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… evolutionary history. Retaining ancestral features of both plant and animal cells, it shares nearly 7,000 genes with … sustainable biofuel production. The JGI published a partial sequence of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii in 2003; then in 2007 the full genome was sequenced and published in the journal Science . At the …
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… help solve energy and environmental challenges. Usually, plants have the upper hand against any kind of biomass … years evolving tactics against potential threats. “Because plants can’t run away, they’ve evolved these really tough … engineer at the University of California Santa Barbara. So plants don’t break down without a fight, but it’s an …
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… samples, including organisms (e.g. microbes, fungi, plant), media in which they grow, as well as different types …
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Dr. Vogel joined JGI in 2014 to establish a plant functional genomics program. Prior to this, he served … on developing plant functional genomic resources (e.g. sequenced mutant collections, transformation technology, … Transcriptomic analysis of field-droughted sorghum from seedling to maturity reveals biotic and metabolic responses. …
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… a computational pipeline to sift and characterize RNA virus sequences. A zoo once offered a coloring book featuring … in various shades of white. To researchers searching for sequences of RNA viruses in large data sets, their work may … to defend against RNA,” Roux noted, “although it’s unclear why this is so rarely detected.” Developing Approaches for …
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… the spatial, temporal, taxonomic (environmental, microbial, plants, invertebrate, and vertebrate), and thematic scope of …
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… – that’s managed to have a big impact. UC Berkeley plant biologist Sabeeha Merchant explains why she works on this alga, how researchers managed to sequence its genome, and what it has to teach us about other …
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Grimwood heads the Library Construction group for the JGI Plant Program . Her collaborations with the JGI began soon … A 2021 Nature paper announcing a high-quality reference sequence of the complex switchgrass genome , using samples … HudsonAlpha and the JGI also identified a gene related to seed dispersal in wild populations for the first time. A …
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… approaches to unravel functional capabilities of plants, microbes and microbial communities, global carbon … work will NOT be considered under this program. Plant pathogens will only be considered if they are of relevance to bioenergy-related feedstock crops or model plants. Projects targeting marine systems must clearly …
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Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) has now sequenced and assembled the genomes of these five cotton … insights on crop improvements at a genetic level, including why having multiple copies of their genomes (polyploidy) is … is the premier natural fiber crop of the world, a major oilseed crop, and important cattle feed crop,” noted David …
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