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… the largest analysis to date of the modified DNA base 5mC variations in fungi. The Science Changing an A, C, T or … the genome. Many plant pathogens such as the fungi that cause poplar leaf rust, are rich in transposons, which may … the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility, and others like …

David Hibbett of Clark University fills us in on the kind of decay that makes shiitake mushrooms special. This week, he and 39 collaborators published a paper tracing how these mushrooms have evolved.  …

New Graduate Internship Program Builds Bridges Between DOE JGI, UC Merced Days after presenting the results of his … Joint Genome Institute (DOE JGI), a DOE Office of Science user facility, Keedrian Olmstead was back on campus at the University of California, Merced to start …

In this episode, we peer into plant cells. Researchers are using measurements from single cells to understand which … and more. And eventually, their findings could help us grow better crops, with less impact on our planet. …

Studying the  genomes of microorganisms is incredibly useful for understanding the microbiome of the earth, but … The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at … of Science of the U.S. Department of Energy [DE-AC02-05CH11231]. Dr. Charles Gawad has been supported for this …

… of the National Academy of Sciences . The team focused on the dominant bacterial clades shared between honey … pollen’s pectin and hemicellulose are degraded mainly by just two clades:  Gilliamella,  which mostly resides in the … and environmental characterization and cleanup. The JGI provides integrated high-throughput sequencing and …

The Science Chloroplasts are the factories in plant cells. Using photosynthesis, they take raw materials including … the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at … (MaxSynBio), the European Research Council grant (ERC 637675 ‘SYBORG’), as well as the US Department of Energy Joint …

The Science The first step in the deadly dance between a virus and microbial cell is an embrace. For a virus with a … the US Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science user facility located at … by the U.S. Department of Energy under award DE-SC0020173. M.A.O. acknowledges funding support from the National …

Back in 2011, JGI-supported researchers published a paper in the journal Science . It detailed how they’d used metagenomics to identify over 27,000 microbial genes. The data from that study is now used across California State University campuses for …

… were developed specifically to turn their biomass into sustainable biofuel and bioproducts. John Mullet, a biologist at Texas A&M University, tells us how sorghum’s historical — and literal — roots could play …

Laboratory, believes they can. And, what’s more, that using gene editing technology to conscientiously mix traits of different plant species will help us get there. …