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… Maize produces a family of compounds that protects it against infections — using surprisingly few enzymes. The Science Maize ( Zea mays ) produces a plethora of antibiotics called zealexins. Even though scientists have … sesquiterpenoids, National Science Foundation Plant-Biotic Interactions Program (grant no. 1758976 to E.S. and P.Z.) …

… In a special issue of mSystems , out May 14, 2019, JGI researchers are among the authors who offer perspectives on what the next five years of innovation … beyond the tried-and-true method of traditional shotgun metagenomics. One approach uses fluorescence-activated cell …

… Analysis reveals cotton genome stability across global lineages . Come harvest time, the cotton fields look like … growing on plants, with fluffy white bolls bursting out of the green pods in every direction. There are 100 million … in this  Nature Genetics publication will facilitate deeper understanding of cotton biology and lead to higher …

… system traces polyploid genome evolution. Flowering plants abide by the concept, “the more the merrier,” … plants; at least once during their evolution, the genomes of flowering plants multiply. Over time, plants lose many … genomes to a diploid state while retaining multiple copies of some genes. This polyploidization process is ongoing and …

… Survey of Setaria's natural diversity reveals seed dispersal in wild populations for the first time. For years, Elizabeth … Center (Danforth Center) drove up and down the highways of the continental United States, occasionally pulling over … The U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science …

… Twice a year, the DOE Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) program … Kaze, part of the 2018 cohort of the JGI-UC Merced Genomics Internship Program. Kaze is part of Mark Sistrom’s lab at … Tringe’s research group focuses on the roles of microbial communities in wetland carbon cycling and the interactions …

… between fungal guilds, genes and function. If a tree falls in the forest — whether or not anyone registers the sound — one thing is for sure: there are lots of fungi around. Within a forest’s soil, hundreds of species … At that time, the field had surveyed many different soil communities for taxonomic diversity. These studies could …

… – Jack Gilbert, Ashley Shade, and Jason Stajich! They join six other JGI users already serving on the UEC – go here to view the full roster of members. Each of the researchers had their own reasons … to be an advocate helping both the scientific and education communities access and build on the JGI’s resources. The UEC …