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… In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have revisited a … challenges. In March 2008, the genome sequence of the forest fungus Laccaria bicolor was published in the journal Nature . The mushroom has a symbiotic relationship with the poplar, a JGI Flagship Genome and the first tree to …

… tiny algae. The cold polar oceans give rise to some of the largest food webs on Earth. And at their base are … organisms called phytoplankton (from the Greek phyto for ‘plant’ and planktos for ‘wanderer’). But they vary … “Prokaryotes are not capable of producing all the juicy proteins and lipids that eukaryotes are.” But according to a …

… campus. Organized every two years since 2018, the goal of this symposium is to bring together a “Viral Ecogenomics” … uncultivated viral diversity, understand the role of viruses in natural ecosystems, and functionally explore … be held on Nov. 18 in the Tilden room and open-air patio of the same building.  The symposium will include a mix of …

… A nuanced understanding of peat moss drives insight into carbon storage   The … plants don’t fully decompose in peatlands, and so carbon within their tissues doesn’t return to the atmosphere. Peat … by minimizing flood risks and filtering water. Peat formed there over thousands of years sequesters more carbon …

… plant species have adapted to their local environments; for example, crop and ornamental seeds sold for the upper Midwest are often very different than those bred for Texas. Identifying … plant’s traits and genetic diversity,” said John Lovell, an evolutionary biologist at HudsonAlpha and first author of …