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Maize produces a family of compounds that protects it against infections — using surprisingly few enzymes. The … maize. By deciphering the zealexin synthesis pathway, this study makes it possible to harness the protective function … maize, which has been largely overlooked, according to the study’s senior author Alisa Huffaker, a biologist at the …

In a special issue of mSystems , out May 14, 2019, JGI … beyond the tried-and-true method of traditional shotgun metagenomics. One approach uses fluorescence-activated cell … and experimental approaches with the aim of eventually studying virus-host dynamics in nature. In the last few …

Over the course of the summer, the JGI-UC Merced Genomics Internship paired six UC Merced students with seven JGI researchers for bioinformatics internship opportunities in fields ranging from … in industry or academia. It was also a great opportunity to study and learn something totally new during my Ph.D. What …

The Facilities Integrating Collaborations for User Science (FICUS) initiative was established in 2014 to encourage and enable …

The Integrative Genomics Building (IGB) seen above is home to the DOE Joint Genome Institute (JGI). Researchers from the DOE Systems …

… their 2019 list of Highly Cited Researchers , which includes 10 affiliated with the JGI . The 2019 list focused on Highly Cited Papers, defined in the Methodology section as “those that rank in the top 1% …

A two-day kick-off meeting held at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) marked the visit of an esteemed interdisciplinary delegation from the University of … workshops. Of common interest is the method development to study active sites or single cells in their functional …

For the first time in several years, the DOE Joint Genome Institute hosted … Emerald Nash and mentor Jonelle Basso, Experimental Study of Root Colonization by Resident Phages of a Plant … Emerald Nash : What I’m working on here is an experimental study of root colonization by resident phages of a plant …

There’s a party in the soil, and microbes are the VIPs. They’re feasting on the compounds that plants secrete through their roots, creating a lively zone called the rhizosphere. In this episode, biologist …

… the sex chromosomes of mammals is, for the first time, seen in a plant. The Science Sex in plants can be befuddling. Most species are … plant biologist at West Virginia University (WVU), led the study’s international team, which included scientists from …

Dr. Roux joined the JGI in 2017 to lead viral genomics research as part of the … Giant virus diversity and host interactions through global metagenomics. Nature 578, 432–436. … DOE BER Early Career …

Chloroplast mimic a platform to capture and utilize carbon in a synthetic fixation cycle. The Science Chloroplasts are the factories in plant cells. Using photosynthesis, they take raw … can be further explored for novel functions. In the current study, the team combined the CETCH cycle with a …