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… My project at the Joint Genome Institute (JGI) was to measure the polymorphisms that transposable elements (TEs) contributed to in the grass model species Brachypodium …

… A fungus relies on bacteria to regulate key components of its reproductive … (symbionts) are transmitted between host generations, researchers investigated the role that bacteria living … and experimented with the fungi and bacteria, while the DOE JGI team sequenced and annotated a host genome (Rm ATCC …

… Recent study shows eelgrass has been around about 2.5 million years less than previously believed.  The Science Eelgrass, one of the most abundant plants in the ocean, originated in Japan before spreading around … eelgrass adapted and evolved throughout its history. Their research, published in  August 2023 in  Nature Plants , was …

… A mini-episode looking at the efforts of Pankaj Trivedi, whose New Investigator proposal was recently approved through the JGI Community Science Program, to use microbiome science to …

… A quick snippet on Antonio Camargo and Simon Roux, a few of the JGI researchers behind software that finds plasmids and viruses …

… This summer marked the first fully in-person internship experience in several years for students and researchers alike at the JGI. With the past few years upended by the pandemic, 2023 …

… Lawrence Livermore National Lab biologist Jennifer Pett-Ridge collaborated with JGI scientists on an ambitious project: to bring in robots … that measure microbial activity in soil. Now, the researchers and robots have made these experiments easier …

… Learn more about PhycoCosm, the largest interactive collection of sequenced algal genomes, omics … analysis tools developed by the Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a US Department of Energy Office of Science user …

… Notes from the Summer 2018 Biotech Partners Interns from Antioch High School. Though a partnership with Biotech Partners, a nonprofit that provides underserved youth in the Bay Area … higher education and access to fulfilling science careers, JGI hosted five students from Antioch High School this …

… could boost biofuels and fertilize fields. So in 2010, the JGI helped publish the original genome sequence for the soybean, Glycine max. With a full genome sequence, researchers have been able to look into soybean’s strengths – along with a fungus that threatens this important crop. Hear …

… They survive everywhere from Antarctica to Joshua Tree National Park, despite extremely harsh conditions. And their … survive hotter, drier climates. So University of Tuscia researchers Laura Selbmann and Claudia Coleine are working with scientists from around the world – and the JGI – to understand them better. …