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… impact on marine microbial communities. The Science A team of researchers tracked the impact of a large-scale heatwave event in the ocean known as “The Blob.” The event was recorded during a long-term study of microbial communities in the northeastern subarctic …

… genome . Now, high-quality reference genome sequences of the male and female plants, each representing a single set of chromosomes, are available. The genome assemblies … continue to evolve so rapidly in gene content and structure. He and JGI Plant Program head Jeremy Schmutz …

… In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have revisited a … a way for researchers to study the planet’s microbial diversity, much of which remains unknown and uncultured in … to experimental characterization and validation of the functional potential of these new lineages. …

… (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 … team be of help to us in research design and execution? A:  Human health is outside of JGI’s mission. However, analysis …

… survival, may now be easier to characterize following a proof-of-concept study in which researchers paired CRISPR and … with a powerful addition to their toolkit to study gene function. As a demonstration, the researchers used … metabolites and helping them identify and describe the functions of the biosynthetic gene clusters that produce …

… chemiluminescent biosensors shed light on how bacteria function and colonize diverse environments. The Science … di-GMP (Guanine Monophosphate) is found in nearly all types of bacteria and interacts with cell signaling networks that control many basic cellular functions. It plays an important role in regulating …

… characteristics — creating many different ways of processing nitrogen. To boost crops more efficiently in … the JGI provided DNA synthesis capabilities to enable functional testing of these enzymes. Yasuo Yoshikuni, head … enzyme class that’s important to the way many organisms function, they have a sense of why nitrogen metabolisms can …

… genomic approach to bioprospecting. The Science One of the most vital pieces of equipment for fly fishing is a … screen, they can now identify microbes with specific functional characteristics. When they tested the screen … tool for microbial ecologists to learn more about the diversity of microbial enzymes, which could have a plethora …

… crop and ornamental seeds sold for the upper Midwest are often very different than those bred for Texas. Identifying … customize the crop for additional end products. The genetic diversity within this set of plants, each with a … to make connections between the plant’s traits and genetic diversity,” said John Lovell, an evolutionary biologist at …

… user facilities. Focus areas for these projects include biofuels, biomaterials and bioproducts; hydrobiogeochemistry; … interorganismal interactions; and novel applications of molecular techniques. The FICUS program is designed to … call aims to encourage innovative research exploiting a diversity of capabilities to generate datasets beyond what …

… Interactions Within Ecosystems Latest portfolio of approved proposals highlight biodiversity and how ecosystems are adapting to stresses. A … State University and colleagues aim to understand how soil microbiomes in fire-adapted ecosystems respond to low and …

… (metagenomes). However, the quality and completeness of metagenome-assembled virus sequences vary widely. In a … limits the ability of researchers to accurately perform functional assessment, host prediction, and phylogenetic … scientist Stephen Nayfach, the study’s first author in the Microbiome Data Science group led by Nikos Kyrpides. To …