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… group. His research interests lie in use and development of bioinformatics tools for elucidation of biosynthetic gene clusters in bacteria and fungi. Prior to joining the JGI, he spent time as a faculty member at the University of Rhode Island, …

Learn more about MycoCosm, a data portal with over 2,000 fungal genomes and multi-omics datasets, equipped …

A genetic architecture that is characteristic of the sex chromosomes of mammals is, for the first time, seen in a plant. The Science Sex in plants can be … reproduce can help guide breeding efforts. For example, discovering genetic markers of sex enables scientists to develop …

… his backyard in Tennessee — the birds are chirping and a soft breeze ripples through the trees in his backyard. … planet’s landmass, peat moss and their subsurface bogs hold over 30% of the world’s carbon. “This makes it one of the … into the world of evolutionary biology. And around that time, a collaborative internship program between the JGI and …

… at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and an Adjunct Professor of Plant and Microbial Biology at University of California, … launched the JGI Fungal Genomics program which resulted in over 2500 fungal genomes in the JGI MycoCosm portal. In …

The chromosome-scale genome sequence of trifoliate orange yields clues to disease-resistance that … a UF/IFAS professor of citrus breeding genetics and longtime JGI collaborator, are senior authors of the  recent … in  The Plant Journal.  this study included the discovery of candidate genes that confer resistance to citrus …

A collaborative team led by Hao Tan from the Sichuan Academy of Agricultural Sciences in China and involving Francis … While scientists and biotechnological engineers all over the world continued to seek other ways to make morels … to address some of the most pressing challenges of our time. For more information, please visit  …

… exist without cyanobacteria; they began oxygenating Earth over two billion years ago. A team of researchers set out to Yellowstone National Park to study … surprises, adopted new technologies, and made a few discoveries about the microbial mat denizens.  …