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… In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have revisited a … of beans may not seem to amount to much, the common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) is actually a vital source of protein in … to their economies. It also plays an important role in soil health through nitrogen-fixation and holds clues for …

… to examine microbial chemical production. The Science Soil bacteria in the genus Streptomyces are nature's … chemical factories. They hold genetic blueprints for dozens of complex compounds, but stay largely dormant under … the increased salinity caused the cell to consume phosphate from its environment more quickly than usual. In …

… An article summarizing the field of viral metagenomics, authored by JGI researchers Lee Call,  Stephen Nayfach and  Nikos Kyrpides , was  recently published … think of – animal intestines (including humans), grassland soils, even deep-sea hydrothermal vents – and …

… A special issue of Synthetic Biology celebrates research enabled by the JGI … more than 10 papers, including two Nature Plants publications, in five years, have come out of the … needed to foster interdisciplinary collaborations,” says Philipp Zerbe, the lead PI on this project. “I view the …

… New Graduate Internship Program Builds Bridges Between DOE JGI, UC Merced Days after presenting the results of his summer research at the U.S. Department of Energy … were directly assigned to the two of us just to get the structure set up and collect the first round of feedback …

…   The Science Scientists have fully decoded the genome of an oil-producing green alga, and demonstrated precise … found it is missing 33 genes thought essential for photosynthesis, yet still thrives. The Impact This discovery … already used this alga to understand how genes with unusual structures work in green algae. The genome is remarkably …