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Does time matter? Intraspecific diversity of ribosomal RNA genes in lineages of the allopolyploid model grass Brachypodium hybridum with different evolutionary ages
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Fields of Breeders’ Dreams: A Team Effort Toward Targeted Crop Improvements
… around the country recognize that crop varieties grow best in certain regions. Most plant species have adapted to their … crop and ornamental seeds sold for the upper Midwest are often very different than those bred for Texas. Identifying … customize the crop for additional end products. The genetic diversity within this set of plants, each with a …
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Jeremy Schmutz
… human chromosomes 5, 16, and 19. Following the completion of the human genome project in 2003, he developed … O., Lovell, J.T. et al.  2024.The complex polyploid genome architecture of sugarcane. Nature 628, 804–810. Sreedasyam, … Award … Plant Science Program … Education … Selected Publications … Awards and Honors …
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A new reference genome for Sorghum bicolor reveals high levels of sequence similarity between sweet and grain genotypes: implications for the genetics of sugar metabolism
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Deletion of either the regulatory gene ara1 or metabolic gene xki1 in Trichoderma reesei leads to increased CAZyme gene expression on crude plant biomass
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Secreted Effector Proteins of the Poplar Leaf Spot and Stem Canker Pathogen Sphaerulina musiva Manipulate Plant Immunity and Contribute to Virulence in Diverse Ways.
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Calculating the Costs of Multiple Switchgrass Gene Copies
A collaborative team led by researchers at the University of Texas (UT) at Austin, the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology … by our research team surveying the genomic and phenotypic diversity across the natural range of switchgrass found that …
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The Power of One, Amplified
A preview of how large-scale single cell genomics complements metagenomics studies. The … by collecting nearly 500 single cells from a single low diversity hot spring sediment sample. Their work showed that …
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Massie S. Ballon
… other JGI-relevant content on social media. She is also involved in the JGI’s community outreach efforts. Ms. Ballon … in science communication from UC Santa Cruz. She is one of the Biosciences Area representatives to Berkeley Lab’s Inclusion, Diversity, Equity & Accountability (IDEA) Chairs Council.   …
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JGI@25: From Life at the Extremes to Editing Genomes
In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have revisited a … nature was using it to do something important.” Related Publications:  A scoutRNA Is Required for Some Type V … Tyson GW et al. Community structure and metabolism through reconstruction of microbial genomes from …
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The genome of Polaromonas naphthalenivorans strain CJ2, isolated from coal tar‐contaminated sediment, reveals physiological and metabolic versatility and evolution through extensive horizontal gene transfer
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The Case for Conservation
How sex chromosomes “older than dinosaurs” could help improve crop yields.  The Science The … genome . Now, high-quality reference genome sequences of the male and female plants, each representing a single … moss genome, and are almost four times the size of the next largest chromosome. As the study first author Carey put it, …
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