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… the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at Lawrence Berkeley National … system. “We then looked into many more samples and refined our methodology,” Neri said. “Our team grew and so did the …

… of peat moss drives insight into carbon storage   The Science Boggy peatlands, which hold much of the Earth’s … as carbon sinks and minimize their role as carbon sources. Summary Sphagnum, a genus of just under 400 mosses … majority of the ground cover in peatlands. These boggy ecosystems are acidic and have very little oxygen, which is …

… Dr. Rokhsar joined the JGI in 2000 as the founding Associate Director for … over fifty plant and animal genomes. He currently leads the JGI’s Computational Genomics group, and is past lead of the Eukaryotic Genome Program (2010-2019), and JGI Chief Informatics Officer (2013-2016). Dr. Rokhsar …

… the JGI, he has been working on the boundary of life science and computational science with notable stops at … infrastructure in close collaboration with the local scientists. As the lead of the infrastructure team and the … people and transparency and a staunch supporter of open source development processes. This expresses itself in the …

… genetic toolkit of ancestral and present-day plants The Science In a recent  Nature Genetics paper , researchers … about their ability to adapt to changing environments, scientists have turned their attention to the pangenomes of … of the  Marchantia pangenome, scientists developed a resource that associates plant’s genetic variants with specific …

… from UC Merced spent eight weeks working virtually with JGI mentors to investigate rigorous research projects, hone science presentation skills, and participate in professional … The JGI-UC Merced internship program was founded in 2014 with the goal of inspiring students to embark on a …

… growth of poplar, a potential biofuel feedstock.     The Science The fungus  Mortierella elongata enjoys a dual … effort to understand its influence on the plant, a team of scientists studied what happens to the tree’s physical … as secreted proteins. However,  M. elongata  seems to encourage the plant to have leakier cell walls and weaker …

… the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility, found that the fungus Olpidium is a … the much more extensive taxonomic and genetic sampling, our study confirmed the affinity between Olpidium and the … working to address some of the most pressing challenges of our time. For more information, please visit  …