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… for food, fuel and other applications, and breeders aren’t interested in waiting decades to develop new crops. One … the crop for additional end products. The genetic diversity within this set of plants, each with a fully-sequenced … as a resource helps breeders find genetic regions of interest.” The combination of field data and genetic …

… known as “jumping genes” because they can change position within a genome — into certain DNA segments has led the fern …

… who’s responsible for what biochemical processes? Now, an international team of researchers has identified the major … to produce the enzymes themselves. One other finding that interested the authors was that an evolutionary analysis of  … bees need ample sugar to make honey that they can eat in winter. Bumblebees, on the other hand, don’t make honey; they …

… the sequencing core at Exelixis Biopharmaceuticals as an intern, he joined the JGI as an Instrumentation Engineer … for instrument maintenance and operation.   Pursuing an interest in coordinating teams and project management, he … error prone, manual input by the users in a web browser interface. Mr. Wilson then served as Project Manager for the …

… injection of mutations in a particular gene might boost an organism’s fitness. Moreover, the discovery of more than …

… contribution they make, whether as part of a course or internship, and before ever publishing a research article. … science. A panel of DOE researchers, program managers, and intern alumni will introduce projects designed for students …

… which provides high quality comparisons of these genomes within themselves and to other plant genomes. “Globally, …

… and synthetic biology. Dr. Mouncey has a long-standing interest in microbial genetics that started with his … development and commercialization of novel production organisms and fermentation processes for vitamins, … of the JGI. This includes responsibilities toward the JGI internal scientific programs, the affiliated DOE National …

… of these areas. Additional duties of this Deputy include interacting with users seeking to exploit new genomic …