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… Maize produces a family of compounds that protects it against infections — using surprisingly few enzymes. The Science … defense in maize, which has been largely overlooked, according to the study’s senior author Alisa Huffaker, a … sesquiterpenoids, National Science Foundation Plant-Biotic Interactions Program (grant no. 1758976 to E.S. and P.Z.) …

… The JGI is eager to work and share our tools with a widening circle of researchers. That’s why each year we look for novel research projects — aligned with DOE missions and from PIs who have …  resources, these researchers will dive into a range of projects spanning the resilience of desert grasslands to the …

… a crop that could boost biofuels and fertilize fields. So in 2010, the JGI helped publish the original genome sequence for the soybean, Glycine max. With a full genome sequence, researchers have been …

… EMSL and JGI announce FY 2020 collaborative FICUS projects. Through the Facilities Integrating Collaborations for User Science (FICUS) program, … California, Berkeley studies the alga  Chlamydomonas reinhardtii , one of the JGI’s Flagship genomes. She and her …

… Mr. Rath has been leading the Systems Infrastructure Team at the JGI since 2020. Before joining the JGI, he has been working on …

… Over the years, hundreds of interns have come to the JGI from all parts of the globe to gain lab experience and contribute to ongoing projects. In one way or another, they’ve all mentioned how …

… Every summer, the flagship JGI-UC Merced Internship Program invites undergraduate and graduate students to engage in real, impactful research projects with JGI mentors. In this episode, hear two interns …

… A preview of how large-scale single cell genomics complements metagenomics studies. The Science Researchers demonstrated the value of conducting large-scale single cell genomics by collecting nearly … were missed within paired metagenome assembled genomes (MAGs), and that dominant populations varied with respect to …

… Rainforests store a big fraction of all the carbon on Earth, and soil microbes play a key role in pulling that carbon out of the atmosphere. This episode, …

… Dr. Baumgart joined the DOE Joint Genome Institute in 2018, following his doctoral … which has been applied to a wide range of JGI user science projects spanning bacteria, fungi, and plants. His team is … BS in Biochemistry and Cell Biology, University of California, …

… research from potential users who need help translating genomic information into biological function. Through our CSP Functional Genomics call , we look for projects that will leverage the JGI’s DNA synthesis and …

… Mini-Metagenomics Approach Helps Identify Novel Archaeal … of the National Academy of Sciences , researchers at Stanford University, the Chan Zuckerberg Biohub, and the U.S. … From these samples, 111 metagenome-assembled genomes (MAGs) were recovered, most of them archaea. The Quake lab …