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… the fourth Director in its 27-year history. He has a wealth of managerial experience from almost 20 years in the Industrial Biotechnology private … focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of novel production organisms and fermentation processes for …

… Across four forests, researchers have leveraged data from the 1000 Fungal Genomes project to form new connections … registers the sound — one thing is for sure: there are lots of fungi around. Within a forest’s soil, hundreds of species decompose debris, mobilize nutrients from that decay, and deliver those nutrients to tree roots …

… studying the diversity, physiology and community ecology of microbes sampled from the natural environment. …

… . The Science Most species are diploids and have two sets of chromosomes, one from each parent. In contrast, many crops have multiple sets … the gene rich part of the genome by harnessing information from a sequenced related species – sorghum. The Impact … platform (http://southgreen.cirad.fr). For the portion of the work conducted by the Joint Genome Institute and the …

… The US Department of Energy’s favorite tree is poplar. They’re the fastest … plants to harness for bioenergy. In this episode, hear from Oak Ridge National Laboratory scientists who have … to making poplar an economical and sustainable source of energy and materials. …

… the slightly murky waters in the tube look like a scoop of stormwater, complete with leaves, debris, and even … symbionts in sulfur-rich mangrove sediments not far from his lab when he first encountered the bacteria. “When I … The LRC provided funding for Volland through grants from the John Templeton Foundation and the Gordon and Betty …

… In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have revisited a … Since one of the challenges of developing alternative fuels from plants is the high cost and resource requirements of … cultured by analyzing and then extrapolating data obtained from environmental samples — to identify over 27,000 …

… [ Pictured from left: [Above] Hao Chen, Matthew Cope-Arguello, … Woolston. ] Each year, the JGI accepts proposals for state-of-the-art functional genomics research from scientists who translate genomic information into …

… gas: methane. Those emissions mainly come from gut microbes — the bacteria and archaea breaking down … still producing things like meat, milk, and wool. Hear more from JGI collaborators Sinead Leahy (New Zealand …

… young in structures called galls.  In this episode, hear from Kasey and Patrick about how this project unfolded, and …

… which specializes in genome improvement for plants. As part of that partnership, the JGI and HudsonAlpha researchers led … – the complete set of RNA molecules transcribed from all the genes within a cell or tissue at a specific … resource. To demonstrate that, we included datasets from two species, one of which is sweet sorghum Rio from a …

… Genomes from uncultivated bacteria offers clues to ancestral bacteria’s energy sources. More … lineages Margulisbacteria and Saganbacteria that diverged from the bacterial tree before Cyanobacteria and its … The U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science …