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Science Program (CSP), researchers are developing a number of resources to build up Sphagnum as a plant model system … The pathway’s reversibility could be a factor in determining if the peatlands act as a carbon sink or a carbon source. These research results, building on the availability of genomic information …

The JGI Project Management Office carries out a number of activities to facilitate world-class science. PMO works … staff to onboard users and guide them through the process of working with our facility. This includes help with: …

Interactions Within Ecosystems Latest portfolio of approved proposals highlight biodiversity and how … They’re looking at how the microbes in these high latitude wetlands, such as the Copper River Delta wetland pond, cycle carbon. Using plots at the Harvard Forest long-term warming experiment, Kristen DeAngelis of the University …

… in sequencing technologies have led to an abundance of microbial genomes becoming available to the global … in Science Advances , researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at Lawrence Berkeley …

Large-scale comparative analysis leads to identification of biosynthetic gene clusters for novel secondary … The planet’s microbial diversity is immense, yet much of it remains unknown. For more than a decade, researchers … around the world have collaborated with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office …

A collaborative team led by researchers at the University of Texas (UT) at Austin, the HudsonAlpha Institute for … and field experiments due to its potential for habitat restoration and as a feedstock for biomass-based biofuel … 4X and 8X linked to climate adaptation. Overall, these results indicate that the 8X represent a unique combination …

Micro-Scale Applications group explores the genetic makeup of natural microbial communities using a variety of cutting-edge approaches.  Our group also seeks out new approaches that utilize microfluidics/microdroplet technology in order to enhance the …

… growing on plants, with fluffy white bolls bursting out of the green pods in every direction. There are 100 million … cottons, along with noted key fiber development genes. The results indicate remarkably high overall sequence similarity … noted that he talks to growers about Cotton Inc.’s long-term investment in crop research. “What I have told our …

The JGI’s DNA Synthesis Program supports a wide range of projects, from single-gene synthesis to the synthesis of entire chromosomes, advancing the development of biofuels, biochemicals and other bioenergy solutions.  …

… three new members earlier this month – Sneha Couvilion of Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Chris Schadt of … eligible for election to the UEC. Members serve three-year terms and can serve no more than two consecutive terms. At the close of the election period, Kathleen …

Science Altiarchaea are carbon-fixing microbes and targets of multiple viruses in Earth’s deep subsurface. They are … attempts at virus infections. Their genomes include short DNA sequences that code for CRISPR systems, which help … bacteria resist foreign genetic elements by incorporating short sequences from infecting viruses and phages. In these …