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… Clarivate Analytics, formerly the IP & Science arm of Thomson Reuters, has released their 2019 list of Highly … section as “those that rank in the top 1% by citations for papers published and cited between 2008-2018.” Less than …

… A new view into a symbiosis could offer benefits to address climate change: pulling … soil and boosting biofuel feedstocks with less fertilizer. For millions of years, underground fungi have lived in … at cellular scale: fungi stretch a network of tendrils called arbuscules into a plant’s root cells, and both …

… Sequencing technology has changed dramatically over the last  25-plus years since the JGI’s inception, making it possible for researchers to get a close look at more ecosystems and … before. In 2006, the JGI produced 33 billion base pairs of sequence; by 2023, that number was almost 717 trillion. …

… ActinoBase offers a public portal of insight into special groups of … The 500 species described within the group are responsible for roughly two-thirds of antibiotics, and a deeper … key to discovering new antiviral medicines and treatments for infectious disease. Streptomycetes are also abundant in …

… A preview of how large-scale single cell genomics complements … approaches including amplicon and metagenomic sequencing. For example, they showed that the composition of the … of samples, while single cell approaches have been typically used as a complement to isolate sequencing, i.e. when …

… Understanding the shared genetic toolkit of ancestral and present-day plants The Science In a recent  … to spread across most of the plant’s ecosystems. The Impact For decades, the liverwort  M. polymorpha has been used as a model for evolutionary studies. Its place among early-diverging …

… DOE JGI, UC Merced Days after presenting the results of his summer research at the U.S. Department of Energy … Olmstead was back on campus at the University of California, Merced to start orientation as a first-year graduate … technologies, but there was no mechanism for it,” he recalls. He arranged a meeting with the SNS dean, Juan Meza , …

… an internship program to bring students to the JGI for research training experience. Enabled by the DOE RENEW … mentors Yi Zhai and John Vogel on researching the effects of Brachypodium distachyon plant root exudates on the plant … the roots of a plant in the soil. And I’m specifically working with a grass plant that’s similar to wheat and …

… environments? (Spoiler: Yes.) Yeast strains engineered for the biochemical conversion of glucose to value-added products are limited in chemical … in yeast, a key platform organism that has been used historically for making sustainable products in industry.” From …

… Danielle operates the single-cell genomics pipeline for JGI collaborators. This work combines custom flow … She also develops novel flow cytometry protocols for targeted recovery of specific microbes. …

… to advance foundational science, creating opportunities for the global research community. The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI) has released … DOE Office of Science user facility with broader national efforts to promote and stimulate a bioeconomy, where …

… still work in cell-free environments? (Spoiler: Yes.) Think of cells as tiny factories: within their walls they have … to make products such as proteins, and the mechanisms for maintenance to keep processes running smoothly. As … in yeast, a key platform organism that has been used historically for making sustainable products in industry.” From …