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The Science Chloroplasts are the factories in plant cells. Using photosynthesis, they take raw materials including … from the atmosphere than current natural processes and use it as a sustainable resource for making high-value … the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at …

The Science The first step in the deadly dance between a virus and microbial cell is an embrace. For a virus with a “head-tail” morphology, this means using proteins … the US Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science user facility located at …

… (UC), Berkeley, UC Agriculture and Natural Resources (ANR), US Department of Agriculture P­­lant Gene Expression Center, … and the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at Lawrence Berkeley National …

… were developed specifically to turn their biomass into sustainable biofuel and bioproducts. John Mullet, a biologist at Texas A&M University, tells us how sorghum’s historical — and literal — roots could play …

Laboratory, believes they can. And, what’s more, that using gene editing technology to conscientiously mix traits of different plant species will help us get there. …

… scant, Ace Lake’s bacteria instead go through a boom and bust cycle aligned with light availability. A long-running … cycling takes place only on a microbial level. Previous studies focused on the Southern Ocean have found that in … Ace Lake were collected over a 10-year period and sent to JGI for metagenomic sequencing. A study  recently published …

… is the world’s leading soybean producer , and soybeans are used to produce biodiesel. The fungus  Phakopsora pachyrhizi causes Asian Soybean Rust (ASR) … to counter soybean rust disease. Soybean itself is a  JGI Flagship plant genome , and JGI  published its genome …

… different lifestyles. The Science The bacterium SAR324 is unusually cosmopolitan. In the ocean’s North Pacific … surface, to the blue-lit twilight zone, to the continuous pressure of the dark abyss, 4000 m (2.5 miles) deep. … at the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at …

… the location of genes that provide resistance to the brown rust disease that can devastate a crop. The Impact In providing a reference sugarcane  genome , the JGI provides foundational genetic information that crop breeders can use to improve sugarcane varieties and advance a sustainable …

… sigma factors that initiate transcription in bacteria. Using this technology, which combines an in vitro … coelicolor . The Impact As an integrative genome science user facility, connecting genes to functions is part of the … the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at …