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… Sugarcane was the last major crop without a reference quality … most harvested crop by tonnage, sugarcane accounts for 80% of global sugar production. A reference genome for the … to map the location of genes that provide resistance to the brown rust disease that can devastate a crop. The Impact In …

… Meet researchers who have hiked, rafted and met local wildlife (a marmot!) as they’ve sampled the microbial communities living in the mountaintop lakes of the Sierra Nevada mountains. These lakes are isolated, …

… Understanding how a fundamental mechanism of evolution allows microbes to adapt to changing environments. The Science The … The work conducted by the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome … Grant from the California NanoSystems Institute at the University of California Santa Barbara. S.C.B. was partially …

… Analysis reveals cotton genome stability across global lineages . Come … growing on plants, with fluffy white bolls bursting out of the green pods in every direction. There are 100 million … noted David Stelly, another study co-author at Texas A&M University. “This report establishes new opportunities in …

… After studying the mechanism of action of antifungal natural products and their … during her Ph.D. in Microbiology at the Eberhard Karls University Tübingen (Germany), Dr. Woyke pursued her … Tanja Woyke is the Microbial Science Program Head as well as our Deputy of User …

… By characterizing the structure and function of a methylthio-alkane reductase system, researchers could … North, assistant professor of microbiology at Ohio State University and senior author of this work.  North led the … Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at Lawrence Berkeley …

… Cas14 proteins discovered from JGI’s IMG/M database and … Institute.  The Science Researchers report the discovery of miniature Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short … by a team led by Jennifer Doudna’s group at the University of California (UC), Berkeley, which is also …

… New evidence shows anaerobic fungi can degrade the hardiest of plant components   The Science There are three main … lignin.  Researchers led by Michelle O’Malley’s lab at the University of California at Santa Barbara  recently … The authors acknowledge their funding sources: Office of Biological and …

… Tracking evolution of symbiotic lifestyles across multiple … hemicellulose, and lignin in plant cell walls, while brown rot cannot break down the lignin but use cellulose. … (INRAE), Hungary’s Biological Research Centre, Clark University, and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint …

… April marks both the 50th celebration of Earth Day on April 22, and DNA Day on April 25. As both … relevant to living on a changing planet. Mo Kaze is a University of California (UC), Merced graduate student … Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science User Facility  located at Lawrence Berkeley …

… the DOE Joint Genome Institute in 2010. As the Deputy for Science Programs, he focuses on the development and implementation of strategic initiatives at the JGI. Dr. Visel received his … Adjunct Professor at the School of Natural Sciences at the University of California, Merced. Dr. Visel also served as …

… By studying the structure and function of a cyanobacterial protein, researchers have new insights … across the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Washington University in St. Louis and the University of California at … U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at Lawrence Berkeley …