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To provide broad plant genomic capabilities, the DOE Joint Genome Institute works in partnership with the HudsonAlpha … plants did you all look at? Avinash: We started off with 12 plants, which are JGI Flagship Plants, mostly related to …

Pictured is a timelapse of the Integrative Genomics Building (IGB) seen above is home to the DOE Joint Genome Institute (JGI). Researchers from the DOE Systems …

A “bait and hook” single-cell genomic approach to bioprospecting. The Science … tool for microbial ecologists to learn more about the diversity of microbial enzymes, which could have a plethora … User Facility, is supported under Contract No. DE-AC02-05CH11231. The work was supported by a JGI Director’s …

Monitoring Inter-Organism Interactions Within Ecosystems Latest portfolio of approved proposals highlight biodiversity and how ecosystems are adapting to stresses. A … of Pretoria and colleagues aim to unlock the genomic diversity within the eucalypts, a group of fast-growing tree …

… yields a comprehensive tree and soil dataset for understanding the dynamic relationship between poplar trees and their … processes for the first time. By collecting data from 27 different poplar ( Populus trichocarpa ) trees, as well … bioenergy tree, poplars are known for their genetic diversity. They hold economic value as both biofuel …

RIViT-seq technology could speed up associating transcription factors with their target genes. The … efficacy of RIViT-seq, researchers recently characterized 12 sigma factors and were able to identify the associated … target genes in 11 of those. That work published in Nature Communications on June 17 , 2022, was conducted by …

… fragments and data quality. The Science Through advances in sequencing technologies and computational approaches, … of contamination from the host organism. As reported in Nature Biotechnology , a team from the U.S. Department of … suite, as well as sequences from the Global Ocean Virome 2.0 dataset based on open ocean samples. CheckV identified a …

… a wildfire. The Science After a wildfire burns, recovery begins at the forest floor. Within the soil, a microbiome of … of which microbes are present. This study, published in Nature Microbiology , went a step further, using both DNA … … This work was supported through a USDA NIFA award (2021-67019-34608) to M.J.W. FTICR-MS analyses were performed …

… of plant components   The Science There are three main ingredients to tackle when it comes to breaking down a … California at Santa Barbara  recently published a paper in  Nature Microbiology offering irrefutable evidence that … Research of the U.S. Department of Energy grant DE-SC0020420 (MAO), Institute for Collaborative Biotechnologies …

With a new methodology, scientists are now getting more complete genomic results from single cells. The … from the genetic elements that scientists have found, e.g. plasmids and other mobile elements. Moreover, the MAGs are … like plasmids, the picture is far from complete.  In 2021 , scientists at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital …

Maize produces a family of compounds that protects it against infections — using surprisingly few enzymes. The … scientists had suspected. A team  recently reported in  Nature Plants that the zealexin pathway has an “hourglass” … Institute Community Science Program (JGI-CSP) grant (CSP2568 to P.Z., ES and AH), and by a fellowships provided by …

… cultures reveal they are symbionts and not free-living organisms. The Science Researchers employed multiple … to that of a free-living organism. First discovered in 2011, Nanohaloarchaea are part of the DPANN (Diapherotrites, … and omics techniques enabled the team to closely study the nature of the Nanohaloarchaeota species’ symbiotic …