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… Since joining the DOE Joint Genome Institute in 2016, Dr. Otani has been studying secondary metabolism in … technologies and methodologies that facilitate discovery of new secondary metabolites. Prior to joining the JGI, he … BS, Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology Master's, Biotechnology, University of Tokyo …

… Phytozome workshop held during the June 2022 CROPS Conference at the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology. Phytozome is the Plant Comparative Genomics portal of the Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, and …

… Science Program (CSP), researchers are developing a number of resources to build up Sphagnum as a plant model system focused on carbon cycling studies, rather … matter, and researchers estimate that they hold about 25 percent of the world’s soil carbon. In high latitudes, …

… As part of the JGI’s 25th anniversary celebration, the 2022 Annual … Todd Anderson currently works to support understanding of plants, microbes and environmental communities that have … no one has gone before’ and quite frankly that’s the best characterization of your science that I can come up with.” …

… genomes to classify gene families. The Science As a proof of concept, researchers developed an algorithm that … nutrients from decaying organic matter (saprobes), and many plant pathogens known to infect most major food crops and … (green). (From Haridas S et al.  Studies in Mycology , 2020.) Using whole genome data from newly sequenced genomes, …

… to those from fungi when it comes to breaking down tough plant fibers. The Science Walk in a temperate forest filled … analyzing the enzymes present in the complex organic matrix of the forest floor, a team of researchers have found that there is a striking division …

… The Science Anaerobic fungi, which die in the presence of oxygen, dwell in herbivore guts and help them digest … compounds may also be involved in how the fungi metabolize plant biomass, which could inform how scientists can more … californiae , and Piromyces finnis . In work reported in 2017, the fungal genomes were sequenced by the U.S. …

… really fully exist back then,” said Hal Alper, a University of Texas at Austin professor, “but we really first heard … [DNA Synthesis Science Head] Yasuo [Yoshikuni] gave back in 2016.” Alper’s first approved JGI proposal came through the … The consortium looked at how different bioenergy relevant plants can produce species-specific blends of terpenoids, …

… researchers to quickly modify diverse bacterial genomes. In 2019, the JGI’s Yasuo Yoshikuni and his team  announced in  … ( CRAGE ). CRAGE enables scientists to insert large pieces of DNA (up to 60 kb) in a single step, directly into the … Blow, and their team have also harnessed CRAGE to create a plant-fertilizing microbiome. In work  reported in  Applied …

… in  Microbiome , researchers from the US Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office … virophage marker gene MCP, they were able to identify 44,221 total virophage partial sequences, including over 28,000 … were found in diverse habitats including the air, plant rhizosphere, wastewater, and even animal and human …

… Recent study shows eelgrass has been around about 2.5 million years less than previously believed.  The Science Eelgrass, one of the most abundant plants in the ocean, originated in Japan before spreading … grant to J. Eisen, J.J.S. and J.L.O. from the US Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute Community Sequencing …

… ActinoBase offers a public portal of insight into special groups of actinobacteria … in soil and can be used as biocontrol agents and to promote plant growth. It is the largest genus within Actinobacteria … related to clean energy generation and environmental characterization and cleanup. The JGI provides integrated …