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Ancient Algae Reveal Secrets of Plant Evolution
… Research uncovers the genetic foundations that helped plants conquer land over 600 million years ago. The Science By studying the genes of land … This work was funded by the US National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER award (DBI-1652164, 1933521), the Nebraska …
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Genome-based analysis of virulence determinants of a Serratia marcescens strain from soft tissues following a snake bite
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Pyrosequencing Reveals High-Temperature Cellulolytic Microbial Consortia in Great Boiling Spring after In Situ Lignocellulose Enrichment
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Functional Gene Losses Occur with Minimal Size Reduction in the Plastid Genome of the Parasitic Liverwort Aneura mirabilis
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Insights into the Evolution of Mitochondrial Genome Size from Complete Sequences of Citrullus lanatus and Cucurbita pepo (Cucurbitaceae)
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Complete Genome of Oil-Rich Alga Reveals Ideal Platform for Bioengineering
… decoded the genome of an oil-producing green alga, and demonstrated precise gene targeting in the genome in the … also simplifies metabolic modeling and pathway optimization for enhanced lipid production. Also notable, researchers found it is missing 33 genes …
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A Better Way to Find RNA Virus Needles in the Proverbial Database Haystacks
… Team develops a computational pipeline to sift and characterize RNA virus sequences.  A zoo once offered a coloring book featuring polar bears in winter scenes that came with crayons in various shades of white. To researchers searching for … of Science User Facility  located at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, is committed to advancing genomics in …
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Jeremy Schmutz
… working for the Stanford Human Genome Center, now the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology. There he constructed the pipelines for directed finishing and co-led … DOE human chromosomes 5, 16, and 19. Following the completion of the Human Genome Project in 2003, he developed …
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Supercharging SIP in the Fungal Hyphosphere
… stable isotope probing helps ID novel interactions between bacteria and fungi The Science Researchers have successfully automated aspects of a commonly-used process for studying microbial communities, with … a particular fungi, researchers identified novel interactions between bacteria and the fungi. The Impact Stable …
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Trent Northen
… programs using mass spectrometry for energy and environmental research, including through the Joint BioEnergy … available to JGI users.  Dr. Northen’s research is focused on using metabolomics to link genomes with environments to understand how webs of microbes cycle carbon and …
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Enhancing microRNA167A expression in seed decreases the α‐linolenic acid content and increases seed size in Camelina sativa
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Tanja Woyke
… After studying the mechanism of action of antifungal natural products and their derivatives … in 2004. The main object of her research was the symbiont community of a gutless oligochaete for which she deciphered function and host-symbiont interplay using metagenomics. Taking on …
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