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… Science Program (CSP), researchers are developing a number of resources to build up Sphagnum as a plant model system … and researchers estimate that they hold about 25 percent of the world’s soil carbon. In high latitudes, sphagnum can … and evolutionary genomics .” Understanding the nature and genetic basis of functional traits in sphagnum growth and …

… A team has optimized a crucial part of CRISPR-Cas9 technology to enable improvements in … tool will make the right cut, researchers created a set of guide RNAs that were effective against 94 percent of the … their tool before felling their research problem: at a genetic level, how does  Y. lipolytica work? The project was …

… In the summer of 2015, Adam Session was a postdoc working at the DOE Joint … who also holds a joint appointment with the University of California, Berkeley. Nowadays, Session is an Assistant … how crops and model organisms may evolve.  Determining the genetic codes of plants is often challenging because in many …

… survival, may now be easier to characterize following a proof-of-concept study in which researchers paired CRISPR and … is a technique researchers can use to integrate large genetic payloads directly into diverse microbes. Combining … The work conducted by the US Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science …

… In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have revisited a … each variety stores sugars and sequesters carbon. 2015: Epigenetic Control of Drought Tolerance in Sorghum (EPICON) … over 50 other diverse sorghum genomes. Deep sequencing and genetic linkage analysis improve the genome’s accuracy, and …

… Streptomyces are nature's chemical factories. They hold genetic blueprints for dozens of complex compounds, but stay largely dormant under standard conditions. As described in a recent issue of mSystems , scientists found that adding salt to the … This work conducted by the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute …

… In April 2020, we mark both the 50th celebration of Earth Day on April 22, and DNA Day on April 25. As both …   ALISON:  Hey! I’m Alison Takemura at the US Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, or JGI.  Two special days … they need. Karolina is working to better understand what genetic features make CAM possible. So, she’s studying …

… than 20 UC Merced students have contributed to the research of 13 JGI scientists since the program’s inception. In 2014, … Science Programs Deputy Axel Visel teamed with University of California (UC), Merced assistant professor Suzanne Sindi … in genomics, including JGI, is not representative of the diversity in the population, especially here in California. …

… A new view into a symbiosis could offer benefits to address climate change: pulling atmospheric carbon into soil and boosting biofuel feedstocks with less fertilizer. For millions of … for tuning this symbiosis. “Those are great candidates for genetic engineering. Our hope is that the community at large …

… JGI interests in algae and secondary metabolites. A total of 27 proposals have been  approved through the annual  Community Science Program (CSP) call of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome … generating their  genome sequences to improve breeding by genetic improvements. Apomixis is asexual reproduction …

… still work in cell-free environments? (Spoiler: Yes.) Think of cells as tiny factories: within their walls they have … , researchers led by Hal Alper at The University of Texas at Austin and Michael Jewett of Northwestern … the yeasts received fine-tuning of gene expression through genetic rewiring with CRISPR-Cas9 that enhanced their …

… Find a series of webinars related to our Integrated Microbial Genomics & Microbiomes portal. …