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… fields look like popcorn is literally growing on plants, with fluffy white bolls bursting out of the green pods in … two varieties: 95 percent of what is grown is known as Upland cotton ( Gossypium hirsutum ), while the remaining 5 … is the premier natural fiber crop of the world, a major oilseed crop, and important cattle feed crop,” noted David …

… that will help solve energy and environmental challenges. Within days of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion that dumped nearly five million barrels of …

… Uncovering associations between plant roots and fungi that can help or harm plant host health. The Science … genomes of fungi that colonize Arabidopsis thaliana roots with genomes from other plant-associated fungi. Their … by graduate student Fantin Mesny in Stéphane Hacquard’s group at the Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research …

… JGI-UC Merced Genomics Internship paired six UC Merced students with seven JGI researchers for bioinformatics internship … outside of the area of focus of most of the rest of the group, which made it feel like I had something tangible to …

… Submit research proposals  here that integrate genomics with nanoscale science, accelerating discoveries and developing transformative bio-based technologies that … Foundry and use of JGI capabilities is free. The JGI supports remote users. Users conduct experiments in their own …

… to address climate change: pulling atmospheric carbon into soil and boosting biofuel feedstocks with less fertilizer. For millions of years, underground … have been able to study both sides of this interaction up close, using RNA sequencing to understand gene …

… diversity of cell types and associated organisms, including fungal and bacterial symbionts, detrimental microbial pathogens, and associated viruses that … in how plants self-organize, influence, and are influenced by microbial partners. We use a variety of genomics-powered …

… The JGI has diverse capabilities in: DNA and RNA sequencing, Sample and library preparation, Biodesign and pathway engineering Mass spectrometry based … in various combinations and cloned into a vector of choice; up to 210,000 variants can be made Pool of variant …

… Retracing how the dry rot Serpula lacrymans adapted to a new ecological habitat. … adapting to thrive in built environments. Summary Unlike white rots, brown rots break down only the cellulose and … to see how the Serpula fungi have adapted in an environment with little to no competitors for resources. On wood blocks …

… species has revealed, for the first time, that this group is unexpectedly powerful: they can whip up dozens of … in their hunt for anaerobic fungi. By growing extracts without oxygen in ruminant fluid — which smells terrible … that these expressed genes translated into expected proteins. That work was done in collaboration with the …