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Olpidium attracted the attention of many mycologists with the two publications of the kingdom-wide, multi-gene … In both studies, however, Olpidium was unexpectedly grouped with non-flagellated terrestrial fungi, but not with the flagellated chytrids. This result has substantial …

… displacing these important cold-water communities of algae with warm-adapted ones, a trend that threatens to … tend to be dominated by prokaryotes (microorganisms without a defined nucleus). Colder waters nearer the poles, however, tend to favor eukaryotes ( microorganisms with a nucleus). These photosynthesizing eukaryotes, or …

… gene prediction algorithms. I decided to dig in a little deeper, and realized what was really happening,” recalled …

… two polysaccharides can yield sugar monomers, it’s only with the aid of specialized bacterial enzymes. Honey bees … down hemicellulose. The authors think this might have to do with the differences in lifestyle: honey bees need ample … and analyzing the honey bee gut metagenome, which was done with the help of the US Department of Energy Joint Genome …

… fields look like popcorn is literally growing on plants, with fluffy white bolls bursting out of the green pods in … years ago. Studying the cotton genomes provides breeders with insights on crop improvements at a genetic level, … in this  Nature Genetics publication will facilitate deeper understanding of cotton biology and lead to higher …

… at the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa. I recently caught up with Karolina at the Plant and Animal Genomes, or PAG … She talked about her  Community Science Project proposal with JGI, in which she’s studying a special kind of plant … dry environment. Figuring out how plants evolved to deal with hot and dry conditions could help us to one day develop …

… home office (garage). There, standing at a safe distance, with proper face covering, was JGI’s Administrative Services … luminaries included from the Berkeley Lab Directorate, Mike Witherell (Director), Michael Brandt (Operations Deputy), … needs to have a great operations leader,” said Director Witherell in his event remarks. “I feel that is something …

Zerbe of the University of California, Davis. “The work with JGI was one of the first things we actually started … blends of terpenoids, naturally occurring organic chemicals with a wide range of potential applications. Q&A from the … if it can be done.  After the technical review, proposals with feasibility notes go to peer review, which is very …

… plants abide by the concept, “the more the merrier,” with respect to their genomes. In their base state, they are diploids with two genome copies, one from each parent. Having three … be easily transformed, traits that make them easy to work with bioinformatically and in the laboratory. “We are …

CSP  New Investigator call for proposals.  Tips: Contact us with your questions ([email protected]) Carefully … and ensure your idea is aligned Discuss your proposal idea with JGI staff to clarify key points about JGI’s … submitting a proposal. Describe in detail what you will do with the data! Ideally, you or someone on your team will …

… what makes polar photosynthesizers tick. He’s working with researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) … and his team then linked those species-level observations with data on microalgal communities across different ocean … using metatranscriptome and metagenome data from the JGI. With multiple threads of evidence showing that zinc has …