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… RIViT-seq technology could speed up associating transcription factors with their target genes. The … (RIViT-seq) to facilitate the characterization of transcriptional regulation as well as … efficacy of RIViT-seq, researchers recently characterized 12 sigma factors and were able to identify the associated …

… 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 … was able to assess absolute time estimates for major colonization events. It was previously assumed, due to the wide …

… Dr. Vogel joined JGI in 2014 to establish a plant functional genomics program. Prior … technology, epigenetic analysis techniques) and utilizing these resources to understand genome organization and … grass that is well suited to experimental manipulation in the laboratory because of its compact genome, diploid …

… Gene expression in eukaryotes was long held to be monocistronic – that is, a … of green algae, Chlamydomonas reinhardtii and Chromochloris zofingiensis . “I was scrutinizing the genes of one of our species of algae and kept … to clean energy generation and environmental characterization and cleanup. The JGI provides integrated …

… Dr. Louie joined the JGI in 2014 to develop the metabolomics program, and in 2019 became … stable isotope probing (SIP) to assess metabolite turnover, DNA-SIP for helping identify active micro-organisms within … Johns Hopkins University; Ph.D. in Bioengineering, Arizona State University …

… Machine learning methods were applied on sequenced fungal … 100  Dothideomycetes genomes, just enough of a sample size to test if a computer algorithm could distinguish between … (green). (From Haridas S et al.  Studies in Mycology , 2020.) Using whole genome data from newly sequenced genomes, …

… In the summer of 2015, Adam Session was a postdoc working at the DOE Joint … these genomes are available on the JGI plant portal  Phytozome . “The broad applicability of the method is likely the … to other closely related species, it’s hard to analyze. The ancestors are a bit hard to identify and there’s a …

… Understanding the shared genetic toolkit of ancestral and present-day … conserved across plant lineages. They hypothesized that certain gene families — including fungal genes … environments, two gene families—peroxidases and nucleotide-binding leucine-rich repeats (NLRs) —stood out for their …

… Congratulations to the 2020 Highly Cited Researchers at the JGI! They are among those recognized by Clarivate Analytics as “true pioneers in their fields over the last decade, demonstrated by the … to clean energy generation and environmental characterization and cleanup. The JGI provides integrated …

… A new view into a symbiosis could offer benefits to address climate … into soil and boosting biofuel feedstocks with less fertilizer. For millions of years, underground fungi have lived in … to date. This paper  is the cover article for the April 2024 issue  of  Nature Plants .  “We wanted to better …

… New genomes highlight the diversity of white rot fungi in the genus Lentinula   The Science Shiitake mushrooms get … from around the world. By complete sequencing of 24 new mushroom genomes, and assembling genomes from 60 … Within those samples, this study also tracks the enzymes these fungi use to break down wood, and compares …

… Researchers start pinning down how a fungal symbiont spurs growth of poplar, a … study. The team found that, unlike pathogenic or mycorrhizal fungi (mutualist symbionts that induce structural … elongata;  the fungus produces them so prolifically, it oozes. The team hypothesizes that lipids could act as a bridge …