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Group applies cutting edge molecular capabilities and state-of-the-art next-generation sequencing to enable biological … The team works hand in hand with the Project Management Office to help ensure the JGI’s genomic capabilities are …
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In the summer of 2015, Adam Session was a postdoc working at the DOE Joint … In “autopolyploids”, genome duplication occurs within a single species. By contrast, “allopolyploids” arise when … strawberries wasn’t completely accurate. “They took every single gene from octoploid strawberry, compared it to other …
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… “Microbes underpin so much of what we see on earth in terms of nutrient cycles and biogeochemical cycles…. Viruses play …
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New genomes highlight the diversity of white rot fungi in the genus Lentinula The Science … decomposers that can break down all of wood’s components — cellulose, hemicellulose, and the toughest molecule, lignin. …
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There’s a party in the soil, and microbes are the VIPs. They’re feasting on the compounds … rhizosphere. In this episode, biologist Jennifer Pett-Ridge of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory has your backstage …
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… characteristics — creating many different ways of processing nitrogen. To boost crops more efficiently in … Korea as well as a faculty affiliate in the Environmental Genomics and Systems Biology Division of Lawrence Berkeley … FastTree and identified 62 distinct AT groups. However, no single AT group was conserved across all species — a …
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… 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 … predictive models on how climate change may impact marine microbes and by extension, the ocean’s capacity to act as a …
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In late June, Kathleen Lail, a member of JGI’s Sample Management Group, attended a conference in … a deeper understanding of both the research process and metagenomics while legitimately contributing to the body of … Berkeley National Laboratory, is committed to advancing genomics in support of DOE missions related to clean energy …
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Lake Mendota sits right next to the University of Wisconsin, Madison. And Trina McMahon's lab has been sampling the microbes of that lake for over 20 years, to understand how the …
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… plants; at least once during their evolution, the genomes of flowering plants multiply. Over time, plants lose many … highlighting the fact that the genetic information in a single reference genome is insufficient. “We really have to … said John Vogel, head of the Plant Functional Genomics program at the JGI and a senior author on the …
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… gas 20 times more potent than carbon dioxide. Billions of years ago, methane-producing archaea likely played a key … in April, which immediately precedes the JGI’s 14th Annual Genomics of Energy & Environment Meeting. Registration for … the genes for both pathways had never been observed in a single microbial population until now. Ca. M. …
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