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Gardeners and farmers around the country recognize that crop varieties … plant species have adapted to their local environments; for example, crop and ornamental seeds sold for the upper … aren’t interested in waiting decades to develop new crops. One example is an ongoing collaborative effort to improve …

Massie S. Ballon is the Communications and Outreach Manager at the JGI. Prior to this role, she … served as the primary storyteller and social media manager for the JGI. She produced both text-based and multimedia … in science communication from UC Santa Cruz. She is one of the Biosciences Area representatives to Berkeley …

… affect traits. In a text file, the rows of letters A, T, C and G appearing over and over in a dizzying array of combinations, are unremarkable, save perhaps for the absence of all the other letters of the alphabet. … Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab). And one of the tools that researchers can apply to study the …

… the JGI from all parts of the globe to gain lab experience and contribute to ongoing projects. In one way or another, they’ve all mentioned how invaluable their time at …

The Joint Genome Institute's DNA Synthesis Platform capabilities support researchers exploring how to convert sequence into functional assessments. This is done by synthesizing genes, pathways, and whole chromosomes for bioenergy, nutrient cycling and …

Despite their diminutive stature, “short plants” such as mosses could be uniquely powerful in helping scientists link plant genetic sequences to what they do. But sequencing the genome of one short plant — fire moss — had an unexpected …