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… Maize produces a family of compounds that protects it against infections — using … enzymes. The Science Maize ( Zea mays ) produces a plethora of antibiotics called zealexins. Even though scientists have … corn variety and protect maize by fending off fungal and microbial infections. Scientists had assumed that maize …

… to link genomes with environments to understand how webs of microbes cycle carbon and sustain biomes via the development and application of advanced mass spectrometry approaches and model laboratory ecosystems (EcoFABs). … at the JGI. Click to learn more about the program's areas of focus, major initiatives and more.  …

… In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have revisited a number of notable achievements that showcase our collaborations and … rust pathogens. “All along the way, it was just like rediscovering genetics, with the evolution of sequencing …

… As part of the ongoing partnership between DOE JGI and UC Merced to … Research Symposium , held February 6 at the University of California, Irvine, Cristhian and Bryan were among 5 UC … “It is a beautiful thing, that our young campus earned 25% of the research awards,” said Jesús Cisneros, director of …

… JGI is in the process of shifting its operations from Walnut Creek to the heart of the Berkeley Lab campus. By Friday, October 18, the … Twenty years after the JGI united the genomics expertise of three national labs in one long building at Walnut Creek, … The U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science …

… affect users and their access to technical capabilities JGI offers, as well as proposal review procedures and the organization of the JGI Annual Meeting. Any investigator who has been an active user of the JGI at any time in the past two fiscal years is …

… plants. So they’ve looked into wasps that program oak trees to raise their young in structures called galls.  In …

… Sustainable Berkeley Lab maintains a  calendar of Earth Month events throughout April. This year, a new … striving for sustainability in lab spaces as well as offices. These efforts dovetail into sustainability … services,” Fulton said. These emissions come from the whole lifecycle of materials used — from their creation to their …

… The Science Within the archaeal domain, there is a group of tiny hitchhikers. These organisms are abundant and yet … mini genomes to match. As a result, they cannot process all of the chemicals they need to survive. To fill in their nutrient gaps, they must latch onto a larger host — often, a fellow archaeal microbe. Understanding how these …

… Summer 2025 marked the second year of Alabama A&M University students coming to the DOE Joint … experience funded by a DOE training grant.  Building off the previous year’s project, undergraduate interns … the Plant Functional Genomics Group to study the effects of  Brachypodium distachyon plant root exudates on the plant …

… with their target genes. The Science Regulons are a group of genes that can be turned on or off by the same regulatory protein. Researchers demonstrated the efficacy and potential of regulon identification by in vitro … This work was supported by the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science under Contract No. …

… . The Science Most species are diploids and have two sets of chromosomes, one from each parent. In contrast, many crops have multiple sets of chromosomes (they are “polyploid”) and their complex … to sequence and assemble, in turn limiting the use of modern, genomic breeding in these crops. For diploid …