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… gas: methane. Those emissions mainly come from gut microbes — the bacteria and archaea breaking down plant matter. So since 2010, the JGI has supported …
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… variety of experimental samples, including organisms (e.g. microbes, fungi, plant), media in which they grow, as well as different types …
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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 …
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… (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 …
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… with the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology for our Plant Program, and is further leveraging the services of the … Genomics Institute for DNA and RNA extractions to support plant and other efforts. The JGI works closely with DOE …
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… 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 …
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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 …
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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, …
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To provide broad plant genomic capabilities, the DOE Joint Genome Institute … who previously led work on Arabidopsis and Panicum hallii , contributed panicle time course data from two ecotypes … new species allowing it to fill gaps in the under-sampled area of the plant phylogeny and improving genome …
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… 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 …
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