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… sequences from six hypersaline lakes, researchers focused on understanding the genomic variation in haloarchaea … and possibly cold-temperature enzymes for biotechnological use. Summary Conditions such as extreme cold, high levels of … applications. The work has been enabled through the JGI Community Science Program (CSP) . Cavicchioli and his …

… were developed specifically to turn their biomass into sustainable biofuel and bioproducts. John Mullet, a biologist at Texas A&M University, tells us how sorghum’s historical — and literal — roots could play …

… A fungus relies on bacteria to regulate key components of its … and a part of the oil-producing Mucoromycotina group, about which little is known. The Cornell team cultivated and … ATCC 52813) as part of the 1000 Fungal Genomes project. As reported in the November 29, 2017 issue of Nature …

… Laboratory, believes they can. And, what’s more, that using gene editing technology to conscientiously mix traits of different plant species will help us get there. …

… 20 proposals were selected by the Joint Genome Institute (JGI) and the Molecular Foundry (TMF) for their collaborative user program. The portfolio of research proposals integrates … Institute and Molecular Foundry are DOE Office of Science user facilities. They provide researchers leading approved …

… the genetic codes of plants is often challenging because in many plants chromosomes are present in more than two … Session and Rokhsar, building on work with former JGI postdoc Jarrod Chapman, developed a method to correctly … an early algorithm and developing it in order to talk about the subgenome identity.”  These days, Session is …

… developed to help inform scientists and researchers more about the patterns and functions of environmental microbes. Researchers can use the tool to correlate protein annotations with ratios of … mSystems paper , a team at the DOE Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at …

… species to grow better than its closest relative S. paradoxus at high temperatures (39°C/102°F). The Impact One of the … Genomics Project led by the DOE Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility of Lawrence … improve functional annotation to harness the genomic data. Reported October 8, 2018, in Nature Genetics , a team led by …

… The Science The first step in the deadly dance between a virus and microbial cell is an embrace. For a virus with a “head-tail” morphology, this means using proteins … the US Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science user facility located at …

… scant, Ace Lake’s bacteria instead go through a boom and bust cycle aligned with light availability. A long-running … cycling takes place only on a microbial level. Previous studies focused on the Southern Ocean have found that in … Ace Lake were collected over a 10-year period and sent to JGI for metagenomic sequencing. A study  recently published …

… the location of genes that provide resistance to the brown rust disease that can devastate a crop. The Impact In providing a reference sugarcane  genome , the JGI provides foundational genetic information that crop … for the sugarcane cultivar R570 has been generated and  reported in the journal  Nature . The work led by …