Each year, the JGI searches for novel research … on rhizosphere microbiomes, and the metabolic pathways of algae. They will harness JGI capabilities such as …

… For accepted proposals, sequencing, synthesis, metabolomics and analysis will be paid for by the Department of Energy’s funding of the JGI. There is no cost to the user and no granting … ONGOING CLOSED Who Should Apply? Investigators with research projects that integrate the expertise and …

… A group led by JGI scientists have made strides in improving and applying a method that allows researchers to quickly modify diverse bacterial genomes. In … Biology , Yoshikuni and JGI’s Jan-Fang Cheng and Trent Northen teamed with longtime JGI collaborator Jeffery Dangl …

… our 2024 Community Science Program Annual Call. “It’s exciting to see the diverse portfolio of successful CSP proposals … who heads JGI’s User Programs. “These PIs have proposed research that addresses various important scientific questions … in: sustainable biofuel and bioproducts production, global carbon and nutrient cycling, and biogeochemistry. You can …

… range. But at what cost?  A collaborative team led by researchers at the University of Texas (UT) at Austin, the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology … Panicum virgatum , is a widespread, perennial grass in North America that has been the target of extensive natural …

… and postdoc at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, is using bioinformatics and isotopes to track how viruses influence the flow of carbon in permafrost.  …

… In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have … close relative, as a biofuel. To this end, a team of researchers led by Jeremy Schmutz of the JGI and the … HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology; Phil McClean of North Dakota State University; Dan Rokhsar of the JGI; and …

… An article summarizing the field of viral metagenomics, authored by JGI … the planet’s oceans can exert great influence on earth’s carbon and nitrogen cycles. Currently one of the best ways to study such viruses … The U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science User Facility …

… A two-day kick-off meeting held at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley … jointly expanding into new areas of research. The extensive algae collection at University of Duisburg-Essen is of … Belisario, Greg Hura, Jan Kern, Nikos Kyrpides, Trent Northen, Robert Kostecki, Susan Tsutakawa, Junko Yano, and …

… Metagenome-assembled archaeal genomes provide new insights into an ancient metabolism. Methane is a greenhouse gas 20 times more potent than carbon dioxide. Billions of years ago, methane-producing … known methanogens. With the help of this information, the researchers found evolutionary relationships between …