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… capabilities to enable great science that will help solve energy and environmental challenges. The 1KFG project … countries. (Graphic: Neil Byers) The JGI launched the 1000 Fungal Genomes (1KFG) Project through a 2012 Community … along with 100 of his colleagues in the comparative plant genomics community. The project’s aim is to generate …

… the pharmaceutical industry. He holds joint appointments as Fungal and Algal Program Head at the JGI, a Senior Scientist … Berkeley National Laboratory, and an Adjunct Professor of Plant and Microbial Biology at University of California, … from protists to plants. In 2009, he launched the JGI Fungal Genomics program which resulted in over 2500 fungal …

… What grass is a prized ornamental and a bioenergy plant? Meet Miscanthus , an attractive addition to … biology and the economic terrain to help make the plant a viable alternative to fossil fuels. …

… with the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology for our Plant Program, and is further leveraging the services of the … Genomics Institute for DNA and RNA extractions to support plant and other efforts. The JGI works closely with DOE computational facilities (e.g., the National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC) and data …

… of years, underground fungi have lived in symbiosis with plant roots. Plants provide photosynthesized carbon, while … Cole is a research scientist at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of … to look at gene expression in both plant cells and fungal cells. Using a technique called single nuclei RNA …

… capabilities to enable great science that will help solve energy and environmental challenges.   Scanning the … ra-MOR-um) the genus in Latin translates to “plant destroyer” and it has served as just that on a … harvests. The subsequent comparative analysis of these two pathogens, led by the JGI and Virginia Polytechnic Institute …

… Tracking evolution of symbiotic lifestyles across multiple fungal lineages. The Science By comparing 135 fungal … evolved to establish symbiotic relationships with plants (mycorrhizae), and particularly how fungi that feed … associations allow host plants, such as candidate  bioenergy feedstock crops, to acquire nutrients. Additionally, …

… DAN: You’re listening to the US Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute’s “Natural Prodcast,” a … where I was a graduate student. Aflatoxin, of course, is a fungal natural product which is a liver toxin when humans … transcriptomics, metabolomics, and natural products in plants, fungi, and microorganisms. If you want to …

… DAN UDWARY: You’re listening to the Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute’s Natural Prodcast– a podcast … Yeah, so any metabolite, produced by bacterial or fungal metabolism by microbes, will have a functional role. … could be a reasonable number if you are talking about a plant and a microbe interacting very stably. So it makes …

… is active for 3 years with the possibility for extension. Fungal genomes, for instance, can take up to a year or more … of fungi, algae, protists, bacteria, archaea, viruses, plants, including microbial communities and plant-microbe interactions. However, you are encouraged to …