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Joint Genome Institute and has focused on applying state-of-the-art molecular methods to address wide-ranging … technical JGI directions for DOE User science. … Complete Publications Genomic Technologies Program Defining the vast … in both the energy and health sectors. Mammalian Functional Genomics Lab VISTA Enhancers VISTA Cardiac …

… impact on marine microbial communities. The Science A team of researchers tracked the impact of a large-scale heatwave event in the ocean known as “The Blob.” … such as hurricanes and droughts. Another one began in late 2013, when a large patch of warm ocean water about a third …

… genome . Now, high-quality reference genome sequences of the male and female plants, each representing a single … genome, and are almost four times the size of the next largest chromosome. As the study first author Carey put it, … continue to evolve so rapidly in gene content and structure. He and JGI Plant Program head Jeremy Schmutz …

Scientists find bee gut microbes have a division of labor when it comes to metabolizing complex … Gilliamella,  which mostly resides in the bee’s ileum, a structure analogous to the human small intestine; and  … rectum, downstream of the ileum and similar to the human large intestine. Both bacterial clades can metabolize …

… begins at the forest floor. Within the soil, a microbiome of bacteria, viruses and fungi process carbon and nitrogen, … of burned soils. By connecting microbial genes with functions useful for forest recovery, this study sheds light … full function. Foresters can transplant trees and soils, targeting helpful bacteria, viruses and fungi. Overall, …

Survey of Setaria's natural diversity reveals seed dispersal in … given species).  “This is a great example of developing a large-scale genome infrastructure with a reasonably accessible system,” said …

… characteristics — creating many different ways of processing nitrogen. To boost crops more efficiently in … enzymes are often loosely understood, leaving potential targets for crop engineering untouched. Research recently … the JGI provided DNA synthesis capabilities to enable functional testing of these enzymes. Yasuo Yoshikuni, head …

… survival, may now be easier to characterize following a proof-of-concept study in which researchers paired CRISPR and … is a technique researchers can use to integrate large genetic payloads directly into diverse microbes. … with a powerful addition to their toolkit to study gene function. As a demonstration, the researchers used …