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… Jan. 12 workshop: The Rapidly Expanding Genomics of Algae   With advances in genomics technologies, keen … the length and breadth of algal diversity, the numbers of sequenced algal genomes, and the quality of those genomes, … biology and hear from researchers who are applying genomic sequence information to BER funded activities of plant …

… In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have revisited a … but other important crops as well. In 2009, the JGI sequenced and analyzed the first reference genome for Sorghum bicolor . Since then, 2,993 publications, 107 patent applications, and 53 patents have …

… begins at the forest floor. Within the soil, a microbiome of bacteria, viruses and fungi process carbon and nitrogen, … a step further, using both DNA and messenger RNA (mRNA) sequencing to identify those traits that have helped fungi, … builds on the pyrophilous fungi the JGI has previously sequenced , and provides a powerful snapshot of what soils …

… The Science Anaerobic fungi, which die in the presence of oxygen, dwell in herbivore guts and help them digest … meal. In their evolutionary history, these fungi branched off early from aerobic fungi, which can breathe oxygen — … finnis . In work reported in 2017, the fungal genomes were sequenced by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint …

… is not exclusively for Euryarchaeota. Atmospheric levels of methane, a potent greenhouse gas, regulate Earth’s … play a critical role in the global carbon cycle, and are of significant interest for their potential contributions to … methanogens were, but they were discovered by genome sequencing, which is a much less biased approach to studying …

… still work in cell-free environments? (Spoiler: Yes.) Think of cells as tiny factories: within their walls they have … , researchers led by Hal Alper at The University of Texas at Austin and Michael Jewett of Northwestern University describe a two-pronged approach …

… Emerald Nash and mentor Jonelle Basso, Experimental Study of Root Colonization by Resident Phages of a Plant Growth … mentor Bryce Foster, Benchmarking Bioinformatics Tools for Sequence Similarity Searching Morgan Lavenstein Bendall and … And we’ve been working on isolating and cultivating and sequencing extremophile protists from a hypersaline alkaline …

… Yeast strains engineered for the biochemical conversion of glucose to value-added products are limited in chemical … an alternative format for chemical synthesis in the absence of cell growth by isolating the soluble components of lysed cells. By separating the production of enzymes …

… A workflow for capturing the genetic make-up of specific uncultivated microbes from complex environmental … The Impact Despite great strides in generating genome sequences for members of the microbial world through bulk community sequencing (metagenomics) and single-cell genomics, the vast …

… Antarctic algae need their vitamins; zinc fuels some of their most important functions. Even in the chilly waters of Antarctica, tiny ocean-dwellers called phytoplankton play … collaboration, in 2017, they published the first genome sequence of a cold-adapted microalga: the diatom …

… The chromosome-scale genome sequence of trifoliate orange yields clues to disease-resistance that … and a blotchy yellowing of leaves, a team of researchers sequenced  P. trifoliata ’s genome. Scientists at the US … and cleanup. The JGI provides integrated high-throughput sequencing and computational analysis that enable …

… And also specifically, it sparked my interest in bioformatics, so that’s what I’m gonna take with me to the … are a little bit stronger in computing, so I was kind of worried coming into the, the internship that maybe I didn’t have as good of skills as somebody else might have. But Robert, uh, Bob …