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Life as we know it wouldn’t exist without cyanobacteria; … began oxygenating Earth over two billion years ago. A team of researchers set out to Yellowstone National Park to study … mats. Along the way, they’ve encountered surprises, adopted new technologies, and made a few discoveries about the …

… “older than dinosaurs” could help improve crop yields.  The Science The fire moss Ceratodon purpureus is a short plant … comprise a full third of each moss genome, and are almost four times the size of the next largest chromosome. As the … to evolve so rapidly in gene content and structure. He and JGI Plant Program head Jeremy Schmutz already see how …

Merced students have contributed to the research of 13 JGI scientists since the program’s inception. In 2014, JGI’s Zhong Wang and Science Programs Deputy Axel Visel teamed with University of … staff, Mouncey explained: “One of the hallmarks of JGI is our diverse workforce and our diverse collaborators around …

… citrus, trifoliate orange ripens only bitter, intensely sour fruit. Yet this plant, native to China and now … a team of researchers sequenced  P. trifoliata ’s genome. Scientists at the US Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at Lawrence Berkeley National …

… and alga to understand their partnership more clearly. The Science The humble lichen is a superorganism: one being that … or together, on nitrocellulose filters in Petri dishes. The scientists also sequenced the fungus and photobiont’s … the US Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility. Grigoriev and …

… between some archaeal hosts and their hitchhikers. The Science Within the archaeal domain, there is a group of tiny … are difficult to study in the lab. Metagenomics provides new views of these relationships.  Recently , researchers … the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at …