Search

Despite their diminutive stature, “short plants” such as mosses could be uniquely powerful in helping scientists link plant genetic sequences to what they do. But sequencing the genome of one short plant — fire moss — had an unexpected …

…   Later this year, Ian Rambo, a graduate student in Brett Baker’s lab at the University of Texas at Austin, will defend his dissertation. Some of his research was … the opportunity to pursue part of their thesis research at one of the DOE national laboratories or national user …

… shows anaerobic fungi can degrade the hardiest of plant components   The Science There are three main ingredients to tackle when it comes to breaking down a … in the absence of oxygen. These findings offer the first real irrefutable proof that lignin can be …

For the Joint Genome Institute, the end of 2018 was marked by a celebration of contributing over one “petabase” – a quadrillion nucleotide bases of DNA … of the 100-page document with over 200 actionable milestones. JGI Director Nigel Mouncey credits JGI Science Program …

Right now, our natural rubber comes from just one tree species: Hevea brasiliensis . It’s great at producing latex that becomes rubber, but it’s vulnerable to disease and climate shifts. So researchers are looking into a desert shrub that’s native to North America: …

In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have … will help solve energy and environmental challenges. Within days of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion that dumped … Ridge National Laboratory Governor’s Chair, noted that one of the biggest questions was the mystery of the missing …

Describing the largest analysis to date of the modified DNA base 5mC variations in fungi. The Science Changing an A, C, T or G in a genome … development. Summary With the aim of producing at least one reference genome for every family of fungi, the 1000 …

Miscanthus  sequence offers insights into benefits of polyploidy and perenniality. The Science A … plants are diploids with two copies of each chromosome, one inherited from each parent. Some plants, known as …

… for survival, may now be easier to characterize following a proof-of-concept study in which researchers paired CRISPR and CRAGE technologies. … hit the scene in 2019. Now, that power is poised to grow exponentially by combining it with CRISPR.  By employing CRAGE, …

Miscanthus  sequence offers insights into benefits of polyploidy and perenniality. The Science A … plants are diploids with two copies of each chromosome, one inherited from each parent. Some plants, known as …