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… studying how plants interact with their environment. Prior to joining the Joint Genome Institute, his focus was … interpret different light cues by altering their growth program, and on how plants coordinate their gene expression … Dr. Cole is focusing on how individual plant cells respond to their biotic environment using emerging single-cell …

… help improve crop yields.  The Science The fire moss Ceratodon purpureus is a short plant with a complex genome . … part of the flora, fire moss has adapted to conditions such as UV irradiation, heavy metal contamination, and … to evolve so rapidly in gene content and structure. He and JGI Plant Program head Jeremy Schmutz already see how …

… Dr. Blow joined the JGI in 2009, and currently heads the Genome Analysis group. … Genome Assembly, QA/QC, and User Support Analysis teams. Together, these teams provide analysis support and R&D for production and user science. He received his Ph.D. from the …

… reference quality genome and now crop researchers can work toward advancing sugarcane biotechnology. The Science … by tonnage, sugarcane accounts for 80% of global sugar production. A reference genome for the sugarcane cultivar R570 … The Impact In providing a reference sugarcane  genome , the JGI provides foundational genetic information that crop …

… exploring a dark room with a flashlight, only able to clearly identify what falls within that single beam. When … the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at … families known up until now, and identified many novel structure predictions,” said lead author on the paper Georgios …

… A group led by JGI scientists have made strides in improving and applying a method that allows researchers to quickly modify diverse bacterial genomes. In 2019, the … versatile engineering system that allows scientists to conduct genome-wide screens and explore biosynthetic pathway. …

… the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility,  reported on … part of the JGI’s 1000 Fungal Genomes Project, which aims to provide genomic information for every family of fungi. In … to acquire carbon from lignocellulosic-abundant matters such as plant litter and to incorporate the assimilated …

… yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae , allowing this species to grow better than its closest relative S. paradoxus at … across very distant species that no longer mate to produce progeny. The ability to pinpoint which genes underlie … Genomics Project led by the DOE Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility of Lawrence …

… and nitrogen, paving the way for future plants and trees to grow. However, fire changes the microbes within the soil. … it was possible to identify specific attributes — such as heat resistance, fast growth rates, and an ability to … and growth.  This study builds on the pyrophilous fungi the JGI has previously sequenced , and provides a powerful …

… This webinar focused on how the JGI employs single-molecule, long-read DNA sequences to aid with genome assembly and transcriptome analysis of … Q&A from the Webinar: Input & sequencing Q(uestion): How much DNA is needed for “regular” vs the ultra-low input …

… The JGI’s Genomes OnLine Database celebrates 25 years as a vital … Database has matured from six projects on a spreadsheet into a flagship  genomic metadata repository, making curated … of different entities,  further outlined in the journal  Nucleic Acids Research in November 2022.  One of GOLD’s …

… On July 6, scientists from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and other institutions shared their … the US Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), presented on generating vector representations of proteins in order to conduct more efficient protein sequence alignments. He also aims …