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… In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have revisited a number of notable achievements that showcase our collaborations and … aspect of viruses in the environment — their sheer genetic diversity. As pioneers of this field, the JGI has leveraged …

… For the first time, a team analyzes the transcriptomes of a lichen fungus and alga to understand their partnership … a century-and-a-half of lichen research, many of the symbiosis’ details remain unclear. For the first time, a … international team led by Daniele Armaleo, a biologist at Duke University, investigated Gray’s Cup lichen  (Cladonia …

… campus. Organized every two years since 2018, the goal of this symposium is to bring together a “Viral Ecogenomics” … on how to best capture and characterize uncultivated viral diversity, understand the role of viruses in natural … genetic diversity toward innovative biotechnological and industrial applications.  …

… along the Baja California coastline in Mexico. While conducting early field studies related to her thesis on cone … UC Merced graduate student Sabah Ul-Hasan and alumnus of the JGI-UC Merced Genomics Internship Program, first … the area in summer 2016.  She described the microbial diversity patterns of Puerto Nuevo’s coastal waters and …

… The Synthetic Biology lab is divided into a DNA synthesis production group and a synthetic biology applications group. … as user facility that aims to provide access to state-of-the-art DNA synthesis and assembly technologies to the … mining and sequence design with scaling the production of large, difficult to synthesize constructs such as those …

… conditions. A recent study shows that when salinity is reduced in its environment, this alga reveals a remarkable … ice in the Arctic has decreased by more than 30% in terms of quantity and thickness. Replacing older, thicker ice with … surface where algae grow. Armed with a better understanding of the alga’s stress resistance and ability to adapt to …

… DAN: You’re listening to the US. .Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute’s “Natural Prodcast,” a … Genomics there, before he decided to leave for graduate school and pursue his PhD. Warp Drive was a really … similar to like human crops like corn. There’s low genetic diversity in the crop. So they’re susceptible to disease. …

… Survey of Setaria's natural diversity reveals seed dispersal in wild populations for the … trait for domesticated crops because it leads to reduced harvest yields. Over thousands of years, farmers have … The U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science …

… 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 … Enabling the use of non-arable land for biomass production — that can be converted into biofuels and …

… DAN: You’re listening to the US Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute’s “Natural Prodcast,” a … technical tweaks, I think we’ll be on a pretty regular schedule for a while. Moving forward, I’m hoping to get a new … you to, say, go to your grandma’s backyard. To collect the diversity that exists in the 1940s? The answer is no! If …