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… For the Joint Genome Institute, the end of 2018 was marked by a celebration of contributing over one “petabase” – a quadrillion … dedication event of the Integrative Genomics Building—the new home of the JGI and KBase in the heart of the Lab’s …

… Science Program (CSP), researchers are developing a number of resources to build up Sphagnum as a plant model system … up nearly 3 percent of the earth’s land surface. In the New Phytologist, researchers led by David Weston of Oak … as “an unparalleled model system for ecological and evolutionary genomics .” Understanding the nature and …

… data set will help identify how different elements of the ecosystem interact and respond to changes in the … their genetic diversity. They hold economic value as both biofuel feedstock and their role in carbon sequestration. … response to its surroundings — illuminating the molecular mechanisms for adaptation within the trees. The data set …

… Miscanthus  sequence offers insights into benefits of polyploidy and … of rapidly growing plants whose biomass can be renewably converted into energy or biofuels. Although a member … models, Miscanthus has a large and complex genome whose evolutionary history and perennial lifecycle makes it …

… Populations of Antarctic lake microbial communities change with the … with light availability. A long-running time-series study offers a first glimpse into a full season’s cycle of this … evolved separately from other similar systems, and offers new clues into a unique environment in the natural world. …

… The chromosome-scale genome sequence of trifoliate orange yields clues to disease-resistance that … from greening disease. You’ve probably never heard of trifoliate orange. Otherwise known as  Poncirus trifoliata , it’s an evolutionary cousin of the  Citrus genus, which gives us …

… user engagement. The Science In addition to the core set of "primary metabolites"—chemical compounds shared by most … growth and reproduction—most organisms produce a set of "secondary metabolites," chemical compounds that often … more than 13 million BGCs in the catalog at the time of publication, it is the largest repository of BGC sequence …

… An article summarizing the field of viral metagenomics, authored by JGI researchers Lee … , was  recently published in the journal  Annual Review of Biomedical Data Science . The following guest piece was … are at fending off the infection, and how long this evolutionary arms race has been going on.  Answering these …

… Over the course of the summer, the JGI-UC Merced Genomics Internship paired … interactions to functional genomics. Hear from five of the Summer 2019 interns, who briefly shared their … a great opportunity to study and learn something totally new during my Ph.D. What is/has been one of your favorite …

… For the first time, a team analyzes the transcriptomes of a lichen fungus and alga to understand their partnership … is a superorganism: one being that is actually comprised of two (or more) participants. One is a fungus (usually … latitude ecosystems, deciphering their internal molecular mechanisms can help researchers better model global carbon …

… JGI’s  PhycoCosm data portal , an interactive collection of sequenced algal genomes, omics data and comparative … trees are based upon? A: This is still work in progress as new genomes are being added. We do plan to publish the tree … on, there are 7 genomes on NCBI but your portal has only 2 of them. A: Watch the video (above) for the answer provided …

…   Hosted by the DOE Joint Genome Institute, the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and the Desert Research Institute, the … 2025 NeLLi Symposium delves into the most recent expansions of the Tree of Life and latest discoveries toward the … of cellular complexity, the tree of life, cultivation of new lineages and the function of candidate lineages in …