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Researchers at the JGI develop a tool to quickly and accurately identify mobile genetic elements like … to replicate themselves and spread from cell to cell. Two of the most common forms of MGEs are viruses and plasmids. … like viruses and plasmids drive microbial processes and evolution. This is because MGEs can affect a microbe’s …

… three new members earlier this month – Sneha Couvilion of Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Chris Schadt of Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Elizabeth “Lizzy” Wilbanks of the University of … is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology at UCSB, where she leads a …

In 2024, the DOE Joint Genome Institute and Alabama A&M University piloted an internship program to … mentors Yi Zhai and John Vogel on researching the effects of Brachypodium distachyon plant root exudates on the plant microbiome. They also took …

Clarivate Analytics, formerly the IP & Science arm of Thomson Reuters, … Category Fungal and Algal Program head Igor Grigoriev , Plant & Animal Science category Plant Program Library …

… archaeal genomes provide new insights into an ancient metabolism. Methane is a greenhouse gas 20 times more potent than carbon dioxide. Billions of years ago, methane-producing archaea likely played a key … important to understand early life, but also to link the evolution of this metabolism to geochemical data, which in …

The IAC is chartered by the JGI Chief Informatics Officer (CIO) and reports to the JGI Director. The IAC is chartered to render advice, guidance, and counsel on the effective management and strategic objectives for …

A genetic architecture that is characteristic of the sex chromosomes of mammals is, for the first time, seen in a plant. The Science Sex in plants can be befuddling. Most … some, including shrub willow  Salix purpurea , employ the evolutionary strategy we are far more familiar with: …

By studying the structure and function of a cyanobacterial protein, researchers have … The products of photosynthesis are easy to point out. Plants, algae and cyanobacteria create the air we breathe …

Merced Internship Program was brimming with excitement and determination as they came onsite. From data carpentry … Emerald Nash and mentor Jonelle Basso, Experimental Study of Root Colonization by Resident Phages of a Plant Growth … Lavenstein Bendall and mentor Juan C. Villada, Ecology & Evolution of Self-Catalytic Introns across Earth’s …