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… which specializes in genome improvement for plants. As part of that partnership, the JGI and HudsonAlpha researchers led … out to characterize the transcriptome – the complete set of RNA molecules transcribed from all the genes within a … helps identify the molecular targets for plant improvement. Surprisingly, about 16 to 56 percent of plant genes are …

… 600 million years ago. The Science By studying the genes of land plants’ closest algal relative,  Zygnematophyceae , scientists have enhanced our understanding of how early plants transitioned from water to land. Key … and multicellularity enabled plants to develop complex structures and adapt to changing environments — ultimately …

… Computing Facility (OLCF), NVIDIA, and the Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science user facility, aims to explore applications in …

… A workflow for capturing the genetic make-up of specific uncultivated microbes from complex environmental … deployed a pipeline to first target cells from communities of uncultivated microbes, and then efficiently retrieve and … great strides in generating genome sequences for members of the microbial world through bulk community sequencing …

… Antarctic algae need their vitamins; zinc fuels some of their most important functions. Even in the chilly waters of Antarctica, tiny ocean-dwellers called phytoplankton play … microscopic algae have managed to adapt to a unique set of conditions in polar waters, including vast shifts in …

… gas 20 times more potent than carbon dioxide. Billions of years ago, methane-producing archaea likely played a key role in determining the composition of the Earth’s atmosphere and regulating the global climate … to flourish. For Guillaume Borrel and Simonetta Gribaldo of the Institut Pasteur in France, the importance of …

… tiny algae. The cold polar oceans give rise to some of the largest food webs on Earth. And at their base are … is displacing these important cold-water communities of algae with warm-adapted ones, a trend that threatens to … food web and change the oceans as we know them. At the base of marine food webs are microscopic photosynthesizing …

… In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have revisited a … and environmental challenges. Switchgrass is a native, shrubby grass that can grow year-over-year on marginal soil … means most genes are found as multiple copies across the chromosomes. In a follow-up study , researchers focused on …

… Panicum hallii genomes offer insights to drought tolerance. The Science Researchers … feedstock with a complex genome with multiple copies of its chromosomes. Switchgrass has deep roots that allow it … The work conducted by the US Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science …

… ice in the Arctic has decreased by more than 30% in terms of quantity and thickness. Replacing older, thicker ice with … surface where algae grow. Armed with a better understanding of the alga’s stress resistance and ability to adapt to … to better manage the growth, yield and climate resilience of algae — for potential use as biomass or in biomass …

… plant mass for conversion to sustainable, alternative biofuels and bioproducts. This study lends insights on how the … 5, 2018 in The ISME Journal , a team led by University of Oslo scientists and including researchers at the Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science User Facility, compared the genomes of two …

… For many scientists, the culmination of their work into a written report that is published in a … above all else, determination. Rhondene Wint, an alumna of the DOE Joint Genome Institute (JGI)-UC Merced internship … said. For Axel Visel, JGI Science Deputy and a co-founder of the internship program, this type of achievement is …