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… Mikes worked with mentors Yi Zhai and John Vogel from the Plant Functional Genomics Group to study the effects of  Brachypodium … about how to analyze data. Zyiah Mikes : Dr. Yi Zhai is our mentor for our experimental work or our wet lab stuff. …

… revisited a number of notable achievements that showcase our collaborations and capabilities to enable great science that will help solve energy and environmental … led by Nikos Kyrpides , mining the Integrated Microbial Genomics & Microbiomes (IMG/M) system’s immense collection …

… may have been important in early Earth conditions. The Science Through a combination of sequencing tools and … and direct microscopy. Through the JGI’s Community Science Program , the team used metagenome assemblies, transcriptomes and single amplified genomes from samples collected from several locations to …

… evidence shows anaerobic fungi can degrade the hardiest of plant components   The Science There are three main ingredients to tackle when it … yield fuels, and removing lignin in order to do so is a resource-intensive process. Now, a new study shows how … The authors acknowledge their funding sources: Office of Biological and Environmental Research of …

… they are symbionts and not free-living organisms. The Science Researchers employed multiple microbiology and … consequences of microbe-microbe interactions. Using metagenomes recovered directly from environmental samples and … host cells. In the  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences , a team led by Rick Cavicchioli at the University …

… on river microbes in 90% of US continental watersheds. The Science In a recent Nature paper , researchers describe a dataset of microbial genomes sampled from rivers covering 90% of the watersheds … be the first publicly available, river-focused microbial resource that provides information at multiple scales from …

… the JGI accepts proposals for state-of-the-art functional genomics research from potential users who need help … genomic information into biological function. Through our CSP Functional Genomics call , we look for projects that will leverage the …

… Vogel on researching the effects of Brachypodium distachyon plant root exudates on the plant microbiome. They also took … A&M University this fall for my master’s in plant soil science and my career focus is plant breeding. Ti’Yanna … a JGI intern means not only just watching and observing your mentor, but also being a support for them and …

… potential for AI-driven studies of energy metabolism. The Science Researchers produced nearly 10,000 new annotations of fungal mitochondrial genomes — the DNA found inside mitochondria, the … standardized structure of the dataset position it as a resource for AI-driven approaches to predicting fungal …

… regulate key components of its reproductive machinery The Science To better understand how beneficial organisms … endobacteria, the Rhizopus fungus cannot act as a plant pathogen, it cannot reproduce asexually, and … As these oil-producing fungi are potential sustainable sources of alternative fuels, so understanding …

… and other traits when migrating back to the ocean. The Science Scientists have discovered flagella in an unexpected … in oceans or soils.  A recent study published in  The ISME Journal     focused on a class within  Chloroflexota called  … a complex pattern of evolution for genes related to eating plant compounds in both the oceanic and hot spring  …