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… Maize produces a family of compounds that protects it against infections — using surprisingly few enzymes. The … used a battery of techniques. They screened panels of hundreds of maize lines for genetic variation in the ability … sesquiterpenoids, National Science Foundation Plant-Biotic Interactions Program (grant no. 1758976 to E.S. and P.Z.) …

… Celebrating 25 years of genomics research 2022 marked the JGI’s 25th anniversary. We revisited a number of notable achievements that showcase our collaborations and … Notable Stories …

… P. psychrophila genes drive resilience when salinity fluctuates. The Science The Arctic microalga … conditions. A recent study shows that when salinity is reduced in its environment, this alga reveals a remarkable … ice in the Arctic has decreased by more than 30% in terms of quantity and thickness. Replacing older, thicker ice with …

… reuse. Armed with the high-quality data we generate, tools like artificial intelligence can empower the global research community.   We … The JGI is involved in efforts to integrate data in support of new research questions that span domains. We also work … Chief Informatics Officer …

… Micro-Scale Applications group explores the genetic makeup of natural microbial communities using a variety of cutting-edge approaches.  Our group also … The JGI uniquely offers the first quantitative Stable Isotope Probing (SIP) Metagenomics pipeline that utilizes internal …

… The JGI’s Metabolomics Program works to uncover the roles of small molecules in biological systems, linking them with genomic data to … exploration of energy and nutrient exchange, as well as microbial and plant responses to environmental changes. With … Program is focused on understanding the critical roles of metabolites in living systems, particularly as they …

… As an Integrative Genome Science User Facility, the JGI plays a … genome science capabilities to support BER's mission of achieving a predictive understanding of complex biological, earth, and …

… Gene expression in eukaryotes was long held to be monocistronic – that is, a … a single protein. Recently reported in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences , a team of researchers … and kept seeing what looked like mistakes by the gene prediction algorithms. I decided to dig in a little deeper, …