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… summarizing the field of viral metagenomics, authored by JGI researchers Lee Call,  Stephen Nayfach and  Nikos Kyrpides , … early 2020, people all over the world have been forced to confront the awesome power that viruses have to affect nearly … The U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science User Facility  located at Lawrence …

… help improve crop yields.  The Science The fire moss Ceratodon purpureus is a short plant with a complex genome . Now, … to evolve so rapidly in gene content and structure. He and JGI Plant Program head Jeremy Schmutz already see how … working with researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science …

… Interns contributed to a number of projects, from refining lab … intern summer has closed at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science User Facility. This year, the 12th JGI-UC Merced cohort consisted of three undergraduate …

… brands can’t exist without cocoa According to the  International Cocoa Organization (ICCO), global cocoa bean production … for comparative purposes on the latest version of the JGI plant portal Phytozome at  phytozome-next.JGI.doe.gov . One of the goals in updating the genome annotation …

…   To understand virus-host dynamics, computation helps fill in what cultivation can’t. The Science At … like bacteria, not humans. With metagenomic sequencing, researchers have found more of these viruses than ever … at the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science User Facility at Lawrence Berkeley …

… decoded the genome of an oil-producing green alga, and demonstrated precise gene targeting in the genome in the … optimization for enhanced lipid production. Also notable, researchers found it is missing 33 genes thought essential … this work supports the mission of the Department of Energy (DOE) Biological and Environmental Research (BER) program to …

… RIViT-seq technology could speed up associating transcription factors with their target genes. The Science Regulons are … is part of the mission of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at …

… A nuanced understanding of peat moss drives insight into carbon storage   The Science Boggy peatlands, which hold much of … decompose in peatlands, and so carbon within their tissues doesn’t return to the atmosphere. Peat bogs also serve the … growth rates, decomposition, and carbon sequestration. Researchers wanted to better understand how sphagnum adapts …

… This is the third and final episode of our series on a giant metagenome assembly from Wisconsin’s Lake Mendota. In the last two episodes, we’ve … on lakewater samples — so this episode is a look at how researchers get these specialized snapshots of a freshwater …

… To provide broad plant genomic capabilities, the DOE Joint Genome Institute works in partnership with the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology, which specializes in … improvement for plants. As part of that partnership, the JGI and HudsonAlpha researchers led a team that  recently …