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… and have two sets of chromosomes, one from each parent. In contrast, many crops have multiple sets of chromosomes … ethanol produced worldwide comes from the United States, Brazil produces a quarter of the world’s ethanol production … artificial chromosomes (BACs), vectors that can hold large DNA segments such as an entire sugarcane gene and its …

… Register here Book your stay at the conference venue This inaugural event will bring together researchers across major … This conference is inspired by the vision of standardized fabricated ecosystems (EcoFABs) designed for precise … the future of microbiome science. Organizers The EcoFAB 2025 Conference is organized by the EcoFAB Steering …

… Select interns look back on meaningful lessons from their summer … them to learn more about communicating science, utilize the insights they gained from their mentors, and apply … before so, getting to have this experience was very novel for me, and especially in like a biological field. …

… dependent on the other for required nutrients—is genome size. The obligate symbiont’s genome is often reduced compared … p roteas e ,  a dhesion and  r estriction  e ndonuclease domains—of up to 8,500 amino acids in length. These were … region in the SPEARE proteins appears to be involved in DNA degradation, and these proteins may be directly involved …

… s ditched their flagella and other traits when migrating back to the ocean. The Science Scientists have … lineage of bacteria to migrate from oceans and colonize land. Terrestrial  Chloroflexota have certain traits that … to spring. These biodiversity hotspots harbor specialized microbial communities living in extreme conditions. The …

… the JGI’s 25th anniversary celebration, the 2022 Annual Meeting featured speakers who shared a look back at the JGI’s … time (1986) 98% of the human genome was thought to be junk DNA, so there was quite a bit of resistance to use resources … They faced something of a genomic arms race as they recognized the private industry’s interest in simultaneously …

… Mr. Schmutz’s involvement with the JGI dates back to 1997, when he was … 19. Following the completion of the Human Genome Project in 2003, he developed sequencing, assembly, and improvement … Jeremy Schmutz is the Plant Science Program Head at the JGI. Click to learn more about the program's areas of focus, major initiatives and more.  …

… Sequencing technology has changed dramatically over the last  … of data sequenced — that’s three-quadrillion base pairs of DNA sequence! To meet this “ data tsunami ,” as Kathy Yelick … The JGI aims to create pipelines, tools and other standardized data resources that the global research community can …

… During the summer of 2021, 13 interns from UC Merced spent eight weeks working … Blurring the Line Between Plasmids and Phages … Evolution of the Mitochondria Internship … Cross Species Integration of Single Cell Transcriptomes … Exploring and Visualizing P. hallii Mutant Library …

… P. psychrophila genes drive resilience when salinity fluctuates. The Science The Arctic microalga … dead cells recorded. Samples were taken again at two, six, 12 and 24 hours. By the 24-hour mark, these algae showed … cell death.  Scientists then extracted RNA to analyze gene expression, to determine which genes are active …

… Scientists find bee gut microbes have a division of labor when it comes to metabolizing complex polysaccharides. Honey bees are invaluable … can yield sugar monomers, it’s only with the aid of specialized bacterial enzymes. Honey bees rely on their gut … to clean energy generation and environmental characterization and cleanup. The JGI provides integrated …