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… as a reservoir for carbon compounds that plants generate from carbon dioxide they take in. In this way, encouraging … this symbiosis could improve the way soils store carbon from the atmosphere. For plants, boosting this relationship … spatial transcriptomics data captured molecular information from both plant cells and fungal cells. “Because this …

… and environmental challenges. In March 2008, the genome sequence of the forest fungus Laccaria bicolor was published … a JGI Flagship Genome and the first tree to have its genome sequenced. Having this first genome sequence of a mycorrhizal fungus shifted the focus from looking at single organisms to applying a broader …

… ecosystem. The Science Altiarchaea are carbon-fixing microbes and targets of multiple viruses in Earth’s deep … at virus infections. Their genomes include short DNA sequences that code for CRISPR systems, which help bacteria … foreign genetic elements by incorporating short sequences from infecting viruses and phages. In these sequences are …

… and illnesses. These injuries and illnesses may result from contact with chemical, biological, physical, …

… at UC Berkeley. Dr. Pennacchio received his Ph.D in 1998 from the Department of Genetics at Stanford University where … by DOE and through continued competitive grant support from NIH. … Program Defining the vast landscape of gene regulatory sequences in the human genome. Understanding how variation …

… that the project had already received enthusiastic support from the JGI Director, Nigel Mouncey. Jonathan credits his … samples to the JGI for sequencing.  While JGI processed, sequenced, and analyzed the soil samples, the JGI offered 7 … and Proteobacteria to be the most common phyla of bacteria sequenced from the metagenomic soil samples from the four …

… to develop tools and data hub for NIH program. While the microbes in, on and around Earth outnumber the stars in the … is led by a team of highly experienced investigators from institutions including the University of Maryland and … collection of UViGs by identifying contiguous viral sequences (“contigs”) from thousands of ecologically diverse …