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… A genetic architecture that is characteristic of the sex chromosomes of mammals is, for the first time, seen in a plant. The … some, including shrub willow Salix purpurea , employ the evolutionary strategy we are far more familiar with: … This work was supported by the NSF Dimensions of Biodiversity Program (DEB-1542509 to S.D., DEB-1542486 to …
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… have been elected to the User Executive Committee (UEC) of the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute … feedback on pangenome tool development. Maurice is a fungal evolutionary ecologist with interests in understanding which … genetics expertise and experience as a primarily fungal genomics user, he aims to help align JGI policies with …
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… Large-scale comparative analysis leads to identification of biosynthetic gene clusters for novel secondary … and the DOE Systems Biology Knowledgebase (KBase) . Metagenomics is the study of the microbial communities in the … with a host – with 23,000 MAGs. Modeling A New Path for Metagenomics Researchers Building upon these resources, KBase, a …
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… di-GMP (Guanine Monophosphate) is found in nearly all types of bacteria and interacts with cell signaling networks that … role in regulating microbial cellulose production and biofilm formation, which affects a number of environments, … changes in response to the molecule of interest. The team adapted a previously developed combination CSL-BRET approach …
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… online Oct. 11, 2023 in Nature highlights the vast array of functional diversity of microbes through a novel approach to better understand … at protein function within them. The work was led by a team of scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint …
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… Through the JGI-UC Merced Genomics Internship, graduate students Candace Cole, Mo … their work delivered during the 5th anniversary celebration of the internship program. Candace Cole, UC Merced JGI Mentors : Ben Cole & Axel Visel, Genomics of Plant-Microbial Interactions “The summer …
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… The Science Scientists have fully decoded the genome of an oil-producing green alga, and demonstrated precise … gene targeting in the genome in the November 2025 issue of The Plant Cell. Auxenochlorella is an allodiploid hybrid of two species, similar to a mule, but that is still able to …
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… characteristics — creating many different ways of processing nitrogen. To boost crops more efficiently in the future, the evolutionary past may hold key insights. The way that plants … Korea as well as a faculty affiliate in the Environmental Genomics and Systems Biology Division of Lawrence Berkeley …
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… For the Joint Genome Institute, the end of 2018 was marked by a celebration of contributing over one “petabase” – a quadrillion … has begun to the June dedication event of the Integrative Genomics Building—the new home of the JGI and KBase in the …
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… . The Science A team led by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley used a multi-omics approach to … N. crassa is the model organism for filamentous fungi, all of which contain a wide array of plant cell-wall degrading enzymes (PCWDEs) that allow …
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