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… In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have revisited a number of notable achievements that showcase our collaborations and … conditions and a specific microbial host to replicate. Sequencing genetic material directly from samples sidesteps …

… di-GMP (Guanine Monophosphate) is found in nearly all types of bacteria and interacts with cell signaling networks that … Ec YcgR, within the Nano-lantern scaffold. They then mined sequence databases for homologous YcgR proteins and chose a … These 92 homologues were synthesized as codon optimized sequences and cloned into the Nano-lantern scaffold. Because …

… crop and ornamental seeds sold for the upper Midwest are often very different than those bred for Texas. Identifying … (Berkeley Lab), has produced a high-quality reference sequence of the complex switchgrass  genome using samples … diversity within this set of plants, each with a fully-sequenced genome, and these gardens allow researchers to …

… The 11th cohort of JGI-UC Merced interns pick highlights from their summer experiences. This year the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office … Nandita Nath & W. Berkeley Kauffman Project: “ 16s Sequencing of Barcoded Microbial Genomes ” Morgan Lavenstein …

… less than previously believed.  The Science Eelgrass, one of the most abundant plants in the ocean, originated in … meadows are responsible for almost one-third of carbon sequestered in the ocean. In addition to providing a more … locations.  One group investigated changes in protein sequences, while others analyzed single point mutations …

… Proposals aim to sequence and annotate genomes from Antarctica to Africa to global oceans. Through the Community Science Program of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome … of France’s Institut de Biologie. His team proposed to sequence  Chaetoceros microalgae, or diatoms. Through the …

… A new view into a symbiosis could offer benefits to address climate change: pulling … to study both sides of this interaction up close, using RNA sequencing to understand gene expression: one of the first … fungal cells. Using a technique called single nuclei RNA sequencing, the researchers identified different cell types …

… A preview of how large-scale single cell genomics complements … value to the other commonly used culture-independent sequencing approaches including amplicon and metagenomic sequencing. For example, they showed that the composition of … The work conducted by the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science …

… plants; at least once during their evolution, the genomes of flowering plants multiply. Over time, plants lose many … genomes to a diploid state while retaining multiple copies of some genes. This polyploidization process is ongoing and … whole complex of progenitors and descendant species and, consequently, the evolution of polyploidy.” Evaluating …

… (CSP) . This includes mass spectrometry-based measurements of primary and secondary metabolites from plants, … The webinar featured  Trent Northen and Ben Bowen of the  JGI Metabolomics Program , along with Jenny … The JGI is not a funding organization. Rather, it makes its sequencing, synthesis, metabolomics and data analyses …

… registers the sound — one thing is for sure: there are lots of fungi around. Within a forest’s soil, hundreds of species … at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) sequenced 1 trillion bases — a terabase — of soil RNA for … these RNA reads. “Currently, this is the largest JGI-sequenced fungal metatranscriptome yet,” said Igor …

… where she manages metabolomics production for community sequencing projects and heads R&D efforts to expand the metabolomics capabilities and product offerings for JGI users.  Using cutting-edge mass … techniques, the platform delivers rich metabolite profiles from diverse biological and environmental samples in …