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Gardeners and farmers around the country recognize that crop … crop and ornamental seeds sold for the upper Midwest are often very different than those bred for Texas. Identifying … is direct evidence of climatic adaptation. The team’s database of genes that underlie adaptation to climate …

Over 40 percent of the cereal crop’s genes respond to drought stress. The … certain diseases are well known to be partially due to the DNA sequence that makes up an individual’s genome. The genes …

Registration and Agenda Coming Soon!  Hosted by the DOE Joint Genome Institute, the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and the Desert Research Institute, the … 2025 NeLLi Symposium delves into the most recent expansions of the Tree of Life and latest discoveries toward the …

As part of the JGI’s 25th anniversary celebration, the 2022 … time (1986) 98% of the human genome was thought to be junk DNA, so there was quite a bit of resistance to use resources …

As warm-adapted microbes edge polewards, they’d oust … tiny algae. The cold polar oceans give rise to some of the largest food webs on Earth. And at their base are … isolating the algal communities on filters, they sequenced DNA ‘marker’ gene sequences to identify the microbes. And in …

New studies show methanogenesis is not exclusively for Euryarchaeota. Atmospheric levels of methane, a potent greenhouse gas, regulate Earth’s …

Antarctic algae need their vitamins; zinc fuels some of their most important functions. Even in the chilly waters of Antarctica, tiny ocean-dwellers called phytoplankton play …

Do metabolic pathways from engineered yeasts still work in cell-free environments? (Spoiler: Yes.) Think of cells as tiny factories: within their walls they have … are partnering with Yasuo Yoshikuni and Ian Blaby of the DNA Synthesis Science Program . “This collaboration brings …

Dr. Visel joined the DOE Joint Genome Institute in 2010. As the Deputy for Science Programs, he focuses on the development and implementation of strategic initiatives at the JGI. Dr. Visel received his … Computational Biology , Nucleic Acids Research . Over 80 publications in peer-reviewed journals including Nature, …