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… could boost biofuels and fertilize fields. So in 2010, the JGI helped publish the original genome sequence for the … able to look into soybean’s strengths – along with a fungus that threatens this important crop. Hear more about that work from researchers Gary Stacey (University of …

… insights into an ancient metabolism. Methane is a greenhouse gas 20 times more potent than carbon dioxide. Billions … the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility, for publicly … and cleanup. The JGI provides integrated high-throughput sequencing and computational analysis that enable …

… an internship program to bring students to the JGI for research training experience. Enabled by the DOE … fellow interns and scientists alike. Want to learn more about their experience? Watch the short video below. Video … fall for my master’s in plant soil science and my career focus is plant breeding. Ti’Yanna Watson: My mentor is Dr. Yi …

Virophages are small viruses with double-stranded DNA genomes that co-infect … a cysteine protease involved in capsid maturation. Recently reported in  Microbiome , researchers from the US Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science facility, have increased the …

… is the world’s leading soybean producer , and soybeans are used to produce biodiesel. The fungus  Phakopsora pachyrhizi … Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA)  proposed sequencing a reference genome for  P. pachyrhizi to develop … to counter soybean rust disease. Soybean itself is a  JGI Flagship plant genome , and JGI  published its genome …

The Science Chloroplasts are the factories in plant cells. Using photosynthesis, they take raw materials including … provided the Erb lab with enzymes that led to a previously reported synthetic CO2-fixation pathway called the “CETCH … Office of Science User Facility (contract no. DE-AC02-05CH11231) with T.J.E. as grantee. J.-C.B. acknowledges the …

Hosted by the JGI and co-organized with NIST,  the goal of the Viral … together a “Viral EcoGenomics” community to foster discussion on how to best capture and characterize uncultivated viruses, understand the role of viruses in natural ecosystems, …

We count on livestock for food and fiber, but raising these animals also produces an atmosphere-warming gas: methane. … and archaea breaking down plant matter. So since 2010, the JGI has supported researchers studying those microbial methane-makers. Eventually, that could help us dial back their emissions, while still producing things …

New studies show methanogenesis is not exclusively for Euryarchaeota. Atmospheric levels of methane, a … the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at … Alternate Metabolic Pathways And there is something special about these new lineages recently tied to methanogenesis. …