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…   The Science Scientists have fully decoded the genome of an oil-producing green alga, and demonstrated precise … gene targeting in the genome in the November 2025 issue of The Plant Cell. Auxenochlorella is an allodiploid hybrid … specific chemical tags on DNA  to control which genes are active. Researchers also identified transfer RNA genes with …

… Multi-species assays yield an unprecedented view of plant evolution and adaptation.    Understanding how … complex wiring behind a city’s power grid. Just as the flow of electricity controls when and where lights turn on or … DAP-seq method overcame some of these challenges by using  in vitro -expressed TFs and fragmented genomic DNA, …

… to global oceans. Through the Community Science Program of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome … The proposal targets the CSP focus area in plant microbiomes, as well as those in inter-organismal … Their presence reduces the need to add fertilizers to the soil. diCenzo’s proposal is also notable as he had an …

… The Impact The Antarctic lakes are a “treasure trove” of unknown microbes that play critical roles in environmental processes (related to interactions of soil-sediment environments, water and air-atmosphere with … domains—of up to 8,500 amino acids in length. These were actively synthesized intact in the Nha-C cells. The most …

… technologies and methodologies that facilitate discovery of new secondary metabolites. Prior to joining the JGI, he … BS, Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology Master's, Biotechnology, University of Tokyo PhD, Biotechnology, University of Tokyo … Udwary DW, Mouncey NJ. Comparative and pangenomic analysis of the genus Streptomyces. Sci Rep. 2022 Nov 7;12(1):18909. …

… JGI User Executive Committee (UEC) : Roland Hatzenpichler of Montana State University, Teresa Pawlowska of Cornell University, and Jana U’Ren (pronounced … of Energy & Meeting. Any investigator who has been an active user of the JGI at any time in the past two fiscal …

… You, Yong Zhang and Zhiping Zhong. (All images courtesy of the researchers) Each year, the JGI searches for novel … fungi, the effects of biochar on rhizosphere microbiomes, and the metabolic pathways of algae. They will … plant interactions across unique ecosystems, from alpine soils to tropical glaciers.  Proposals are accepted …

… to sift and characterize RNA virus sequences.  A zoo once offered a coloring book featuring polar bears in winter … community spirit that the JGI advocates for and actively promotes. The team used all the publicly available … datasets from the JGI’s Integrated Microbial Genomes & Microbiomes (IMG/M) system. “We then looked into many more …

… Dr. Blaby-Haas joined the JGI in 2022 as lead of the Biomolecular Materials Initiative, a partnership … at Berkeley Lab. She is spearheading the development of a joint user capability between the JGI and Molecular … of Florida, working with Valérie de Crécy-Lagard on using comparative genomics to predict gene function in …