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… his Ph.D in 1998 from the Department of Genetics at Stanford University where he uncovered the genetic cause of a rare form of human epilepsy and subsequently generated one of the first mouse models for this common neurological disorder. In 1999, he was named …

… is characteristic of the sex chromosomes of mammals is, for the first time, seen in a plant. The Science Sex in … familiar with: differentiating into male and female sexes. For the first time, the sex chromosomes of shrub willow have … structure. Scientists found both a gene likely important for sex determination and a shared genetic architecture with …

… in soil health through nitrogen-fixation and holds clues for maximizing soybean, the common bean’s close relative, as … by Jeremy Schmutz of the JGI and the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology; Phil McClean of North Dakota State … Nature Genetics . “Common beans are a major societal crop for those with severely limited income,” McClean said. …

… Across four forests, researchers have leveraged data from the 1000 Fungal Genomes project to form new connections between fungal guilds, genes and function. If a tree falls in the forest — whether or not anyone registers the sound — one … address some of the most pressing challenges of our time. For more information, please visit  …

… The Science A reference genome sequence and genomic toolkit for the perennial grass Miscanthus sinensis has been … year (perenniality). The Impact Among the long-term aims for bioenergy feedstock crops are increasing their yields … such as poor soils and drought. The reference genome for M. sinensis, and the associated genomic tools, allows …

… on giant virus diversity, and how sequencing and bioinformatics have sped up the study of giant viruses. The … ecosystem-level nutrient cycling and carbon storage. For example, the marine algae  Emiliania huxleyi, a microeukaryote, forms large algal blooms in the ocean that cycle …

… Kelly Wrighton and her group at Colorado State University in Fort Collins have a massive undertaking: sequencing the …

… genetics that started with his education and carried forward into his roles as a senior research scientist at … of novel production organisms and fermentation processes for vitamins, insecticides, fungicides, platform chemicals, cosmetics and new crop traits. Dr. Mouncey …

… of how plants adapted to terrestrial life paves the way for innovations in sustainable agriculture and clean energy. … helped plants thrive under challenging conditions could inform the development of resilient crop varieties able to … with minimal resources. Enabling the use of non-arable land for biomass production — that can be converted into biofuels …

… Fagnan began working with JGI in 2012 as a NERSC bioinformatics computing consultant, after completing a petascale … focused on stable and accurate computational methods for reacting subsurface flows, and evolved into scalable methods for scientific data analysis. In 2014 Dr. Fagnan became the …

… to the proposers of the 19 proposals selected for the 2023 Community Science Program call of the U.S. … questions relevant to the DOE mission, and we look forward to facilitating their success. “ The CSP Annual Call … interactions, understanding natural communities important for carbon storage, nutrient cycling, and climate change; …