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… In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have … co-led by Daniel Rokhsar, head of the JGI’s Computational Biology Program, along with JGI Computational Scientist … at the lab relegated the experimental scientist to library research for three months. While reading up on …

… In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have … human chromosomes: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory researchers were studying Chromosome 5, which contains about … J., Gordon, L., Olsen, A. et al. The DNA sequence and biology of human chromosome 19 . Nature. 428, 529–535 …

… Congratulations to the JGI’s Tanja Woyke , who has been elected to the American Academy of Microbiology (AAM) ! She is among the 68 new Fellows in the Class … was among the Lab’s 2015 Women @ the Lab honorees. Woyke’s research focuses on developing and harnessing single-cell …

… Meeting, with the theme “Science is Society,” hosts sessions in New Orleans and online. Register for the meeting here. Here are some … Town Hall on the role of user facilities in accelerating research and tips for submitting successful proposals: …

… Most species are diploids and have two sets of chromosomes, one from each parent. In contrast, many crops have multiple … the highly polyploid sugarcane, an international team of researchers has successfully assembled a first monoploid … Improving sugarcane breeding methods using molecular biology techniques has been hampered by the crop’s highly …

… vitamins; zinc fuels some of their most important functions. Even in the chilly waters of Antarctica, tiny … looking at how communities of these microalgae interact, researchers have found that polar algae rely on dissolved … Program, which explores genomics of algal diversity and biology to support basic science as well as bioenergy and …

… Brachypodium model system traces polyploid genome evolution. Flowering plants abide by the concept, “the more the … traits. Given the importance of polyploidy in plants, researchers have sought to learn the origins, evolution and … Berkeley; Gregor Mendel Institute of Molecular Plant Biology (Austria); Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and …

… “Microbes underpin so much of what we see on earth in terms of nutrient cycles and biogeochemical … Wilkins, Colorado State University GI users and microbiome researchers Mike Wilkins and his graduate student Kaela Amundson at Colorado State University have many questions about …

… Chloroplast mimic a platform to capture and utilize carbon in a synthetic fixation cycle. The Science Chloroplasts … convert them into energy that is then stored. A team led by researchers at the Max Planck Institute (MPI) for Terrestrial Microbiology and the University of Bordeaux have developed a …

… Dr. Vogel joined JGI in 2014 to establish a plant functional genomics program. Prior to this, he served as a Research Molecular Biologist at the USDA for 12 years where … genomic resources that fostered the widespread adoption of Brachypodium distachyon as an experimental model for …

… Researchers looked across many organisms to see that … To boost crops more efficiently in the future, the evolutionary past may hold key insights. The way that plants … faculty affiliate in the Environmental Genomics and Systems Biology Division of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory …

… biofuels seems fairly simple: place these algae in a container with access to sunlight, water and carbon dioxide … often by starting with identifying the right ingredients. Researchers collaborating across multiple institutions have … goal. In a collaborative effort published in Communications Biology , a team involving researchers at the U.S. …