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… Han, C., Gordon, L. et al. The sequence and analysis of duplication-rich human chromosome 16 . Nature. 432, 988–994 …

… The work sheds light on a poorly understood group of oleaginous or oil-producing fungi, and the impact this … maize, and a part of the oil-producing Mucoromycotina group, about which little is known. The Cornell team cultivated … ease. So far, all endosymbionts discovered in fungi have been shown to substantially impact host lipid metabolism. As …

… “a revolutionary impact on the life sciences.” Building upon CRISPR-Cas9 work, the Doudna lab at UC Berkeley seeks … they have partnered with JGI’s Microbiome Data Science group led by Nikos Kyrpides , mining the Integrated Microbial … that can target single-stranded DNA. Such proteins have been adapted for therapeutic application development by …

… microbes there,” said Simon Roux , the Viral Genomics Group Lead at the JGI.  To understand the microbiome systems … is a key step. For decades, though, many viruses have been somewhat invisible to the sampling experiments probing …

… breeding methods using molecular biology techniques has been hampered by the crop’s highly polyploid genome, which … This work was supported by the International Consortium for Sugarcane … Joint Genome Institute and the Joint BioEnergy Institute, support was provided by the Office of Science of the U.S. …

… as a self-sufficient biotechnology. Overall, this work supports the mission of the Department of Energy (DOE) … and bio-based materials essential for national security, supply-chain resilience and diversifying industrial feedstock … This work was supported by the Department of Energy (DOE) Office of …

… chemical production — a coordinated response that had never been mapped in this detail before.     The Impact By … a drastic metabolic shift. The net effect is coordinated upregulation of energy production, biosynthetic precursor supply, enzyme activation machinery, and the biosynthetic …

… they sharply delineated into two big geographical groups: those in colder, polar waters, and those in warmer, … National Laboratory, is committed to advancing genomics in support of DOE missions related to clean energy generation and environmental characterization and cleanup. The JGI provides integrated high-throughput sequencing …

… that they provide the “funding and administrative/faculty support so that they can deliver these programs to our … position with the Plant and Microbe Interaction group at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, he has started a new … the Lab as well.  One of the 2015 program alumnus Cristhian Gutierrez discussed how his time as an undergraduate intern …

… Recent study shows eelgrass has been around about 2.5 million years less than previously … one of the largest carbon sinks in the ocean — occupying just 0.2% of the ocean floor, these meadows are … is unique in that there are not many species able to occupy the regions where eelgrass flourishes. The plant can …

… and Rex Malmstrom of the JGI’s Microscale Applications group . Cells were randomly sorted, whole genome amplified, … to hundreds of samples, while single cell approaches have been typically used as a complement to isolate sequencing, … was similar across the dominant lineages, each microbial group displayed vastly different recombination profiles. This …

… three or more genome copies from additional parents or duplication, also known as “polyploidy,” is common among … genomes and many  B. distachyon genomes. This builds upon a previously made  B. distachyon pan-genome. A … that polyploid evolution is occurring slower than had been expected. “Although every case is probably going to be …