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… By leveraging new tools and large-scale data mining, JGI researchers nearly tripled the available fungal … potential for AI-driven studies of energy metabolism. The Science Researchers produced nearly 10,000 new annotations … standardized structure of the dataset position it as a resource for AI-driven approaches to predicting fungal …

… Lab biologist Jennifer Pett-Ridge collaborated with JGI scientists on an ambitious project: to bring in robots to help process experiments that measure microbial activity in soil. Now, the researchers and robots …

… to freely investigate the genes of more than 100 algae. The Science Interested in the genomes of algae? You now have one … of its kind, with an interactive browser that allows algal scientists and enthusiasts to look deep into more than 100 … They play key roles in global carbon cycling, are sources of natural products, and have potential as biofuel …

… growth of poplar, a potential biofuel feedstock.     The Science The fungus  Mortierella elongata enjoys a dual … effort to understand its influence on the plant, a team of scientists studied what happens to the tree’s physical … as secreted proteins. However,  M. elongata  seems to encourage the plant to have leakier cell walls and weaker …

… On September 1, JGI held a JGI Engagement: Pro Tips for Successful Community Science Program (CSP) Applications Webinar inviting … Investigator call for proposals.  Tips: Contact us with your questions (jgi[email protected]) Carefully read … working to address some of the most pressing challenges of our time. For more information, please visit  …

… can work toward advancing sugarcane biotechnology. The Science Considered the world’s most harvested crop by … The Impact In providing a reference sugarcane  genome , the JGI provides foundational genetic information that crop … cultivar R570 has been generated and  reported in the journal  Nature . The work led by researchers at Australia’s …

… Open Green Genomes hits milestone with C. richardii The Science Fern genomes are huge, and incredibly complex — … secondary metabolites and associated genes are great resources for bioremediation, new agricultural applications or … the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at …

… genetic toolkit of ancestral and present-day plants The Science In a recent  Nature Genetics paper , researchers … about their ability to adapt to changing environments, scientists have turned their attention to the pangenomes of … of the  Marchantia pangenome, scientists developed a resource that associates plant’s genetic variants with specific …

… Dr. Rokhsar joined the JGI in 2000 as the founding Associate Director for … over fifty plant and animal genomes. He currently leads the JGI’s Computational Genomics group, and is past lead of the Eukaryotic Genome Program (2010-2019), and JGI Chief Informatics Officer (2013-2016). Dr. Rokhsar …

… insights into benefits of polyploidy and perenniality. The Science A reference genome sequence and genomic toolkit for … team. The work was a joint effort led by scientists at the Center for Advanced Bioenergy and … to novel traits. M. sinensis is a tetraploid, with four sets of chromosomes; the study showed that these sets …