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… 600 million years ago. The Science By studying the genes of land plants’ closest algal relative,  Zygnematophyceae , scientists have enhanced our understanding of how early plants transitioned from water to land. Key … of how plants adapted to terrestrial life paves the way for innovations in sustainable agriculture and clean energy. …

… using gene editing technology to conscientiously mix traits of different plant species will help us get there. …

… Biofuels and bioproducts are a way to kick our addiction to … Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI) , a JGI partner and one of the four US Department of Energy Bioenergy Research Centers.  …

… A genetic architecture that is characteristic of the sex chromosomes of mammals is, for the first time, seen in a plant. The Science Sex in … This work was supported by the NSF Dimensions of Biodiversity Program (DEB-1542509 to S.D., DEB-1542486 to … 2016YFD0600101), and the National Key Project for Basic Research (2012CB114504). The work conducted by the …

… Dr. Malmstrom is a Staff Scientist and leader of the Microscale Applications group. Before joining the JGI in 2010, he made the first ever measurements of in situ growth rates and carbon consumption of SAR11 … Ph.D. in Marine Biology/Biochemistry, University of Delaware BA in Biology, Boston University ( magna cum …

… Metabolism   Although there are still a large number of secondary metabolites yet to be discovered and their … often tedious and resource intensive. This is often due to, for example, tight regulation of biosynthetic gene clusters (BGCs) in native hosts, the complexity of cloning and expressing a given BGC …

… he served as a Research Molecular Biologist at the USDA for 12 years where he was a driving force behind the development of numerous genomic resources that fostered the widespread … for Science where he studied the molecular basis of a plant host’s susceptibility to pathogens. Dr. Vogel’s current …

… the Lab in 2007 as the Sr. Human Resources Division Partner for the Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI) and in 2017 joined … State University. Early on, Ms. Clarke knew the importance of understanding human and group behaviors as her role in HR … and trust. Ms. Clarke is very enthusiastic to be a part of the Berkeley Lab’s first Conflict Resolution Services …

… Over the course of eight weeks this past summer, 10 students from UC Merced … language processing techniques to categorize genetic information. Learn more about their work here in a series of … Docs, and GitHub enabled virtual collaboration. JGI also hosted events to enable students to showcase their work and …

… began oxygenating Earth over two billion years ago. A team of researchers set out to Yellowstone National Park to study …

… crops. But most available genomes are from narrow swaths of the plant tree of life. One project aims to change that. …

… — an energetically expensive feat thought to be too costly for them. The Science Anaerobic fungi, which die in the presence of oxygen, dwell in herbivore guts and help them digest … meal. In their evolutionary history, these fungi branched off early from aerobic fungi, which can breathe oxygen — …