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… is the world’s leading soybean producer , and soybeans are used to produce biodiesel. The fungus  Phakopsora pachyrhizi causes Asian Soybean Rust (ASR) and is the major pathogen of … in the physical sciences in the United States, and is working to address some of the most pressing challenges of …

… in their fields over the last decade, demonstrated by the production of multiple highly-cited papers that rank in the … year in the Web of Science.” Less than 6,200 researchers working in 21 fields appear on the list, and those from the … Dan Rokhsar Simon Roux Asaf Salamov Jeremy Schmutz Susannah Tringe Tanja Woyke Below are a few projects each of …

… of quantity and thickness. Replacing older, thicker ice with younger, thinner ice means more fresh water — and less … yield and climate resilience of algae — for potential use as biomass or in biomass conversion to biofuel. Summary … these organisms in sustainable practices, such as biofuel production and natural fertilizers. By understanding the …

… how early plants built upon an ancient genetic framework to thrive outside aquatic environments. The Impact A … to terrestrial life paves the way for innovations in sustainable agriculture and clean energy. These evolutionary … resilient crop varieties able to grow in marginal lands and with minimal resources. Enabling the use of non-arable land …

… (KBase) will be at Booth 509. Stop by and chat with representatives from KBase and the JGI about … with the JGI Community Science Program, and how you can use the KBase system to accelerate your plant genomics … head Jeremy Schmutz and  KBase Co-PI Bob Cottingham host a  workshop on DOE Biological and Environmental Research (BER) …

… data policies. Since completion of the HGP, the JGI has sustained its commitment to uploading sequence data generated … to balance its  Data Release and Utilization Policies with the DOE mandate to provide data access widely to the … these differences and provide a consistent policy framework for JGI customers, the JGI and NCBI have initiated …

… have successfully automated aspects of a commonly-used process for studying microbial communities, with results published in the  November 2022 issue … applications in industry and biotechnology for the production of  clean energy . Summary Arbuscular mycorrhizal …

… boggy wetlands produces an estimated 5% of annual greenhouse gas emissions. Understanding how sphagnum, a primary … plants don’t fully decompose in peatlands, and so carbon within their tissues doesn’t return to the atmosphere. Peat … kingdom. Specifically, researchers found that female plants within a species tended to weather pH stress from peatlands’ …

… A fungus relies on bacteria to regulate key components of its … researchers investigated the role that bacteria living within a host (endosymbionts) have on fungal host … endobacteria also regulate its sexual reproduction. The work sheds light on a poorly understood group of oleaginous …

… A workflow for capturing the genetic make-up of specific … targeted genomic approach would allow researchers to focus on specific microbes within metagenome samples and associate their sequences with … The work conducted by the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome …

… sequences from six hypersaline lakes, researchers focused on understanding the genomic variation in haloarchaea … on Antarctica distinct and unique. In collaboration with the DOE Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science … that could have biotechnological applications. The work has been enabled through the JGI Community Science …

… between DOE JGI and UC Merced to promote diversity and inclusion in science and research, two undergraduate students … Center at UC Merced. “This is a true testament of the hard work and caliber of our first-generation students and the … receive from our faculty.” Cristhian and Bryan interned with Zhong Wang and Tanja Woyke, respectively. Both of their …