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… positions at University of Florida and UCLA he has worked with a wide range of eukaryotic algae, archaea and bacteria with a view to developing a deeper understanding of … Exploiting algal NADPH oxidase for biophotovoltaic energy. Plant biotechnology journal . 14: 1, 22-28. 2016 Blaby et. …

… in the sequencing and evolutionary analysis of over fifty plant and animal genomes. He currently leads the JGI’s … on understanding the origin, evolution, and diversity of plants and animals by combining computational genome … In addition to this evolutionary focus, his work on plant genomics is targeted towards the development of …

… undergraduate interns Tamyra Long and Zyiah Mikes worked with mentors Yi Zhai and John Vogel from the Plant Functional Genomics Group to study the effects of  Brachypodium distachyon plant root exudates on the plant microbiome. This year, …

… to help train the next generation of scientists. She shares her thoughts about the experience below. In the … The course had a defined set of objectives, and started with an image of a spoonful of dirt with the question: Do you want to find out what is in this …

… The Science The fire moss Ceratodon purpureus is a short plant with a complex genome . Now, high-quality reference genome sequences of the male and female plants, each representing a single set of chromosomes, are …

… Ti’Yanna Watson and graduate student LaMonika Dent worked with JGI mentors Yi Zhai and John Vogel on researching the effects of Brachypodium distachyon plant root exudates on the plant microbiome. They also took part in many enriching …

… our  2022 Annual Meeting . The meeting was a hybrid event, with guests joining onsite at the Integrative Genomics … Variation — From McClintock to Pangenomes Susan Wessler is plant molecular biologist and geneticist and currently a … these genes can change position within a genome — in plants to see how they impact gene and genome evolution. TEs …

… Dongying Wu, a member of the Functional Annotation team within the JGI’s Microbiome Data Science group. “Turns out … art of hands-on microbiology and experimental validation.  Microbes run the world, playing key roles in regulating … gained from understanding the interactions between microbes, hosts, and their environments could be applied to …

… independently evolved to establish symbiotic relationships with plants (mycorrhizae), and particularly how fungi that feed on decaying plant matter (saprotrophs) have transitioned to the … Lorraine, the European Regional Development Fund and the Plant-Microbe Interfaces Scientific Focus Area in the …

… evidence shows anaerobic fungi can degrade the hardiest of plant components   The Science There are three main … anaerobic fungi could be used to effectively modify lignin without oxygen and make use of it, it would change the … skeleton. It’s more complex, and poisons enzymes and the  microbes that make them. It’s known that aerobic fungi, like …

… Bowers et al. 2024. scMicrobe PTA: Near Complete Genomes from Single Bacterial … Free-Living Growth and during Nitrogen-Fixing Symbiosis with  Medicago spp. Msystems 7 (1), e01092-21 3. Baumgart et … Shulse et al. 2019. Engineered Root Bacteria Release Plant-Available Phosphate from Phytate. Appl Environ …