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Mr. Schmutz’s involvement with the DOE Joint Genome Institute dates back to 1997, when he was working for the Stanford Human Genome Center, now the HudsonAlpha … T., Lovell, J. T.., et al. 2023. JGI plant gene atlas: an updateable transcriptome resource to improve functional gene …

… clues to disease-resistance that could prove fruitful for saving Citrus from greening disease. You’ve probably never heard of trifoliate orange. Otherwise known as  Poncirus trifoliata , it’s an evolutionary … fruit, yet sweet are its genetic secrets. This work builds upon JGI-supported research led by Gmitter and JGI’s Daniel …

Open Green Genomes hits milestone with C. richardii The Science Fern genomes are huge, and … in both genome content and structure following a genome duplication event that occured some 60 million years ago. … metabolites and associated genes are great resources for bioremediation, new agricultural applications or …

… clues to ancestral bacteria’s energy sources. More than two billion years ago, cyanobacteria acquired the ability to … 2019 in Nature Communications , two research teams joined forces and data sets to describe bacterial genomes for … (MAGs) dubbed Margulisbacteria, and had found they were closely related to another group of MAGs later dubbed …

New studies show methanogenesis is not exclusively for … amazed.”  From there, they were able to cultivate and more closely study the microorganisms that seemed mostly likely …

Understanding how a fundamental mechanism of evolution allows microbes to … dance between a virus and microbial cell is an embrace. For a virus with a “head-tail” morphology, this means using … cell’s membrane. Two decades ago, a team discovered a group of viruses that had in their genomes a surprising tool: a …

The JGI aims to inspire more students to enter the STEM workforce by fostering an understanding of our role in … from high school to community college. … University of California, Merced … Alabama A&M University … CalTeach … Biotech …

… (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab). The … 80 full proposals, resulting from 95 letters of intent. For the first time, 63 percent of the accepted proposals … Program . For example, green algae represent the largest group of primary producers generating organic compounds through …

Most organisms use oxygen to convert food into energy. However, in environments with little or no oxygen, life had … the range of bacteria and archaea that rely on this form of metabolism, researchers recently compiled a list of … Research (BER) program to enable scientific discovery in support of the DOE mission. Fermentative metabolism occurs in …

The Science One of the most vital pieces of equipment for fly fishing is a boxful of lures. Designed with feathers or wires to mimic an insect or a particular … caught several microbes from known cellulose-degrading groups, the researchers also hooked and were able to …