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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 … of work; as sequencing technologies advanced, assembly and annotation of the genome sequence improved in parallel. The …

Understanding how a fundamental mechanism of evolution allows microbes to adapt to changing … cell’s membrane. Two decades ago, a team discovered a group of viruses that had in their genomes a surprising tool: a … that DGRs are not only widespread, but also surprisingly active. In viruses, DGRs appear to generate diversity …

Understanding the shared genetic toolkit of ancestral and present-day plants The Science In a recent  … paper , researchers focused on the full composition of genes, or pangenome, of the model plant  Marchantia … repeats (NLRs) —stood out for their roles. Peroxidases are enzymes known to help a plant to adapt to environmental …

… get any sunlight, and yet they still support a unique array of microorganisms adapted to living in extreme conditions. … five oceanic regions. In doing so, they found a high degree of variability in the types of microorganisms that inhabit … in extreme environments. They also produce a range of novel enzymes and other biomolecules that could potentially be …

… to replicate themselves and spread from cell to cell. Two of the most common forms of MGEs are viruses and plasmids. They can be found in … understand ecosystem-wide processes. Summary geNomad is an annotation and classification framework that combines and …

A collaborative team led by Hao Tan from the Sichuan Academy of Agricultural Sciences in China and involving Francis … annotated by a collaborative team. The genome sequences and annotations are available on JGI’s fungal portal  MycoCosm . … borrow some nitrogen from the soil to manufacture catabolic enzymes for the decay apparatus. Consequently, it created a …

Mr. Everson rejoined the JGI in 2020  and leads all aspects of JGI Operations which include the Safety, Finance, Human … Joint Genome Institute after serving as the Chief Operating Officer of the DOE Joint Bioenergy Institute and the … DOE’s Science & Operations Peer Review of the Center for Functional Nanomaterials (CFN) at Brookhaven National …

Ancient  Chloroflexota s ditched their flagella and other traits when … place: hot spring-dwelling bacteria from the phylum C hloroflexota . Research shows that flagella were lost in other … so.  In addition, scientists noted that the bacteria have enzymes to synthesize or degrade plant hormones, meaning its …

… survival, may now be easier to characterize following a proof-of-concept study in which researchers paired CRISPR and … the researchers used CRAGE-CRISPR for discovering active secondary metabolites and helping them identify and … or activate certain genes and assess how these edits affect functionality.  CRAGE allows for the transplanting of these …

Annual Call. “It’s exciting to see the diverse portfolio of successful CSP proposals this year,” noted Tanja Woyke, … large-scale genomic science projects relevant to the DOE’s Office of Biological and Environmental Research (BER) … as smaller-scale calls including our New Investigator and Functional Genomics calls, here on our website . See below …

Survey of Setaria's natural diversity reveals seed dispersal in … Center (Danforth Center) drove up and down the highways of the continental United States, occasionally pulling over to the side of the road to collect small weedy plants and bring them …

… “Where’s Waldo?” readers need to look for a number of distinguishing features. Several characters may be … glasses, or a cane, but only Waldo will have all of these features. As described July 22, 2019, in  Nature … , a team led by scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office …