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… Scientists have discovered that the candidate bioenergy feedstock switchgrass has adapted … of Texas (UT) at Austin, the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology (HudsonAlpha), and the U.S. Department of … More genome copies in switchgrass leads to increased climate flexibility …

… A new view into a symbiosis could offer benefits to address … soil and boosting biofuel feedstocks with less fertilizer. For millions of years, underground fungi have lived in … candidates for genetic engineering. Our hope is that the community at large will follow that up,” Serrano said.  This …

… Over the course of eight weeks this past summer, 10 students from UC Merced worked closely with … language processing techniques to categorize genetic information. Learn more about their work here in a series of … summer. The JGI-UC Merced internship program was founded in 2014 with the goal of inspiring students to embark on a …

… As part of the JGI’s 25th anniversary celebration, the 2022 … at the JGI’s history, from its beginnings in the sequencing for the Human Genome Project out to the future of the … manager in 2006 when the JGI transitioned from human to microbial genetics. Drell held the role until he retired in …

… Fungi from herbivore poop make surprisingly complex compounds — an energetically expensive feat thought to be too costly for them. The Science Anaerobic fungi, which die in the … californiae , and Piromyces finnis . In work reported in 2017, the fungal genomes were sequenced by the U.S. …

… Kjiersten Fagnan began working with JGI in 2012 as a NERSC bioinformatics computing consultant, after completing a petascale … Kjiersten Fagnan is the JGI's Chief Informatics Officer. Click to learn more about how the JGI … The Chief Informatics Officer provides advice and strategic direction for …

… Highlighting the latest interactive version of the JGI’s plant data portal. On August 6, 2021,  version 12 of Phytozome will be retired, and  version … of 250 plant genomes and has been under active development for over 5 years, provides users with the genome browsers, …

… Tracking evolution of symbiotic lifestyles across multiple … to carry out a broader analysis than had ever been done before to look at how multiple forest fungi have independently … genomes of symbiotic species available: 73 saprotrophs and 62 mycorrhizal species. The 62 mycorrhizal species include 29 …

… The  National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON) is a network … Through the  “Facilities Integrating Collaborations for User Science” (FICUS) call between the JGI and the  … more about BioSANS. Letters of Intent are due March 17, 2021 for the FICUS proposal call. Q&A from the Webinar: …

… Select interns look back on meaningful lessons from their summer experiences at the JGI … next generation of STEM professionals. Students can apply for internships and work onsite with an experienced …

… P. psychrophila genes drive resilience when salinity fluctuates. The … manage the growth, yield and climate resilience of algae — for potential use as biomass or in biomass conversion to … dead cells recorded. Samples were taken again at two, six, 12 and 24 hours. By the 24-hour mark, these algae showed …

… How sex chromosomes “older than dinosaurs” could help improve crop yields.  The Science The fire … advances in sequencing technologies applied to the effort. The Impact Found on all continents, including … This work was supported by NSF DEB-1541005 and start-up funds from UF …