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… elongata enjoys a dual lifestyle; it can thrive in the soil as a saprophyte, living off decaying organic matter, or … with endophytes — a group whose effects on plants are still not well understood — scientists can better fine-tune their … of Florida collected forest samples of poplar and soil from Washington and Oregon. The cuttings included genotypes …

… 25th anniversary in 2022, we have revisited a number of notable achievements that showcase our collaborations and capabilities to enable great science that will help solve energy and environmental challenges. Switchgrass is a … miles and eight states. In 2021, using switchgrass samples from these gardens, a team led by researchers at the …

… base state, they are diploids with two genome copies, one from each parent. Having three or more genome copies from additional parents or duplication, also known as “polyploidy,” is common among flowering plants; … other polyploid plants have gone extinct or are unknown),” noted Pilar Catalan of the Universidad de Zaragoza, one of …

… of sphagnum mosses.  New research identifies sex chromosomes in the plant and illuminates the significant role sex … soil carbon. The process to harvest energy-generating peat from these boggy wetlands produces an estimated 5% of annual … that preferred the hollows. Those genome sequences showed not only that the sex of a sphagnum plant informs how it …

… Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and an Adjunct Professor of Plant and Microbial Biology at University of … He contributed to the Human Genome Project and led annotation and analysis of diverse eukaryotic genomes, from protists to plants. In 2009, he launched the JGI Fungal …

… “Microbes underpin so much of what we see on earth in terms of nutrient cycles … Mike Wilkins and his graduate student Kaela Amundson at Colorado State University have many questions about … a recently published paper with first author Amundson in the journal Microbiome . The work builds off a …

… of Science Early Career Research Program .   If “BERSS” is not mentioned in the BER funding call, proposals are NOT … , which are both eligible for BERSS). Available Resources All JGI products are available through BERSS. Learn … with grants funded by DOE-BER requiring support from the JGI may  submit proposals here . Investigators …

… using a variety of cutting-edge approaches.  Our group also seeks out new approaches that utilize … The JGI uniquely offers the first quantitative Stable Isotope Probing (SIP) Metagenomics pipeline that utilizes … The JGI provides users access to cutting-edge cell sorting, DNA amplification, and sequence analysis to recover …