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… we understood plants and how they adapt to their ever-changing environments better? We could unlock new innovations to drive more productive food, medicine, and bioenergy crops. But most available genomes are from narrow swaths of the plant tree of life. One project …

… of IMG database dedicated to viral genomes assembled from metagenomes. He also demonstrates briefly how to … through the more than 2 million viral sequences available in IMG/VR v3. …

… 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. …

Applications and Analysis for the Future (SFA²F) meeting brings together established and emerging scientists from academia, industry, and government organizations for …

… a crop that could boost biofuels and fertilize fields. So in 2010, the JGI helped publish the original genome sequence for the soybean, Glycine max. With a … threatens this important crop. Hear more about that work from researchers Gary Stacey (University of Missouri), Peter …

… and a potential fuel for the future. But, to be competitive in the market, both energy policy and Miscanthus will need some upgrades. In this episode, hear from scientists working on understanding Miscanthus biology …

This is the third and final episode of our series on a giant metagenome assembly from Wisconsin’s Lake Mendota. In the last two episodes, we’ve covered …

… tools and data hub for NIH program. While the microbes in, on and around Earth outnumber the stars in the Milky Way, viruses outnumber the microbes by at least … is led by a team of highly experienced investigators from institutions including the University of Maryland and …

… has closed.  The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI) is offering a five-day workshop on Microbial … data with existing bioinformatic methods to bridge the gap from sequence to biology. …

Right now, our natural rubber comes from just one tree species: Hevea brasiliensis . It’s great at producing latex that becomes rubber, but it’s vulnerable to disease and climate shifts. So researchers are looking into a desert shrub that’s native to North America: …

… proposals for state-of-the-art functional genomics research from potential users who need help translating genomic information into biological function. Through our CSP …

Lake Mendota sits right next to the University of Wisconsin, Madison. And Trina McMahon's lab has been sampling the microbes of that … next 3 episodes are the story behind that giant assembly from Lake Mendota. In this episode: the software evolution …