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Over the last year, we’ve been revisiting a number of notable achievements that showcase our collaborations and … great science that will help solve energy and environmental challenges.   Usually, plants have the upper hand against … a chemical and biological engineer at the University of California Santa Barbara. So plants don’t break down without a …

The latest edition of the JGI Progress Report highlights notable research and … is an image of Mono Lake, a saline soda lake east of California’s Yosemite National Park, taken by JGI’s own Jon … mobility and to better understand their roles in the global sulfur cycle. Copies are available online – click …

… cohesive data standards, the JGI partners with a number of facilities.  … Through its partnership with NERSC and the … to both expertise and infrastructure to facilitate these efforts. Particular areas of emphasis will be the development of tools and …

Understanding the shared genetic toolkit of ancestral and present-day plants The Science In a recent  … to spread across most of the plant’s ecosystems. The Impact For decades, the liverwort  M. polymorpha has been used as a … polymorpha is also among one of the plants representing 35 major evolutionary plant lineages in the  Open Green Genomes …

In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have revisited a … great science that will help solve energy and environmental challenges. Sorghum stands out as a candidate feedstock for … reference genome for Sorghum bicolor . Since then, 2,993 publications, 107 patent applications, and 53 patents have …

… 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 … is poised to become an essential tool for researching global viral diversity. geNomad has already been downloaded …

New evidence shows anaerobic fungi can degrade the hardiest of plant components   The Science There are three main … to tackle when it comes to breaking down a plant for energy: Cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin, … of naturally modifying lignin.  The Impact Traditional methods for breaking down biomass use aerobic methods (those …

Understanding how a fundamental mechanism of evolution allows microbes to adapt to changing … dance between a virus and microbial cell is an embrace. For a virus with a “head-tail” morphology, this means using … viruses accessed many more potential microbial cells or hosts. This ability isn’t enough to make them super viruses, …

UC Merced students and their JGI mentors toasted to the end of a nine-week virtual internship. The celebration was … of this internship program, this was the largest turnout for the final presentations to date.  This summer internship … their mentors to ensure projects progressed despite the challenges of remote work. In addition to the knowledge …

… — making it difficult to grasp a deeper understanding of fundamental aspects of fern biology and, more broadly, … metabolites and associated genes are great resources for bioremediation, new agricultural applications or … assemblies and annotations for 35 species representing all major evolutionary lineages in the land plant tree of life. …

Data from marine heatwave event may foreshadow climate change impact on marine microbial communities. The Science A team of researchers tracked the impact of a large-scale heatwave … the ocean’s capacity to act as a carbon sink. Summary As global temperatures rise, so do instances of extreme weather …