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… fundamental aspects of fern biology and, more broadly, land plant evolution. Recent findings in Ceratopteris richardii … to protect themselves from environmental stresses, ferns’ secondary metabolites and associated genes are great … the C-fern assembly. While they did identify a couple WGD events, these events could not fully account for the size …

… Applications group explores the genetic makeup of natural microbial communities using a variety of cutting-edge … To provide additional functional insights into microbial genomes, the JGI now uses laser microdissection to selectively isolate and sequence microbial aggregates after first imaging with various …

… research programs for developing methods for converting plant biomass into sustainable fuels for cars and jets. By … Rising global temperatures are causing extreme weather events, ranging from prolonged droughts to extended periods … to find relationships between sequence variation and plant stress responses. For example, offspring of a cross …

… 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 …

… the largest integration of single-cell datasets in plants and provides a foundation for still larger efforts in diverse plant species beyond models,” he said. Cole annotated cell types in the plant root atlas, and noted that the approach he developed … sequencing and computational analysis that enable systems-based scientific approaches to these challenges.  …

… the brightest minds in genetics as part of our  2022 Annual Meeting . The meeting was a hybrid event, with guests … form these blooms, all the way to individual cells, and the metabolites, vesicles, and virions they produce. To … Variation — From McClintock to Pangenomes Susan Wessler is plant molecular biologist and geneticist and currently a …

…   Save the Date: March 16–18, 2027 The next JGI Annual Meeting will be held in March 2027 at the Oakland Convention …

… Joint Genome Institute in 2016, Dr. Otani has been studying secondary metabolism in microbes, particularly … and methodologies that facilitate discovery of new secondary metabolites. Prior to joining the JGI, he studied … H, Mouncey NJ. New keys to unlock the treasure trove of microbial natural products. Nat Rev Microbiol. 2021 …

… JGI’s role in enabling complex biological and environmental systems research.  …