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The Science A reference genome sequence and genomic toolkit for the perennial grass Miscanthus sinensis has been … of the genome sequence also provides insights into how the multiple chromosomes of Miscanthus arose by ancient … genes provided by these chromosomes can contribute to novel traits. M. sinensis is a tetraploid, with four sets of …

With a background in experimental and computational surface … and semiconductor equipment manufacturer KLA-Tencor before joining the JGI in 2002. Initially focused on building tools to …

Every year, the JGI sequences around 35,000 samples — from plants, algae, … archaea, fungi, viruses — to support scientists around the world. Most of those researchers send their samples in from afar, without ever hearing much about the sequencing lab. So …

… that protects it against infections — using surprisingly few enzymes. The Science Maize ( Zea mays ) produces a … revealed that just a handful of enzymes are needed to transform zealexins and related precursors into a bonanza of … would also act on native substrates to produce additional novel antibiotics. Summary The zealexins are chemically …

… of cutting-edge approaches.  Our group also seeks out new approaches that utilize microfluidics/microdroplet … of single-cell genomes and directly link functional information with individual cells. Research Team    … The JGI uniquely offers the first quantitative Stable Isotope …

Scientists find bee gut microbes have a division of labor when it comes to metabolizing complex polysaccharides. Honey … in the next generation of flowering vegetation. In return for their services, bees eat plant nectar and pollen. Nectar … branching chains of polysaccharides called pectin and hemicellulose. While these two polysaccharides can yield sugar …

Machine learning methods were applied on sequenced fungal genomes to classify gene … known to infect most major food crops and feedstocks for biomass and biofuel production. Learning about the … the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at …

… joined the DOE Joint Genome Institute in 2003, following his postdoctoral training at UC Berkeley and work in … of Plant and Microbial Biology at University of California, Berkeley. He contributed to the Human Genome Project … 331: 555-561. Ohm RA et al. Formation of mushrooms and lignocellulose degradation encoded in the genome sequence of  …