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… — making it difficult to grasp a deeper understanding of fundamental aspects of fern biology and, more broadly, … associated genes are great resources for bioremediation, new agricultural applications or life-saving drugs. A better … for 35 species representing all major evolutionary lineages in the land plant tree of life. Ultimately, the …

JGI is in the process of shifting its operations from Walnut Creek to the heart of … installed at the  Integrative Genomics Building , JGI’s newly-built home located in the heart of the Berkeley Lab … stuff accumulated in offices, labs, lockers, and other storage spaces in Walnut Creek and deciding on what was …

… pursue her research interests in microbial ecology and metagenomics. Her current research focuses on leveraging thousands of metagenomic datasets from host-associated and … EA, et al. 2016. Global metagenomic survey reveals a new bacterial candidate phylum in geothermal springs. Nature …

… genome . Now, high-quality reference genome sequences of the male and female plants, each representing a single set of chromosomes, are available. The genome assemblies … continents, including Antarctica where it is a major part of the flora, fire moss has adapted to conditions such as UV …

The Science Within the archaeal domain, there is a group of tiny hitchhikers. These organisms are abundant and yet … interactions are difficult to study in the lab. Metagenomics provides new views of these relationships.  Recently , researchers …

… 600 million years ago. The Science By studying the genes of land plants’ closest algal relative,  Zygnematophyceae , … plants, based on shared genetic traits and evolutionary lineage. They provide a unique window into the adaptations that … and nutrient scarcity, suggesting the evolutionary lineage leading to land plants is more complex than previously …

… and Mark Soghomonian share what it was like to take on one of these genomes.  …

Annual Call. “It’s exciting to see the diverse portfolio of successful CSP proposals this year,” noted Tanja Woyke, … large-scale genomic science projects relevant to the DOE’s Office of Biological and Environmental Research (BER) … this call, as well as smaller-scale calls including our New Investigator and Functional Genomics calls, here on our …

A tall native plant of the North American prairie, switchgrass ( Panicum virgatum ) has long been a tantalizing potential biofuel feedstock. But switchgrass has a complex genome and, … as a species, encompasses dizzying diversity. So, a team of scientists made an ambitious plan to begin to link the …

The US Department of Energy’s favorite tree is poplar. They’re the fastest … to making poplar an economical and sustainable source of energy and materials. …

Mini-Metagenomics Approach Helps Identify Novel Archaeal Methane … archaea are estimated to produce 500 million tons of methane a year, which is over half the total global … These two things combined led us to conclude that our new methanogen did not belong to the Euryarchaeota, the …

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