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Miscanthus  sequence offers insights into benefits of polyploidy and … Biosciences Institute, the DOE Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at … wild  Miscanthus lineages to better understand the genetic diversity of the grass, which could help in optimizing …

Every year, the JGI sequences around 35,000 samples — from plants, algae, bacteria, archaea, fungi, viruses — to support scientists around the world. Most of those … send their samples in from afar, without ever hearing much about the sequencing lab. So today, Chris Daum walks through …

… crop yields.  The Science The fire moss Ceratodon purpureus is a short plant with a complex genome . Now, … without extra crosses. The work wraps more than a decade of working with researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy … HudsonAlpha. As the team discussed in a JGI podcast episode about the work, the effort to fully sequence the fire moss …

Studying the  genomes of microorganisms is incredibly useful for understanding the microbiome of the earth, but … for collecting genomes from microorganisms are shotgun (group) metagenomic sequencing and single-cell (individual) … (now at Stanford University) collaborated with the JGI. Working together, they found most bacterial genomes from …

Miscanthus  sequence offers insights into benefits of polyploidy and … Biosciences Institute, the DOE Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at … wild Miscanthus lineages to better understand the genetic diversity of the grass, which could help in optimizing …

… an array of experiments at universities and national user facilities, researchers found that this protein detects … we were able to work with on this project to ask questions about structure and function,” Blaby-Haas said.  Looking at … a stand-alone protein, the cyanobacterium  Synechocystis . Working with  Synechocystis also opened up options for …

… targeted genomic approach would allow researchers to focus on specific microbes within metagenome samples and … traditional shotgun metagenomics approach to learning more about environmental samples starts with researchers first … multiple techniques and was demonstrated using a specific group of marine bacteria called “Vis6” that are found in …

… also manages the Synthetic Biology Pathway Engineering group. His research focus includes engineering of non-model yeasts for production … Science Program Head at the JGI. Click to learn more about the program's areas of focus, major initiatives and …

… enzyme family evolved across 90 species. “One unique thing about this work was our focus on all the kingdoms, including animals, plants, bacteria, … that we studied are involved in transfer of the amine group, or the N group, to a variety of different molecules. …

… of the genes in a lipid-prolific yeast. The Impact The team used this set of guide RNAs on  Yarrowia lipolytica to … furthers the U.S. Department of Energy’s goal of producing sustainable fuels from alternative sources. Moreover, the … at the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility. Y. lipolytica …

… a potential biofuel feedstock.     The Science The fungus  Mortierella elongata enjoys a dual lifestyle; it can … responds to its intimate associations with endophytes — a group whose effects on plants are still not well understood … were striking. Adding PM193 caused poplar cuttings to grow about 30 percent larger by dry weight than without PM193  . …

… the total global methane production. They are thought to use billions of tons of the carbon dioxide trapped in … now suggest the gene cluster predates this microbial group. Recently published in the Proceedings of the National … in the physical sciences in the United States, and is working to address some of the most pressing challenges of …