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… part of the JGI’s 1000 Fungal Genomes Project, which aims to provide genomic information for every family of fungi. In the following guest piece, JGI user Dr. Tan details the results of … results revealed a striking capability of morel mycelium to acquire carbon from lignocellulosic-abundant matters such …

… symbiont spurs growth of poplar, a potential biofuel feedstock.     The Science The fungus  Mortierella elongata … found among and within poplar trees, and in an effort to understand its influence on the plant, a team of scientists studied what happens to the tree’s physical traits and gene expression when the …

… that showcase our collaborations and capabilities to enable great science that will help solve energy and … plants can’t run away, they’ve evolved these really tough cell wall materials that keep microbes — and the … produced by microorganisms — out,” said JGI user/collaborator Michelle O’Malley, a chemical and biological engineer at …

… shiitake mushrooms special. This week, he and 39 collaborators published a paper tracing how these mushrooms have …

… have leveraged data from the 1000 Fungal Genomes project to form new connections between fungal guilds, genes and … nutrients from that decay, and deliver those nutrients to tree roots and soil. These fungi help shape a forest’s … for this project, and produced the reference genomes that allowed for mapping these RNA reads. “Currently, this is the …

Trubl, a virologist at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, wants to understand how viruses impact the release of greenhouse gases from Arctic permafrost. But to see what they’re doing, he first needs their DNA.   …

What if we understood plants and how they adapt to their ever-changing environments better? We could unlock new innovations to drive more productive food, medicine, and bioenergy …

Biofuels and bioproducts are a way to kick our addiction to fossil fuels. In this episode, we peek into how scientists Aindrila Mukhopadhyay and Steve Singer are …

The Sequence to Function: Applications and Analysis for the Future (SFA²F) meeting brings together established and emerging scientists from academia, … will present both a genome center talk and a tech talk. Stop by the JGI booth to learn about our user programs and …

… land with little water, which were developed specifically to turn their biomass into sustainable biofuel and bioproducts. John Mullet, a … at Texas A&M University, tells us how sorghum’s historical — and literal — roots could play a big role in our …