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… also holds a joint appointment with the University of California, Berkeley. Nowadays, Session is an Assistant … arise when different ancestral species crossbreed before genome doubling. In allopolyploids, the set of … a subgenome. Session and Rokhsar, building on work with former JGI postdoc Jarrod Chapman, developed a method to …

… is characteristic of the sex chromosomes of mammals is, for the first time, seen in a plant. The Science Sex in … familiar with: differentiating into male and female sexes. For the first time, the sex chromosomes of shrub willow have … structure. Scientists found both a gene likely important for sex determination and a shared genetic architecture with …

… from the ACTIVE SITES Research Center (ACSI), the Centre for Water and Environmental Research (ZWU) of the University … biology, omics, and big data science, machine learning for experimental science, energy conversion and water … Synchrotron Infrared Structural Biology (BSISB) Program for the characterization of biological processes was of high …

… For the first time, a team analyzes the transcriptomes of a … that colonizes Brock and gives him super strength. For lichen, the partnership is more commonplace — though … research, many of the symbiosis’ details remain unclear. For the first time, a team has analyzed in parallel the …

… in soil health through nitrogen-fixation and holds clues for maximizing soybean, the common bean’s close relative, as … by Jeremy Schmutz of the JGI and the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology; Phil McClean of North Dakota State … Nature Genetics . “Common beans are a major societal crop for those with severely limited income,” McClean said. …

… surface of plants, is a comparatively understudied area of forest ecosystems as past studies have mainly focused on … both local conditions and the movement of microbes through forest canopies.  The Impact This work, enabled in part by … the capacity to metabolize the same chemicals conifers use for defending themselves, which has important implications …

… the DOE Joint Genome Institute (JGI) and University of California (UC), Merced. What started with 2 interns in the … the Lab. “This project represents part of our long term efforts to contribute towards a diverse workforce and scientific community (working with the JGI) as …

… most abundant plants in the ocean, originated in Japan before spreading around the globe. Now, scientists have shed … Nature Plants , was able to assess absolute time estimates for major colonization events. It was previously assumed, … just 0.2% of the ocean floor, these meadows are responsible for almost one-third of carbon sequestered in the ocean. In …

… 25-plus years since the JGI’s inception, making it possible for researchers to get a close look at more ecosystems and organisms than ever before. In 2006, the JGI produced 33 billion base pairs of … to high-quality, assembled datasets from all of this information. The JGI aims to create pipelines, tools and other …

… array of combinations, are unremarkable, save perhaps for the absence of all the other letters of the alphabet. … an innovative way to rapidly capture the binding location for most transcription factors in a species,” O’Malley said. … that you’re going to need to then probe the genomic DNA for the binding sites.” The technology expresses the …

… New studies show methanogenesis is not exclusively for Euryarchaeota. Atmospheric levels of methane, a potent … called methanogenesis. Methanogenic microorganisms therefore play a critical role in the global carbon cycle, and are of significant interest for their potential contributions to a sustainable …

… For the first time in several years, the DOE Joint Genome … UC Merced students this past summer. This year’s cohort for the JGI-UC Merced Internship Program was brimming with … reported were incredibly valuable to their careers going forward. Watch this short video (below) to hear more about …