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… JGI innovates protocol revealing how genetic variations in sequences affect traits. In a text file, the rows of letters A, T, C and G appearing over and over in a … Lab). And one of the tools that researchers can apply to study the transcription factors that control how genes are …

… Brachypodium model system traces polyploid genome evolution. Flowering plants abide by the concept, “the more the … plants; at least once during their evolution, the genomes of flowering plants multiply. Over time, plants lose many … Polyploid Genomes in a Pan-genomic Context For the study, partly enabled by the JGI’s  Community Science …

… Team develops a computational pipeline to sift and characterize RNA virus sequences.  A zoo once offered a coloring book featuring polar bears in winter … one of the project co-leads and first author of the study. Members of the Tel Aviv and NCBI teams, who were …

… Summer 2025 marked the second year of Alabama A&M University students coming to the DOE Joint … and John Vogel from the Plant Functional Genomics Group to study the effects of  Brachypodium distachyon plant root …

… at the JGI, a Senior Scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and an Adjunct Professor of Plant and Microbial Biology at University of California, Berkeley. He contributed to the Human Genome Project and led annotation … at the JGI. Click to learn more about the program's areas of focus, major initiatives and more.  …

…   The Science Scientists have fully decoded the genome of an oil-producing green alga, and demonstrated precise gene targeting in the genome in the … also simplifies metabolic modeling and pathway optimization for enhanced lipid production. Also notable, researchers …

… Flavia Winck Vischi, Jennifer Wisecaver, Yaqi You, Yong Zhang and Zhiping Zhong. (All images courtesy of the researchers) Each year, the JGI searches for novel … plant interactions across unique ecosystems, from alpine soils to tropical glaciers.  Proposals are accepted …

… joined the DOE Joint Genome Institute and has focused on applying state-of-the-art molecular methods to address wide-ranging questions existing in biology. He holds joint appointments as a … Len Pennacchio is the JGI's Deputy of Genomic Technologies. oClick to learn more about the …

… . The Science Most species are diploids and have two sets of chromosomes, one from each parent. In contrast, many crops have multiple … sorghum and maize, sugarcane can grow on nutrient-poorer soils and does not need to be planted annually. The modern … This work was supported by the International Consortium for Sugarcane Biotechnology, as well as the …

… reveals the microbial community involved in a bioremediation effort. The Science In 1999, the Environmental Protection Agency declared the North Railroad … PCE (perchloroethylene) found its way into the groundwater of several communities in New Mexico via leakage from a …

… In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have revisited a number of notable achievements that showcase our collaborations and capabilities to enable great science that will help … Glycine max on Phytozome … 3 P. pachyrhizi genomes on MycoCosm …