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… In April 2020, we mark both the 50th celebration of Earth Day on April 22, and DNA Day on April 25. As … upstream and downstream, which is how the EPA, it’s one of the indices they use for stream health, they look at … The JGI provides integrated high-throughput sequencing and computational analysis that enable systems-based scientific …

… Over the years, hundreds of interns have come to the JGI from all parts of the globe to gain lab experience and contribute to ongoing projects. In one way or another, they’ve all mentioned how invaluable …

… Despite their diminutive stature, “short plants” such as mosses could be uniquely powerful in helping … sequences to what they do. But sequencing the genome of one short plant — fire moss — had an unexpected …

… What if we understood plants and how they adapt to their ever-changing environments … genomes are from narrow swaths of the plant tree of life. One project aims to change that. …

… Massie S. Ballon is the Communications and Outreach Manager at the JGI. Through … educational content, and writing feature profiles. She is one of the Biosciences Area representatives to Berkeley … Massie Ballon is the JGI's Communications and Outreach Manager. …

… P. psychrophila genes drive resilience when salinity fluctuates. The … there.  A  Communications Biology article highlights how one microalga collected from water on the ice surface … fertilizers. By understanding the genetic and metabolic pathways involved in stress responses, scientists can better …

… How sex chromosomes “older than dinosaurs” could help improve crop yields.  The Science … contamination, and drought. The moss genomes’ metabolic pathways could lead to the discovery of genes that could be … genes of interest could be associated with a plant’s sex. One outcome could be superfemale plants that have increased …

… Understanding the shared genetic toolkit of ancestral and present-day plants The … polymorpha. Commonly known as liverwort, this was done to gain insights into gene families involved in … and cell wall development.  M. polymorpha is also among one of the plants representing 35 major evolutionary plant …

… Open Green Genomes hits milestone with C. richardii The Science Fern genomes are huge, and … to have demonstrated the potential of ferns as sources of novel genetic material with applications including … The work conducted by the US Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute is supported by the …

… Black fungi are microscopic and mighty. They survive everywhere from Antarctica to … harsh conditions. And their survival secrets could one day help other organisms survive hotter, drier climates. …