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… genomes’ metabolic pathways could lead to the discovery of genes that could be used for multiple biotechnological … improve crop breeding. For example, Schmutz noted, specific genes of interest could be associated with a plant’s sex. … fruit and seed yield. Conversely, some crops such as bioenergy sorghum may need sterile males; plant breeding …
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… around the world, including data from several DOE-mission relevant proposals through JGI’s Community Science Program … encoded functions that could boost host metabolism, such as genes that play roles in the uptake and transport of diverse substrates, and also photosynthesis genes including potential light-driven proton pumps. “We’re …
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… supported by a JGI Director’s Science award. The DOE Joint BioEnergy Institute (http://www.jbei.org) is supported by … for this research was also provided by the Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, U.S. Department of Energy, Office …
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… has been enabled through the JGI Community Science Program (CSP) . Cavicchioli and his team compared two strains of … shared across all haloarchaea, along with the pool of genes considered the flexible genome content that was likely …
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… genomes. That study multiplied the number of known viral genes by a factor of 16. The same year, the JGI expanded its … would give researchers more ways to engineer microbial genes. Eventually, whether the goal is improving soil …
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… 2015 34th Annual Women’s Recognition Award for Science, 2020 NIH NRSA Postdoctoral Fellowship (F32), 2012 – 2015 …
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