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… potential carbon cycling impact.   The Science Enabled by the JGI’s Community Science Program (CSP), researchers are developing a number of resources to build up Sphagnum as a plant model system focused on carbon cycling studies, rather …

A nuanced understanding of peat moss drives insight into carbon … to the atmosphere. Peat bogs also serve the ecosystem by minimizing flood risks and filtering water. Peat formed … bogs have two distinct zones: Hummocks and hollows flow like hills and valleys, on a smaller scale. Depending on the …

New genomes highlight the diversity of white rot fungi in the genus Lentinula   The Science … they often source their nutrients — the shii tree, a Japanese relative of the oak. These fungi are part of the … a  genomic look at Lentinula samples from around the world. By complete sequencing of 24 new mushroom genomes, and …

In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have revisited a number of notable … That study multiplied the number of known viral genes by a factor of 16. The same year, the JGI expanded its …

JGI is in the process of shifting its operations from Walnut Creek to the heart of the Berkeley Lab campus. By Friday, October 18, the production sequencing labs in … at maximum) maintained by a workforce that numbered more than 100 at its peak, all the machines were switched off. Over …

Scientists have discovered that the candidate bioenergy feedstock switchgrass has adapted to … habitat range. But at what cost?  A collaborative team led by researchers at the University of Texas (UT) at Austin, the HudsonAlpha Institute for …

Biotechnology! Loretta Spencer served as a manyterm mayor of Huntsville, Alabama and is known for her contributions to … was a group lead at Stanford Human Genome Center directed by Richard Myers, and among the Center staff that moved to … large-scale multi-institutional JGI projects and resulting publications that Grimwood contributed to include: A 2021 …

To provide broad plant genomic capabilities, the DOE Joint Genome Institute … which specializes in genome improvement for plants. As part of that partnership, the JGI and HudsonAlpha researchers led … difficult. Our Plant Gene Atlas resource addresses that by providing standardized experimental conditions, tissue …

… from herbivore poop make surprisingly complex compounds — an energetically expensive feat thought to be too costly for … The Science Anaerobic fungi, which die in the presence of oxygen, dwell in herbivore guts and help them digest … to help bolster the bioeconomy. Summary A team led by Michelle O’Malley, a chemical engineer at the University …

In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have revisited a number of notable … as a biofuel. To this end, a team of researchers led by Jeremy Schmutz of the JGI and the HudsonAlpha Institute …

In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have revisited a number of notable … scientists to study microorganisms that can’t be cultured by analyzing and then extrapolating data obtained from …