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A genetic architecture that is characteristic of the sex chromosomes of mammals is, for … in mammals: a structure that helps correct deleterious mutations. The Impact Shrub willow and its close relative  Populus trichocarpa,  or the poplar tree, are potential biofuel …

A team has optimized a crucial part of CRISPR-Cas9 technology to … of the genes in a lipid-prolific yeast. The Impact The team used this set of guide RNAs on  Yarrowia lipolytica to … furthers the U.S. Department of Energy’s goal of producing sustainable fuels from alternative sources. Moreover, the …

… of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) hosted a pitch event promoting fully-supported summer research collaborations through the U.S. … are solicited annually for the summer term (May through August) and selected projects will receive stipend and travel …

Gardeners and farmers around the country recognize that crop … team led by researchers at the University of Texas (UT) at Austin, the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology … (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at Lawrence Berkeley National …

Brachypodium model system traces polyploid genome evolution. Flowering plants … (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at Lawrence Berkeley National … and in the laboratory. “We are fortunate because the progenitor species of  Brachypodium hybridum are …

…   To understand virus-host dynamics, computation helps fill in what cultivation can’t. The Science At first, viruses are merely toolkits. To do anything, they must find a …

Genomes from uncultivated bacteria offers clues to ancestral … popularizer and communicator (and at one time, the spouse of Lynn Margulis). The information was then used to predict the metabolic strategies applied by a common …

Describing the largest analysis to date of the modified DNA … the genome. Many plant pathogens such as the fungi that cause poplar leaf rust, are rich in transposons, which may help the pathogens …

Congratulations to the 2021 Highly Cited Researchers at the JGI! They are … Nikos Kyrpides Dan Rokhsar Simon Roux Jeremy Schmutz Susannah Tringe Tanja Woyke Below are a few projects each of … (Watch SCGSR fellows Nick Reichart and Ian Rambo talk about their experiences at the JGI.) Igor Grigoriev hosted …

Team develops a computational pipeline to sift and characterize RNA virus sequences.  A zoo once offered a coloring book featuring … polar bears in winter scenes that came with crayons in various shades of white. To researchers searching for sequences …

Antarctic algae need their vitamins; zinc fuels some of their most important functions. Even … (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at Lawrence Berkeley National … a cold-adapted microalga: the diatom Fragilariopsis cylindrus . At that time, they noted that the F. cylindrus genome …

Blaby-Haas joined the JGI in 2022 as lead of the Biomolecular … Molecular Foundry, a nanoscale research and knowledge-based user facility at Berkeley lab. She earned her PhD in … analysis of two extremophilic algae reveals iron economy management. PNAS  120(30):e2305495120. Pasquini M, Grosjean …