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… A collaborative team led by Geoffrey Schiebinger at the University … nearly 100,000 single root cells and combining the information with previously published datasets. The work was  … of single-cell datasets in plants and provides a foundation for still larger efforts in diverse plant species beyond …

… Researchers start pinning down how a fungal symbiont spurs growth of … always found among and within poplar trees, and in an effort to understand its influence on the plant, a team of … — scientists can better fine-tune their engineering efforts of both plants and root microbiomes to grow energy …

… A “bait and hook” single-cell genomic approach to … The Science One of the most vital pieces of equipment for fly fishing is a boxful of lures. Designed with feathers … more about what microbes are present in any given ecosystem—particularly those that are in low abundances—and their …

… A collaborative team led by Hao Tan from the Sichuan Academy … Fungal Genomes Project, which aims to provide genomic information for every family of fungi. In the following guest … because they influence geochemical cycling in forest ecosystems. By deciphering the fruiting-related decomposition …

… Retracing how the dry rot Serpula lacrymans adapted to a new ecological habitat. The Science By comparing genetic information from similar organisms, researchers have gained … This research was supported by the University of Oslo and Norwegian … Research Council, the Swedish Agricultural Sciences and FORMAS, and the UK Natural Environment Research Council. The …

… Analysis of haloarchaeal metagenomes broadens understanding of … cycles, and possibly cold-temperature enzymes for biotechnological use. Summary Conditions such as extreme … understand how they’ve adapted to these conditions, information that could have biotechnological applications. The …

… High-throughput stable isotope probing helps ID novel interactions between … successfully automated aspects of a commonly-used process for studying microbial communities, with results published … type of mycorrhizal fungi, live within a plant’s root system. They form mutually beneficial relationships with over …

… A genetic architecture that is characteristic of the sex chromosomes of mammals is, for the first time, seen in a plant. The Science Sex in … of XX. But, like some plant and songbird species, the system in shrub willow is flipped: females are heterogametic. … This work was supported by the NSF Dimensions of Biodiversity Program …

… For the first time, a team analyzes the transcriptomes of a … carbon and nitrogen fixers in alpine and high latitude ecosystems, deciphering their internal molecular mechanisms can … One of their abilities that’s  now getting more scrutiny is how lichen is able to survive drying out to a …

… Novel study looks at microbiomes in aerial surfaces of plants and their roles … surface of plants, is a comparatively understudied area of forest ecosystems as past studies have mainly focused on root-associated … This research was supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF) …

… 2023 marked a decade since the inception of the flagship … the DOE Joint Genome Institute (JGI) and University of California (UC), Merced. What started with 2 interns in the … co-founder Axel Visel and UC Merced Quantitative Systems Biology professor Carolin Frank reflected on the past …

… Sequencing technology has changed dramatically over the last  25-plus years since the JGI’s inception, making it possible for researchers to get a close look at more ecosystems and organisms than ever before. In 2006, the JGI … The U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of …