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Busting the Unbreakable Lignin
… of plant components   The Science There are three main ingredients to tackle when it comes to breaking down a … at the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science User Facility at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and two DOE Bioenergy Research Centers, …
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Meeting Code of Conduct
… staff of the JGI events are required to adhere to the following Code of Conduct. Event organizers will enforce this Code throughout the entire event. All … where everyone feels welcome to participate, speak up, ask questions, and engage in conversation. This requires an …
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Evolution of a Fungal Gene Expression Regulator
Describing the largest analysis to date of the modified DNA base … the pathogens evade a plant’s defenses. Understanding the role of transposons and 5mC in fungi could help researchers … Fungal Genomes initiative of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science …
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The genome of Syntrophorhabdus aromaticivorans strain UI provides new insights for syntrophic aromatic compound metabolism and electron flow
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New Biological Insights Into How Deforestation in Amazonia Affects Soil Microbial Communities Using Metagenomics and Metagenome-Assembled Genomes
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Sequence-based bioprospecting of myo-inositol oxygenase (Miox) reveals new homologues that increase glucaric acid production in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
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JGI Contributes Eight to 2023 Highly Cited Researchers list
… the 2023 Highly Cited Researchers from the JGI recognized for their “significant influence in their chosen field or fields through the … published work included investigating sphagnum moss and the role the plant’s sex plays in its resiliency, as well as a …
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A Step Toward Controlling Soybean Rust
The United States  is the world’s leading soybean producer , and soybeans are used to produce … reduce crop yields by as much as 90 percent. As part of the DOE Joint Genome Institute’s  2016 Community Science Program portfolio , Sebastien Duplessis of the French National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA)  …
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Ancient Algae Reveal Secrets of Plant Evolution
… land over 600 million years ago. The Science By studying the genes of land plants’ closest algal relative,  … Community Science Program of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), scientists sequenced the …
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Population Level Analysis of Evolved Mutations Underlying Improvements in Plant Hemicellulose and Cellulose Fermentation by Clostridium phytofermentans
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Defining the Sphagnum Core Microbiome across the North American Continent Reveals a Central Role for Diazotrophic Methanotrophs in the Nitrogen and Carbon Cycles of Boreal Peatland Ecosystems
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An Enzyme Family that Helped Shape Nitrogen Metabolism on Our Planet
Researchers looked across many organisms to see that aminotransferase enzymes have evolved mix-and-match … aminotransferases (ATs). These enzymes play a crucial role in how an organism processes both carbon and nitrogen. … Wisconsin-Madison as well as the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science …
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