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… (Spoiler: Yes.) Think of cells as tiny factories: within their walls they have both the machinery to make products such as proteins, and the mechanisms for maintenance to keep processes running smoothly. As … the yeasts received fine-tuning of gene expression through genetic rewiring with CRISPR-Cas9 that enhanced their …

… genome sequence of trifoliate orange yields clues to disease-resistance that could prove fruitful for … annotating and analyzing the genome in order to find the genetic traits responsible for  P. trifoliata ’s hardiness, … Fred Gmitter, a UF/IFAS professor of citrus breeding genetics and longtime JGI collaborator, are senior authors …

… Understanding how a fundamental mechanism of evolution allows microbes to adapt to changing … of viruses that had in their genomes a surprising tool: a “diversity generating retroelement,” or DGR. The DGR could … surprisingly active. In viruses, DGRs appear to generate diversity quickly, allowing these viruses to target new …

… JGI-led team significantly expands the global diversity of large and giant viruses. While the microbes in … yet, while they are found everywhere, comparatively little is known about viruses, much less those considered large and … expanded 10-fold from just 205 genomes, redefining the phylogenetic tree of giant viruses. Metabolic Reprogramming a …

… Builds Bridges Between DOE JGI, UC Merced Days after presenting the results of his summer research at the U.S. Department of Energy Joint … could be considered.” Olmstead’s project focused on the genetic mechanisms of chemotaxis in the Arabidopsis …

… Dr. Cole is interested in studying how plants interact with their … environment. Prior to joining the Joint Genome Institute, his focus was primarily on how plants interpret different … how microbes can colonize plant roots, focusing on genetic components required for effective colonization. In …

… team led by Geoffrey Schiebinger at the University of British Columbia, Philip Benfey at Duke University and Uwe Ohler … atlas that maps gene expression patterns in the  Arabidopsis root, profiling nearly 100,000 single root cells and … Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab). “This represents the largest integration of single-cell datasets in …