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… the van Niel Prize, the committee recognized Woyke as a pioneer in uncovering the hidden diversity of “microbial dark matter”–that uncultured and … and around the planet–through techniques including single-cell genomics and metagenomics. They cited her “landmark” …

… shows anaerobic fungi can degrade the hardiest of plant components   The Science There are three main ingredients to … tackle when it comes to breaking down a plant for energy: Cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin, cumulatively called lignocellulose, are the primary components of hardy cell walls. It’s the cellulose and …

… Dr. Rokhsar joined the JGI in 2000 as the founding Associate Director for Computational … group, and is past lead of the Eukaryotic Genome Program (2010-2019), and JGI Chief Informatics Officer (2013-2016). … is focused on understanding the origin, evolution, and diversity of plants and animals by combining computational …

… Cocoa Organization (ICCO), global cocoa bean production in 2017-2018  was 4.6 million metric tons . The global … Inc., a maker of chocolate for more than 100 years and one of the world’s largest buyers of cocoa, is collaborating … JGI plant portal Phytozome at  phytozome-next.JGI.doe.gov . One of the goals in updating the genome annotation was …

… three distinct RNA polymerases; in bacteria there is only one type of RNA polymerase responsible for each gene. These … sets associated with functions like stress responses and cellular differentiation. The tough part is identifying the … efficacy of RIViT-seq, researchers recently characterized 12 sigma factors and were able to identify the associated …

… Jan. 12 workshop: The Rapidly Expanding Genomics of Algae   With … of algae, and sampling of the length and breadth of algal diversity, the numbers of sequenced algal genomes, and the …

… Simon Roux (JGI) as they talk about their recent work on a time series from Sweden’s Stordalen Mire. …