Results
… the sex chromosomes of mammals is, for the first time, seen in a plant. The Science Sex in plants can be befuddling. … the study’s international team, which included scientists from Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the U.S. Department … National Natural Science Foundation of China (31590821, 31561123001, 31500502, 41871044), National Key Research and …
Learn more
In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have … of Missouri said he and his colleagues had identified 1,110 genes involved in lipid metabolism. “There’s still a … podcast minisode.) In 2016, the JGI accepted a proposal from Sebastien Duplessis of the French National Institute …
Learn more
… students and their JGI mentors toasted to the end of a nine-week virtual internship. The celebration was preceded by short final … began in 2014, pairs undergraduate and graduate students from UC Merced with at least one JGI mentor. Together, they …
Learn more
… – Jack Gilbert, Ashley Shade, and Jason Stajich! They join six other JGI users already serving on the UEC – go here to view the full roster of members. … other scientific organizations. Fungal biologist Stajich from UC Riverside sees the JGI’s open application process …
Learn more
Researchers looked across many organisms to see that aminotransferase enzymes have evolved mix-and-match characteristics — creating many different ways of processing nitrogen. To boost … found that these enzymes have evolved distinctly from both core and specialized enzymes. Even during …
Learn more
… to summary above^ as well ] The Science The recipe for growing algae as a source of sustainable biofuels seems fairly … for controlling the lipid content of biofuels sourced from algae. The collaborative approach highlights how the … U.S. Department of Energy under Contract No. DE-AC02-05CH11231. …
Learn more
Through the JGI-UC Merced Genomics Internship, graduate students Candace Cole, Mo Kaze, Akshay Paropkari, Vicente Ramirez and Rhondene Wint had summer 2018 internships in Walnut Creek. The students’ research …
Learn more
A group led by JGI scientists have made strides in improving and applying a method that allows researchers to quickly … relatives with the BGCs, JGI scientists could relieve BGCs from their former genetic repression, enabling scientists to …
Learn more
Gene expression in eukaryotes was long held to be monocistronic – that is, a single gene makes messenger RNA, which encodes a single … gene prediction algorithms. I decided to dig in a little deeper, and realized what was really happening,” recalled …
Learn more
In April 2020, we mark both the 50th celebration of Earth … 22, and DNA Day on April 25. On March 17, 2020, a shelter-in-place order for all residents took effect in six San Francisco Bay Area counties. The JGI, located at …
Learn more
The United States is the world’s leading soybean producer , and soybeans are used to produce … crop yields by as much as 90 percent. As part of the DOE Joint Genome Institute’s 2016 Community Science Program portfolio , …
Learn more
… Later this year, Ian Rambo, a graduate student in Brett Baker’s lab at the University of Texas at Austin, will defend his dissertation. Some of his research was … purpose of this CSP is to better understand methane cycling in mangrove wetlands in south Texas,” he explained. “In …
Learn more