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… through its DNA Synthesis Science Program , the JGI enables large-scale synthesis support, sequencing, integrative -omics, and … more than 10 papers, including two Nature Plants publications, in five years, have come out of the … to these challenges.  DOE’s Office of Science is the largest supporter of basic research in the physical sciences …

… tiny algae. The cold polar oceans give rise to some of the largest food webs on Earth. And at their base are … algae. But human-induced climate change , a new study suggests, is displacing these important cold-water … to these challenges.  DOE’s Office of Science is the largest supporter of basic research in the physical sciences …

… You, Yong Zhang and Zhiping Zhong. (All images courtesy of the researchers) Each year, the JGI searches for novel … accepted proposals.  The New Investigator call , part of our  Community Science Program , allows us to work and … of biofuel-producing fungi, the effects of biochar on rhizosphere microbiomes, and the metabolic pathways of …

… . The Science A team led by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley used a multi-omics approach to … N. crassa is the model organism for filamentous fungi, all of which contain a wide array of plant cell-wall degrading enzymes (PCWDEs) that allow …

… e ngineering ( CRAGE ). CRAGE enables scientists to insert large pieces of DNA (up to 60 kb) in a single step, directly into the … assess CRAGE’s impact, including how this application could scale,” says Mouncey. The JGI team has already demonstrated …

… In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have revisited a … of the JGI’s Plant Program, including genomes that are both large and complex. The first publication of a genome generated by the OGG initiative — … Filling in the Plant Tree of Life …

… the JGI in 2017 to lead viral genomics research as part of the Metagenome Program. His responsibilities include the … and the organization of community-building efforts in the field of viral ecogenomics. For this role, Dr. Roux can rely on more than 10 years of expertise in the fields of virus ecology and virus genomics, where he has …

… single-cell work — have quickly accelerated understanding of giant viruses. The Science In the last thirty years, in … own phylum,  Nucleocytoviricota , these giant viruses boast larger genomes than many bacteria. Until recently, … and how sequencing and bioinformatics have sped up the study of giant viruses. The Impact In their existence as …

… Described as the “DOE Tree,” poplar is considered one of the  Flagship Plants for the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office … x-ray bioimaging experiments were conducted to study iron accumulation and cell wall structure in the …

… learned to adapt from marine to hypersaline conditions by studying the microbial communities in Antarctic lakes, some … in resistance between two strains. But perhaps the largest implication of this study is the evidence that H. litchfieldiae and H. lacusprofundi are found across all six …

… most harvested crop by tonnage, sugarcane accounts for 80% of global sugar production. A reference genome for the … by an international consortium. With the genetic code of sugarcane, researchers were able to map the location of … Additionally, insights from the genome could help scale sustainable sugarcane conversion technologies for  …