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… The Science Maize ( Zea mays ) produces a plethora of antibiotics called zealexins. Even though scientists have … revealed that just a handful of enzymes are needed to transform zealexins and related precursors into a bonanza of … many different products out, instead of the more typical, one enzyme, one product. At each step, the zealexin pathway …

… which guide the relationships we nurture in our workplace and seek to establish with our stakeholders. The guiding principles for participating on JGI Advisory Committees are outlined in … The UEC represents the JGI user community and is responsible for providing input and advice on JGI …

… 2022 marks the JGI’s 25th anniversary. Over the last year, we’ve been revisiting a … a chemical and biological engineer at the University of California Santa Barbara. So plants don’t break down without a … they have also snowballed into more collaborations. One of O’Malley’s former postdocs, Kevin Solomon — now an …

… fungus  Mortierella elongata enjoys a dual lifestyle; it can thrive in the soil as a saprophyte, living off decaying … always found among and within poplar trees, and in an effort to understand its influence on the plant, a team of … . By contrast, using a different endophytic fungus,  Ilyonectria europaea , had no effect on growth. Liao’s team …

… 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 …

… program between the DOE Joint Genome Institute (JGI) and University of California (UC), Merced. What started with 2 interns in the … campuses with this being our largest and most successful one. It’s proven to be a really good model for us that we …

… Antarctic algae need their vitamins; zinc fuels some of … called phytoplankton play an outsize role in cycling carbon and nutrients. These microscopic algae have managed … other oceans. That zinc turns out to be extremely important for polar phytoplankton.  After peering into the function …

… In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have revisited a number of notable … In 2009, researchers at the JGI and the Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences described a novel technique to access … a team studying microbial populations in oxygen minimum zones identified SAR11 bacteria as initiators of nitrogen …