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… land over 600 million years ago. The Science By studying the genes of land plants’ closest algal relative,  … plants to develop complex structures and adapt to changing environments — ultimately allowing them to adapt to life on … of how plants adapted to terrestrial life paves the way for innovations in sustainable agriculture and clean energy. …

… green growth appears on top of farmers’ fields: a microbial community that might be quietly improving the soil. Penn State researchers Mary Ann Bruns and Terry Bell are digging in to understand how. …

… Laboratory (Berkeley Lab). They are: Ivan Baxter of the Danforth Center, Sundy Maurice of the University of Oslo, Aaron … on interactions underlying plant adaptation in different environments. He’s been involved in several plant genome … her institution and Bioenergy Research Centers. Sogin is a microbial ecologist at UC Merced, where her group focuses on …

… research, the health sciences and related fields who are interested in learning and sharing concepts, tools and … and seminars as well as practical hands-on sessions in bioinformatics and biostatistics Several sessions will be devoted to training in the use of the Integrated Microbial Genomes & Microbiomes (IMG/M) system, presented by …

… JGI is in the process of shifting its operations from Walnut Creek … Walnut Creek, after countless generations of sequencing platforms (up to 120 sequencing machines at maximum) maintained … to be able to divert it appropriately for the sake of our environment,” said Christine Naca, JGI’s SWELL Lead and part …

… and met local wildlife (a marmot!) as they’ve sampled the microbial communities living in the mountaintop lakes of the Sierra Nevada mountains. …

…   For years, researchers have known that many datasets miss a key part of microbial genomes: the mobile genetic elements, or MGEs, that can move between organisms. But now, deep sequencing and new analysis methods are bringing this mobilome into …

… and spread from cell to cell. Two of the most common forms of MGEs are viruses and plasmids. They can be found in virtually all of Earth’s ecosystems. A software tool  … in soils and water. MGEs like viruses and plasmids drive microbial processes and evolution. This is because MGEs can …

… Scientists find bee gut microbes have a division of labor when it comes … in the next generation of flowering vegetation. In return for their services, bees eat plant nectar and pollen. Nectar … But scientists have wondered exactly how the microbial community carries out its helpful metabolism: …

… at the JGI’s history, from its beginnings in the sequencing for the Human Genome Project out to the future of the … , Former Director of DOE’s Office of Biological and Environmental Research “There are two kinds of scientific … manager in 2006 when the JGI transitioned from human to microbial genetics. Drell held the role until he retired in …