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For the first time, a team analyzes the transcriptomes of a lichen fungus and alga to understand their partnership … Science The humble lichen is a superorganism: one being that is actually comprised of two (or more) participants. One … the US Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility. Grigoriev and …

We know all kinds of things about plastic – except, how to break it down for … can digest plastic. So researchers are taking a look at how these critters process plastic, to improve plastic …

This is the third and final episode of our series on a giant metagenome assembly from … project. But every part of this project depends on lakewater samples — so this episode is a look at how researchers …

Right now, our natural rubber comes from just one tree species: Hevea brasiliensis . It’s great at producing latex that becomes rubber, but it’s … shrub that’s native to North America: guayule.  This episode was made in collaboration with our friends at the …

A tall native plant of the North American prairie, switchgrass ( Panicum virgatum ) has long been a tantalizing potential biofuel feedstock. But switchgrass has a complex genome and, …

… other crops to grow well in worse conditions: with more heat, less water and less fertilizer. Grasses do better in these … Sun and Vladimir Torrres have looked into traits that could transfer from grasses into other crops.  One grass …

… user samples. His R&D work focuses on the development of new applications utilizing a variety of technologies to improve the JGI’s capabilities in the areas of metagenomics, …

Neha’s key role is to design, benchmark, and apply bioinformatics software to enable analysis and interpretation of genomic and metagenomic data for JGI’s user community. She also provides support for user …

TBK Reddy gives an overview of the JGI's Genomes OnLine Database and why curated …

JGI's Simon Roux describes the structure and content of the IMG/VR v3 database (img.jgi.doe.gov/vr), the latest release of IMG …

The Department of Energy's Computational Science Graduate Fellowship (DOE … Adam Riesselman of Harvard University worked with DOE JGI's Sam Deutsch. Learn more about the DOE Computational …