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… For the first time, a team has comprehensively described … a microbial mat. The Science In microbial mats, communities of microorganisms live among viruses that infect them. But … so thoroughly that they lyse the cell — a process called lytic infection. But some viruses are also able to …

… For the first time, a team analyzes the transcriptomes of a lichen fungus and alga to understand their partnership … with the photobiont transferring part of its photosynthetically fixed carbon to the mycobiont. However, despite a … This work was supported by an intramural seed grant (IGSP 2008001) to …

… In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have revisited a number of notable … in soil health through nitrogen-fixation and holds clues for maximizing soybean, the common bean’s close relative, as … bean. Though the JGI no longer works on food crops specifically, “[At the JGI] we do use Phaseolus as a test model …

… My project at the Joint Genome Institute (JGI) was to measure the polymorphisms that transposable elements (TEs) …

… A new view into a symbiosis could offer benefits to address … soil and boosting biofuel feedstocks with less fertilizer. For millions of years, underground fungi have lived in … at cellular scale: fungi stretch a network of tendrils called arbuscules into a plant’s root cells, and both …

… Lawrence Livermore National Lab biologist Jennifer Pett-Ridge collaborated with JGI … researchers and robots have made these experiments easier for scientists everywhere. …

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

… ActinoBase offers a public portal of insight into special groups of … The 500 species described within the group are responsible for roughly two-thirds of antibiotics, and a deeper … The U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of … address some of the most pressing challenges of our time. For more information, please visit  …

… Over 40 percent of the cereal crop’s genes respond to drought stress. The Science … by a growing human population and increasing demand for agricultural products.  Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench is … plants with nutrients and pathogen protection. Specifically, gene expression in that set, implicated in AMF …

… In this episode, undergraduates adopt genomes that the JGI sequenced, but never … and publish first-author papers, making the data available for future research. Hear from Rekha Seshadri (JGI) and Matt … and Mark Soghomonian share what it was like to take on one of these genomes.  …

… To engineer yeast to do more, and understand genomes in general, Jef Boeke, Weimin Zhang (NYU Langone …

… In 2024, the DOE Joint Genome Institute and Alabama A&M University piloted an internship program to bring students to the JGI for research training experience. Enabled by the DOE RENEW … the roots of a plant in the soil. And I’m specifically working with a grass plant that’s similar to wheat and …