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To provide broad plant genomic capabilities, the DOE Joint Genome Institute … works in partnership with the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology, which specializes in genome improvement … comparable study, where plants were subjected to three nitrogen sources (urea, ammonium, and nitrate) as the sole …

… particularly sigma factors that initiate transcription in bacteria. Using this technology, which combines an in vitro … regulation is critical to ensuring genes vital for growth and survival across various environments are … expand the known transcriptional regulatory network in bacteria, enabling the discovery of regulatory cascades as …

… diversity reveals seed dispersal in wild populations for the first time. For years, Elizabeth (Toby) Kellogg and other researchers at the Danforth Plant Science Center (Danforth Center) drove up and down the … small model grass with a short lifecycle that uses a carbon fixation process known as the C4 pathway, which particularly …

… has a long-term partnership with the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology for our Plant Program, and is further leveraging the services of the … Genomics Institute for DNA and RNA extractions to support plant and other efforts. The JGI works closely with DOE …

… the microbial diversity we know about, and proposes a path forward to curate and cultivate what is still unknown.  “We took a deep dive into over 1.8 million bacterial and archaeal genomes to see how much of their … Natalia Ivanova conducted a census of publicly available bacterial and archaeal sequences. Kyrpides heads the JGI’s …

… delicately above the leaf debris are revealed to be single bacterial cells, visible to the naked eye. The unusual size … National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and the Laboratory for Research in Complex Systems (LRC) in Menlo Park, Calif. … which is a process analogous to photosynthesis for plants.” Another outstanding question is whether the new …

… system traces polyploid genome evolution. Flowering plants abide by the concept, “the more the merrier,” with … also known as “polyploidy,” is common among flowering plants; at least once during their evolution, the genomes of … Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), relied on a model grass system for answers. Their work  recently appeared in  Nature …

… help solve energy and environmental challenges.   Usually, plants have the upper hand against any kind of biomass … a chemical and biological engineer at the University of California Santa Barbara. So plants don’t break down without a … to find beautiful diversity.”  Within that diversity of bacteria and fungi, O’Malley and her team are amassing all …