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… the 2024 DOE Joint Genome Institute (JGI) Annual Genomics of Energy & Environment Meeting! The JGI convenes this annual gathering of leaders from diverse disciplines to highlight how they are addressing the world’s most pressing energy and environmental challenges.  The …

… still work in cell-free environments? (Spoiler: Yes.) Think of cells as tiny factories: within their walls they have … to accelerate bio-design and identifying the best sets of enzymes that enable synthesis of sustainable chemical … one of the study’s senior authors. “But this has been done most commonly in bacterial-based systems, and so one of the …

… plants; at least once during their evolution, the genomes of flowering plants multiply. Over time, plants lose many … genomes to a diploid state while retaining multiple copies of some genes. This polyploidization process is ongoing and … after polyploidization,” said John Vogel, head of the Plant Functional Genomics program at the JGI and a senior author …

… Register for the meeting here. Here are some sessions of interest (all times in PST unless otherwise noted): … December 7   9:15am PT (online) Town Hall on the role of user facilities in accelerating research and tips for … Colorado State University: “Putting microorganisms on the map: continental-scale context for thousands of newly …

… for User Science (FICUS) program, two Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science national user … fluctuating environmental conditions. The team aims to functionally link gene families to photosynthesis and … include assessing the distribution of genome-derived functional traits through the soil profile and their …

… In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have revisited a number of notable achievements that showcase our collaborations and … of the total human genome, which itself was finally deemed complete on April 1, 2022. After completing the human …

… PCE (perchloroethylene) found its way into the groundwater of several communities in New Mexico via leakage from a … bioremediate toxic substances has led to the development of cost-effective environmental cleanup strategies. Summary … has been eliminated at NRAP, and efforts are ongoing to complete cleanup.  The process that was used to clean up the …

… JGI’s  PhycoCosm data portal , an interactive collection of sequenced algal genomes, omics data and comparative … on, there are 7 genomes on NCBI but your portal has only 2 of them. A: Watch the video (above) for the answer provided … that should be ok generally. We can work with you to re-map the data. If your rna-seq data doesn’t necessarily …

… A new view into a symbiosis could offer benefits to address climate change: pulling … a technique called spatial transcriptomics, to generate maps of gene expression. This spatial transcriptomics … with previous studies in the same system. With the right functional characterization, those genes could become dials …

… Outreach at JGI takes many forms: We offer internship opportunities through working directly with … Overall, our aim is to inspire students and established professionals to explore opportunities in STEM by providing … learning opportunities and ultimately, an understanding of the JGI’s role in enabling complex biological and …

… Scientists find bee gut microbes have a division of labor when it comes to metabolizing complex … monomers, it’s only with the aid of specialized bacterial enzymes. Honey bees rely on their gut microbiota to produce … degraded mainly by just two clades:  Gilliamella,  which mostly resides in the bee’s ileum, a structure analogous to …

… Understanding the shared genetic toolkit of ancestral and present-day plants The Science In a recent  … harsh habitats, thus allowing them to spread across most of the plant’s ecosystems. The Impact For decades, the … repeats (NLRs) —stood out for their roles. Peroxidases are enzymes known to help a plant to adapt to environmental …