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… Leveraging massive comparative genomics to decode millions of … Earth's fungal kingdom. The manuscript reviews about 200 publications linking evolutionary history and innovations … completely unsampled. This creates a bottleneck: Without genetic blueprints from diverse fungi, researchers struggle …

… Using a novel computational approach, researchers confirm microbial diversity is wilder than ever. Imagine researchers exploring a dark room with a flashlight, … sequencing allows researchers to study the entire genetic makeup of these communities via whole genome …

… to unlock their potential for bioenergy, environmental sustainability, and bioproducts. By sequencing and analyzing the genomes of these organisms, the program investigates … on large-scale sequencing efforts that survey the vast phylogenetic and ecological diversity of fungi and algae, …

… Trained on environmental data, a new JGI tool more accurately … discoveries. Unlocking the intricate details of life’s genetic blueprint has long been a significant challenge in … a similar manner. From the gene, we have those regulatory elements like promoters in front of this protein coding …

… Journal publication caps JGI pilot project with fledgling Florida high school scientists. The Florida Everglades … able to tell the students that the paper was accepted for publication in a reputable scientific journal. It was … The U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science User Facility …

… Streamlined genome with precise gene targeting transforms … manner. Because of the ease with which the alga can be genetically engineered, it has the potential to be imbued … for dramatically more precise gene-targeting. While genetic modifications usually insert randomly in other …

… bacteria to regulate key components of its reproductive machinery The Science To better understand how beneficial … are transmitted between host generations, researchers investigated the role that bacteria living within a host … reproduction, and the reproductive genes they regulate. The bacterial endosymbiont, Burkholderia , is recognized as a …

… Understanding the shared genetic toolkit of ancestral and present-day plants The Science In a recent  Nature Genetics paper , researchers focused on the full composition … ) conducted by the US Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute ( https://ror.org/04xm1d337 ), a DOE …

… Dr. Mouncey joined the DOE Joint Genome Institute in 2017 as the fourth Director in its … Dr. Mouncey has a long-standing interest in microbial genetics that started with his education and carried forward … to learn more about the program's areas of focus, major initiatives and more.  …

… Highlighting the latest interactive version of the JGI’s plant data portal. On … current, and only, version of Phytozome accessible as an interactive website. Since May 2019, v12 has not had any … The U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science User Facility …