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… system traces polyploid genome evolution. Flowering plants abide by the concept, “the more the merrier,” with … multiply. Over time, plants lose many genes after such events, returning their genomes to a diploid state while … the polyploid  B. hybridum formed more than once, and these events took place a million years apart: the individual with …

… help solve energy and environmental challenges.   Usually, plants have the upper hand against any kind of biomass … evolved these really tough cell wall materials that keep microbes — and the enzymes that would be produced by … kinds of supplies in the quest to break down plants.  In 2016, her team leveraged transcriptomics and other assays to …

… JGI workloads. Dr. Fagnan was appointed CIO of the JGI in 2016, and in 2018 was hired to be the JGI’s Data Science and … and Development (NITRD) Program Chair of the Bike East Bay Board of Directors Coach – Girls who code, Technovation …

… Merced Genomics Internship Program, first sampled the area in summer 2016.  She described the microbial diversity … C. californicus in particular, as a model system for venom-microbe interactions. Cone snail venom has a number of applications, …

… ra-MOR-um) the genus in Latin translates to “plant destroyer” and it has served as just that on a … through their close association with the California bay laurel. Because the oaks are considered “dead-end” … could be altered by removing the infectious hosts — the bay laurels. Garbelotto insisted that the intent is not to …

… (Toby) Kellogg and other researchers at the Danforth Plant Science Center (Danforth Center) drove up and down the … pulling over to the side of the road to collect small weedy plants and bring them back to the lab. The weedy grass was … efficient at photosynthesis, a concern as extreme weather events become more frequent. “A big part of the Danforth …

… gas: methane. Those emissions mainly come from gut microbes — the bacteria and archaea breaking down plant matter. So since 2010, the JGI has supported …

… of how marine microbial communities are affected by warming events. More time-series studies could help researchers … predictive models on how climate change may impact marine microbes and by extension, the ocean’s capacity to act as a … go from coastal to open ocean waters. Between 2010 and 2016, Hallam and his colleagues collected more than 270 …

… Research uncovers the genetic foundations that helped plants conquer land over 600 million years ago. The Science By studying the genes of land plants’ closest algal relative,  Zygnematophyceae , scientists have enhanced our understanding of how early plants transitioned from water to land. Key gene groups …