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… Understanding the shared genetic toolkit of ancestral and present-day plants The Science In a recent  … in flowering plants, or angiosperms, suggesting they are evolutionarily conserved across plant lineages. They … plant lineages makes it ideal for comparative genomics studies, offering insight into genes critical for …

… Pictured is a timelapse of the Integrative Genomics Building (IGB) seen above is … Area are also co-located in the IGB. Vision The vision of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome …

… focus areas being genome variation, transcriptomics and epigenomics. Our work varies in scope from the development of highly customized analysis workflows for new product types, to the development of automated analysis pipelines for standard sequencing …

… genome . Now, high-quality reference genome sequences of the male and female plants, each representing a single set of chromosomes, are available. The genome assemblies … continents, including Antarctica where it is a major part of the flora, fire moss has adapted to conditions such as UV …

… Panicum hallii genomes offer insights to drought tolerance. The Science Researchers … feedstock with a complex genome with multiple copies of its chromosomes. Switchgrass has deep roots that allow it to access nutrients easily from a variety of soils and has a high tolerance of extreme water …

… The Science Within the archaeal domain, there is a group of tiny hitchhikers. These organisms are abundant and yet … interactions are difficult to study in the lab. Metagenomics provides new views of these relationships.  Recently , researchers used population genomics to find that while archaeal hitchhikers may often …

… By studying the structure and function of a cyanobacterial protein, researchers have new insights … cycle carbon in changing conditions. The products of photosynthesis are easy to point out. Plants, algae and … what is now the  Community Science Program Functional Genomics proposal call, the JGI synthesized hundreds of  …

… Dr. Roux joined the JGI in 2017 to lead viral genomics research as part of the Metagenome Program. His responsibilities include the … group at the JGI to further explore the ecological and evolutionary drivers of virus-host dynamics in soil … Blaise Pascal, France Ph.D. in Bioinformatics, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Université Blaise Pascal, France …

… In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have revisited a number of notable achievements that showcase our collaborations and … with the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology.   Publications Grimwood, J., Gordon, L., Olsen, A. et al. The …

… During the summer of 2021, 13 interns from UC Merced spent eight weeks working … hone science presentation skills, and participate in professional development enrichment activities. For some … the goal of inspiring students to embark on a career in genomics and to help foster a diverse future workforce in …

… in sequencing technologies have led to an abundance of microbial genomes becoming available to the global … in Science Advances , researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office … “While computationally derived MAGs have been a revolutionary tool for microbiology, it's a call to balance,” …