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… to advance foundational science, creating opportunities for the global research community. The U.S. Department of … but it also requires a deep understanding of biological systems. The JGI strategic plan lays out how users and the … along multiple avenues, including agriculture, climate modeling, novel bioproducts, and environmental …

… classify gene families. The Science As a proof of concept, researchers developed an algorithm that “taught” a computer … known to infect most major food crops and feedstocks for biomass and biofuel production. Learning about the … Genomes Project, which aims to provide a reference genome for each of the fungal families. Researchers had access to …

… help regulate the global carbon cycle — fixing, transforming, and respiring carbon. Understanding the metabolisms that SAR324 and other microbes use could inform scientists’ understanding of carbon fluxes in the … the JGI Integrated Microbial Genomes & Microbiomes (IMG/M) system . By analyzing the metagenomes, metatranscriptomes …

Across four forests, researchers have leveraged data from the 1000 Fungal Genomes … to support a forest, and species vary across Earth’s ecosystems.  Recently, in work  published in  New Phytologist , …

… and semiconductor equipment manufacturer KLA-Tencor before joining the JGI in 2002. Initially focused on building tools to facilitate expert curation of human gene models in support of JGI’s contributions to the Human Genome … Project, he began developing larger comparative genomic systems as the JGI’s eukaryote research efforts expanded to …

… organisms called phytoplankton (from the Greek phyto for ‘plant’ and planktos for ‘wanderer’). But they vary … consequences on the entire food web, and therefore ecosystem services that we all depend on,” said Mock. Mock and … melting away.” Driven by climate change The team used a model from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change …

The Science One of the most vital pieces of equipment for fly fishing is a boxful of lures. Designed with feathers … learn more about what microbes are present in any given ecosystem—particularly those that are in low abundances—and … The team first tested the approach on bacterial laboratory models to set a reference for its performance, and then …

… lock away more carbon? Xiaohan Yang, a scientist at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, believes they can. And, what’s …