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… at the soil microbes present a year after a wildfire. The Science After a wildfire burns, recovery begins at the … and growth.  This study builds on the pyrophilous fungi the JGI has previously sequenced , and provides a powerful … from Colorado State University, the US Forest Service, New Mexico State University, the Environmental Molecular …

… “older than dinosaurs” could help improve crop yields.  The Science The fire moss Ceratodon purpureus is a short plant … comprise a full third of each moss genome, and are almost four times the size of the next largest chromosome. As the … to evolve so rapidly in gene content and structure. He and JGI Plant Program head Jeremy Schmutz already see how …

… Life as we know it wouldn’t exist without cyanobacteria; … began oxygenating Earth over two billion years ago. A team of researchers set out to Yellowstone National Park to study … mats. Along the way, they’ve encountered surprises, adopted new technologies, and made a few discoveries about the …

… and alga to understand their partnership more clearly. The Science The humble lichen is a superorganism: one being that … or together, on nitrocellulose filters in Petri dishes. The scientists also sequenced the fungus and photobiont’s … the US Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility. Grigoriev and …

… Merced students have contributed to the research of 13 JGI scientists since the program’s inception. In 2014, JGI’s Zhong Wang and Science Programs Deputy Axel Visel teamed with University of … staff, Mouncey explained: “One of the hallmarks of JGI is our diverse workforce and our diverse collaborators around …

… citrus, trifoliate orange ripens only bitter, intensely sour fruit. Yet this plant, native to China and now … a team of researchers sequenced  P. trifoliata ’s genome. Scientists at the US Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at Lawrence Berkeley National …

… on the plant microbiome. This year, however, there was a new aspect to the project - they also worked with Sharon … on to Dori – a computer cluster owned and operated by the JGI and Berkeley Lab – to launch a jupyter notebook running … about how to analyze data. Zyiah Mikes : Dr. Yi Zhai is our mentor for our experimental work or our wet lab stuff. …

… of the cereal crop’s genes respond to drought stress. The Science Fields of drooping stalks and cracked earth are … such as heat waves, droughts and floods. The planet’s resources are being stretched by a growing human population and … and the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at …