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… In a special issue of mSystems , out May 14, 2019, JGI researchers are among the authors who offer perspectives on what the next five years of innovation … nature. In the last few years, mapping the planet’s viral diversity has advanced drastically, aided by genome assembly …

… Antarctic algae need their vitamins; zinc fuels some of their most important functions. Even in the chilly waters of Antarctica, tiny ocean-dwellers called phytoplankton play … the JGI Algal Program, which explores genomics of algal diversity and biology to support basic science as well as …

… Describing the largest analysis to date of the modified DNA base 5mC variations in fungi. The … themselves can also be modified. The best-known example of a modified DNA base is a methylation of the base cytosine … User Facility, and others like it, are uncovering the true diversity of the fungal kingdom. The abundance of fungal …

… JGI User Executive Committee (UEC) : Roland Hatzenpichler of Montana State University, Teresa Pawlowska of Cornell University, and Jana U’Ren (pronounced … noted, “I would also like to offer my insights in promoting diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) in STEM disciplines to …

… than 20 UC Merced students have contributed to the research of 13 JGI scientists since the program’s inception. In 2014, … Science Programs Deputy Axel Visel teamed with University of California (UC), Merced assistant professor Suzanne Sindi … in genomics, including JGI, is not representative of the diversity in the population, especially here in California. …

… A workflow for capturing the genetic make-up of specific uncultivated microbes from complex environmental … deployed a pipeline to first target cells from communities of uncultivated microbes, and then efficiently retrieve and … be sequenced. Their protocol,  detailed in the journal  Microbiome , combines multiple techniques and was …

… Understanding the shared genetic toolkit of ancestral and present-day plants The Science In a recent  … paper , researchers focused on the full composition of genes, or pangenome, of the model plant  Marchantia … of plants.  Pangenomes encompass a plant’s genetic diversity beyond a single reference genome, which is key to …

… as a typical monthly JGI All-Hands Meeting, after a couple of perfunctory items, the agenda went off the rails – according to plan but unbeknownst to Ray and … person needs establish the culture of workforce safety and diversity and working together and making a welcoming and …

… (CSP) . This includes mass spectrometry-based measurements of primary and secondary metabolites from plants, … do all the analyses? A:  For the JGI  New Investigator and  Functional Genomics proposal calls, projects can request up … a limit to identify molecules exchanged between plants and microbiomes during interactions? Is it reliable performing …

… most harvested crop by tonnage, sugarcane accounts for 80% of global sugar production. A reference genome for the … by an international consortium. With the genetic code of sugarcane, researchers were able to map the location of … assembly not only includes a full representation of the diversity present in R570 but shows the genomic effects of …