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… In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have revisited a number of notable achievements that showcase our collaborations and … the 4X variety was more of a specialist. The genetic variation that allows the 8X variety to be a generalist is a … P. virgatum on Phytozome …

… Recent study shows eelgrass has been around about 2.5 million years less than previously believed.  The Science Eelgrass, one of the most abundant plants in the ocean, originated in … Plants , was able to assess absolute time estimates for major colonization events. It was previously assumed, due to …

… science and serve as impact multipliers . The JGI has a long-term partnership with the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology for our Plant Program, and is further leveraging the services of the Arizona Genomics Institute for DNA and RNA …

… Miscanthus  sequence offers insights into benefits of polyploidy and … chromosomes of Miscanthus arose by ancient hybridization (polyploidy) and insights into the dynamics of gene … candidate bioenergy feedstock crops such as sugarcane and sorghum. The M. sinensis genome analysis explains the hybrid …

… Congratulations to Tanja Woyke, who has been awarded the van … for the triennium 2017-2020! Established by the University of Queensland in 1986, the van Niel Prize recognizes … of “microbial dark matter”–that uncultured and unknown majority of microbes in, on and around the planet–through …

… Over the course of the summer, the JGI-UC Merced Genomics Internship paired … opportunities in fields ranging from plant-microbe interactions to functional genomics. Hear from five of the Summer 2019 interns, who briefly shared their …

… about JGI’s  PhycoCosm data portal , an interactive collection of sequenced algal genomes, omics data and comparative … on, there are 7 genomes on NCBI but your portal has only 2 of them. A: Watch the video (above) for the answer provided … The U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science …

… Machine learning methods were applied on sequenced fungal genomes to classify gene families. The Science As a proof of concept, researchers developed an algorithm that … (saprobes), and many plant pathogens known to infect most major food crops and feedstocks for biomass and biofuel …

… Tracking evolution of symbiotic lifestyles across multiple fungal lineages. … why, researchers analyzed 135 fungal genomes representing major fungal families, including those for which there were … The project was funded by the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science …

… Large-scale comparative analysis leads to identification of biosynthetic gene clusters for novel secondary … resource, but also yielding and supporting many high-impact publications ,” emphasized Markus Göker, who managed the … The U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science …

… . The Science A team led by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley used a multi-omics approach to reconstruct and model gene regulatory pathways used by the … N. crassa is the model organism for filamentous fungi, all of which contain a wide array of plant cell-wall degrading …

… JGI-led team significantly expands the global diversity of large and giant viruses. While the microbes in a single drop of water could outnumber a small city’s population, the number of viruses in the same drop—the vast majority not harmful to humans could be even larger. Viruses …