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JGI is in the process of shifting its operations from Walnut Creek to the heart of … labs in one long building at Walnut Creek, after countless generations of sequencing platforms (up to 120 sequencing … Walnut Creek and deciding on what was essential. There were multiple waste streams to consider, including unneeded …

… project to form new connections between fungal guilds, genes and function. If a tree falls in the forest — whether … registers the sound — one thing is for sure: there are lots of fungi around. Within a forest’s soil, hundreds of species … Head at the JGI.  Along with an improved understanding of multiple forest systems, this work sets up protocols and …

… from single cells. The Science Studying the  genomes of microorganisms is incredibly useful for understanding the … way of collecting them is through a method called Multiple Displacement Amplification, and most genomes that … it’s difficult to link the connections to them from the genetic elements that scientists have found, e.g. plasmids …

… (CSP) . This includes mass spectrometry-based measurements of primary and secondary metabolites from plants, … et al.  MAGI: A Method for Metabolite Annotation and Gene Integration . ACS Chem Biol. 2019 Apr 19;14(4):704-714. … samples and test how many they thought would be necessary. Switchgrass has an enormous metabolome, and we wanted to …

… less than previously believed.  The Science Eelgrass, one of the most abundant plants in the ocean, originated in … a timeline like this, researchers would normally craft a genetic clock based on its divergence with a  different … of its chromosomes.  Over time, the new and old chromosome copies begin to diverge and mutate relative to one another. …

… change, corals are in mortal peril. But corals comprise multiple organisms: a coral host, a photosynthetic …

… … DAN: You’re listening to the US Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute’s “Natural Prodcast,” a podcast about the science and scientists of secondary metabolism.  DAN: Hey there, and welcome to the … what we’re calling a Primer. We wanted to try and give a general audience some of the basics of natural products …

Tracking evolution of symbiotic lifestyles across multiple fungal lineages. The Science By comparing 135 … to white rot fungi. Additionally, some of the saprotrophic genes found in the mycorrhizal species, such as nutrient …

In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have revisited a number of notable achievements that showcase our collaborations and … refine and improve the process of finding novel Cas genes and CRISPR systems. The collaboration has resulted in …

Marcel is in charge of several production pipelines (gene calling, functional annotation and methylomics) that …

… archaea are estimated to produce 500 million tons of methane a year, which is over half the total global methane production. They are thought to use billions of tons of the carbon dioxide trapped in biomass each year … methanogenic archaea use one of three pathways for methanogenesis: hydrogen-dependent and CO2-reducing, or …