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… store a big fraction of all the carbon on Earth, and soil microbes play a key role in pulling that carbon out of the …

… and evolutionary genomics .” Understanding the nature and genetic basis of functional traits in sphagnum growth and decomposition is … cycling is a carbon flux regulator since sulfate-reducing microbes prevent methane production by routing the carbon …

Dr. Vogel joined JGI in 2014 to establish a plant functional genomics program. Prior to this, he served as a … pipeline and, in collaboration with industrial partners, generated hundreds of transgenic switchgrass lines in an … sequenced mutant collections, transformation technology, epigenetic analysis techniques) and utilizing these resources …

… it. The isotopes are incorporated into the DNA of specific microbes who consume the labeled food or water. Later, their … which microorganisms used the labeled substance and which microbes did not. This is normally an arduous wet lab … them. In this case, scientists identified a wide variety of microbes, including both bacteria and archaea, actively …

… microbial communities. These experiments can show which microbes are handling specific nutrients, or what they're … accessible to more researchers. Ultimately, the goal is to generate SIP data that can be useful to multiple teams and …

Yosemite National Park, taken by JGI’s own Jon Bertsch. Microbes isolated from Mono Lake were sequenced by the JGI …

… were applied on sequenced fungal genomes to classify gene families. The Science As a proof of concept, … by lifestyles. The machine “learned” to identify data generated in part through the 1000 Fungal Genomes Project, … Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), has generated a more accurate phylogenetic tree tracking the …

… how crops and model organisms may evolve.  Determining the genetic codes of plants is often challenging because in many … it to any genome of interest.” This figure outlines the general methodology he and Rokhsar came up with: Until they … wasn’t completely accurate. “They took every single gene from octoploid strawberry, compared it to other …

… rather than single cells or isolated strains, is easy to generate, but difficult to assemble and interpret. The … researchers are utilizing deep learning to automatically generate insights from metagenomic data. In deep learning, a … included how to use deep learning to predict protein function (Héctor García Martin of Berkeley Lab’s Biological …

… dominated Copper River Delta. They’re looking at how the microbes in these high latitude wetlands, such as the Copper … colleagues are studying how chronic warming is altering how microbes interact with their environment, potentially …

… “Microbes underpin so much of what we see on earth in terms …

Research uncovers the genetic foundations that helped plants conquer land over 600 million years ago. The Science By studying the genes of land plants’ closest algal relative,  … of how early plants transitioned from water to land. Key gene groups involved in stress tolerance and …