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… A fungus relies on bacteria to regulate key components of its reproductive … , is recognized as a mutualist, where both species of organism benefit from association, but was predicted to … the National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Health. The work conducted by the U.S. Department of …

… growing on plants, with fluffy white bolls bursting out of the green pods in every direction. There are 100 million … crops. Additionally, cotton is almost entirely made up of cellulose and it is a fiber model to understand the … their genomes were “remarkably” stable. “We thought we were sequencing the same genome multiple times,” Schmutz …

… the fourth Director in its 27-year history. He has a wealth of managerial experience from almost 20 years in the … focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of novel production organisms and fermentation processes for … on secondary metabolites. He is also on the Leadership Team of the National Microbiome Data Collaborative and served as …

… of large and giant viruses. While the microbes in a single drop of water could outnumber a small city’s … datasets becoming available but also complementary single-cell sorting and sequencing of viruses together with their unicellular … and cleanup. The JGI provides integrated high-throughput sequencing and computational analysis that enable …

… cycle. The Science Chloroplasts are the factories in plant cells. Using photosynthesis, they take raw materials … (MPI) for Terrestrial Microbiology and the University of Bordeaux have developed a platform that mimics chloroplast function within a cell-sized system. The Impact Photosynthesis harnesses …

… genes are turned on is known as DNA affinity purification sequencing or DAP-seq. The technology was developed by Ronan … analyses across the genomes of multiple species in a single experiment. “Effectively, you can identify conserved … could be useful for industrial biofuel production, and multicellular development. “DAP-Seq is the main source of …

… A special issue of Synthetic Biology celebrates research enabled by the JGI DNA Synthesis Science Program. Fashioning DNA outside a cell is key to interrogating what genes do, how they work, … Program , the JGI enables large-scale synthesis support, sequencing, integrative -omics, and data mining, empowering …

… In this episode, we peer into plant cells. Researchers are using measurements from single cells to understand which genes help plants grow, get …

… New genomes highlight the diversity of white rot fungi in the genus Lentinula   The Science … at Lentinula samples from around the world. By complete sequencing of 24 new mushroom genomes, and assembling … decomposers that can break down all of wood’s components — cellulose, hemicellulose, and the toughest molecule, lignin. …

… Over the course of eight weeks this past summer, 10 students from UC Merced … on research projects that contribute to the larger mission of the U.S. Department of Energy. Students also worked with their mentors to …