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David Hibbett of Clark University fills us in on the kind of decay that makes shiitake mushrooms special. This week, he and 39 collaborators published a paper tracing how these mushrooms have evolved.  …

In this episode, we peer into plant cells. Researchers are using measurements from single cells to understand which … and more. And eventually, their findings could help us grow better crops, with less impact on our planet. …

The Science Chloroplasts are the factories in plant cells. Using photosynthesis, they take raw materials including … the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at … the European Research Council grant (ERC 637675 ‘SYBORG’), as well as the US Department of Energy Joint Genome …

The Science The first step in the deadly dance between a virus and microbial cell is an embrace. For a virus with a … the US Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science user facility located at … injection of mutations in a particular gene might boost an organism’s fitness. Moreover, the discovery of more than …

… and increasing demand for agricultural products.  Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench is an African grass that adroitly … (UC), Berkeley, UC Agriculture and Natural Resources (ANR), US Department of Agriculture P­­lant Gene Expression Center, … and the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at …

You might know sorghum as an edible grain. But there are some sorghum … were developed specifically to turn their biomass into sustainable biofuel and bioproducts. John Mullet, a biologist at Texas A&M University, tells us how sorghum’s historical — and literal — roots could play …

Laboratory, believes they can. And, what’s more, that using gene editing technology to conscientiously mix traits of different plant species will help us get there. …

… scant, Ace Lake’s bacteria instead go through a boom and bust cycle aligned with light availability. A long-running … for nearly five decades. In these frigid systems, where organisms higher up in the food web like fish do not exist, … Ace Lake were collected over a 10-year period and sent to JGI for metagenomic sequencing. A study  recently published …

… is the world’s leading soybean producer , and soybeans are used to produce biodiesel. The fungus  Phakopsora pachyrhizi causes Asian Soybean Rust (ASR) … to counter soybean rust disease. Soybean itself is a  JGI Flagship plant genome , and JGI  published its genome …

… the location of genes that provide resistance to the brown rust disease that can devastate a crop. The Impact In providing a reference sugarcane  genome , the JGI provides foundational genetic information that crop … portal,  Phytozome .   … The work (proposal: https://doi.org/10.46936/10.25585/60001084 and …