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… 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 … offers us the possibility to explore genomically the whole complex of progenitors and descendant species and, …

… Over the course of eight weeks this past summer, 10 students from UC Merced … wide — from implementing new data visualization tools, to using natural language processing techniques to categorize … summer. The JGI-UC Merced internship program was founded in 2014 with the goal of inspiring students to embark on a …

… (metagenomes). However, the quality and completeness of metagenome-assembled virus sequences vary widely. In a … regulated by viruses in their environments. Environmental DNA sequencing can help scientist to recover the genomes of … host organism. With the virus-host boundary clearly defined using functional annotation methods, it was possible to …

… from The Ohio State University and the University of Michigan studying how virus infections cause significant … cells as virocells, a change in name first described in 2011 which reflects the metabolic changes they’ve undergone. … infections can affect the interactions within their ecosystems. Summary Microbes drive the energy and nutrient …

… Dr. Blaby-Haas joined the JGI in 2022 as lead of the Biomolecular Materials Initiative, a … of Florida, working with Valérie de Crécy-Lagard on using comparative genomics to predict gene function in … PhD, Microbiology and Cell Science, University of Florida NIH Postdoctoral Researcher, UCLA …

… on understanding how microbes can colonize plant roots, focusing on genetic components required for effective colonization. In addition, Dr. Cole is focusing on how individual plant cells respond to their biotic environment using emerging single-cell characterization technologies …

… Over 40 percent of the cereal crop’s genes respond to drought stress. The … For that reason, its genome was sequenced by the JGI in 2009 and it is considered to be a Flagship Plant. By … certain diseases are well known to be partially due to the DNA sequence that makes up an individual’s genome. The genes …

… A quick snippet on Antonio Camargo and Simon Roux, a few of the JGI researchers behind software that finds plasmids and viruses within microbial … As mobile genetic elements like viruses spread their DNA, they can affect how microbes cycle nutrients and adapt …

… On February 8, 2024, the DOE Joint Genome Institute and the Environmental … FY2024 EMSL-JGI FICUS collaborative proposal call . Letters of Intent for the joint call are due March 7, 2024. The FICUS call allows researchers to combine the power of genomics and molecular characterization from the JGI and …

… wants to understand how viruses impact the release of greenhouse gases from Arctic permafrost. But to see what they’re doing, he first needs their DNA.   …

… JGI-led team significantly expands the global diversity of large and giant viruses. While the microbes in a single … giant viruses that belong to the nucleocytoplasmic large DNA viruses (NCLDV) supergroup. The expansion of the … viruses from environmental sequences across the globe, then using these sequences to make inferences about the …