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… project to form new connections between fungal guilds, genes and function. If a tree falls in the forest — whether or not anyone registers the sound — one thing is for sure: there are lots of fungi around. Within a forest’s soil, hundreds of species …

In the summer of 2015, Adam Session was a postdoc working at … that could help crop breeders and researchers predict how crops and model organisms may evolve.  Determining the genetic codes of plants is often challenging because in many …

…   Each year, the JGI accepts proposals for state-of-the-art functional genomics research from reseachers who translate genomic information into biological function. Through our CSP … and omics capabilities to enhance understanding of gene and genome function. Tapping into these functions …

… genome and now crop researchers can work toward advancing sugarcane biotechnology. The Science Considered the … most harvested crop by tonnage, sugarcane accounts for 80% of global sugar production. A reference genome for the … in  Nature by an international consortium. With the genetic code of sugarcane, researchers were able to map the …

… viruses outnumber the microbes by at least another order of magnitude. For years, scientists at the DOE Joint Genome … viruses are likely to infect, and (iii) identifying the genetic traits of the viruses to better understand their … viral sequences (“contigs”) from thousands of ecologically diverse metagenomics samples. The work is supported by NIH …

… those recognized by Clarivate Analytics as “true pioneers in their fields over the last decade, demonstrated by the production of multiple highly-cited papers that rank in the top 1% by … Biotechnology.  The work also led researchers to identify a gene related to seed dispersal in wild populations for the …

… crop and ornamental seeds sold for the upper Midwest are often very different than those bred for Texas. Identifying … plants clonally propagated from cuttings represent a diverse collection sourced from half of the United States. … to customize the crop for additional end products. The genetic diversity within this set of plants, each with a …