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… For the first time, a team analyzes the transcriptomes of a … that colonizes Brock and gives him super strength. For lichen, the partnership is more commonplace — though … research, many of the symbiosis’ details remain unclear. For the first time, a team has analyzed in parallel the …

… in soil health through nitrogen-fixation and holds clues for maximizing soybean, the common bean’s close relative, as … by Jeremy Schmutz of the JGI and the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology; Phil McClean of North Dakota State … Nature Genetics . “Common beans are a major societal crop for those with severely limited income,” McClean said. …

… surface of plants, is a comparatively understudied area of forest ecosystems as past studies have mainly focused on … both local conditions and the movement of microbes through forest canopies.  The Impact This work, enabled in part by … the capacity to metabolize the same chemicals conifers use for defending themselves, which has important implications …

… the DOE Joint Genome Institute (JGI) and University of California (UC), Merced. What started with 2 interns in the … the Lab. “This project represents part of our long term efforts to contribute towards a diverse workforce and scientific community (working with the JGI) as …

… most abundant plants in the ocean, originated in Japan before spreading around the globe. Now, scientists have shed … Nature Plants , was able to assess absolute time estimates for major colonization events. It was previously assumed, … just 0.2% of the ocean floor, these meadows are responsible for almost one-third of carbon sequestered in the ocean. In …

… For the first time in several years, the DOE Joint Genome … UC Merced students this past summer. This year’s cohort for the JGI-UC Merced Internship Program was brimming with … reported were incredibly valuable to their careers going forward. Watch this short video (below) to hear more about …

… National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and the Laboratory for Research in Complex Systems (LRC) in Menlo Park, Calif. … giant filamentous bacterium, along with its life cycle. For most bacteria, their DNA floats freely within the … has a membrane,” Volland said. “And this is very unexpected for a bacterium.” Strange Encounters in the Mangroves The …