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… the shared genetic toolkit of ancestral and present-day plants The Science In a recent  Nature Genetics paper , … to spread across most of the plant’s ecosystems. The Impact For decades, the liverwort  M. polymorpha has been used as a … could help researchers better understand related genes in more complex plants that could be applied toward …

… DOE Office of Science User Facility,  reported on just how morel fruiting is triggered when nutrients are acquired from … Fungal Genomes Project, which aims to provide genomic information for every family of fungi. In the following guest … carbon from lignocellulosic-abundant matters such as plant litter and to incorporate the assimilated carbon into …

… developing a number of resources to build up Sphagnum as a plant model system focused on carbon cycling studies, rather than for food or fuel applications. The Impact Sphagnum’s impact … by David Weston of Oak Ridge National Laboratory make the case for  sphagnum as “an unparalleled model system for …

… world’s most harvested crop by tonnage, sugarcane accounts for 80% of global sugar production. A reference genome for … protect other crops facing similar pathogens. Summary Many plants, sugarcane included, are polyploid and have multiple … image. In contrast, assembling the sugarcane genome was more challenging and took more than a decade because there …

… A mini-episode looking at the efforts of Pankaj Trivedi, whose New Investigator proposal was … Science Program, to use microbiome science to help make plants more resilient to drought. …

… Thus, having reference  Chaetoceros genomes would provide more information on these ecologically relevant species. … reviewers allowed me to be better prepared and to avoid making the same mistakes,” he said. “Although in my specific case the projects are different for the two proposals, I can …

… The products of photosynthesis are easy to point out. Plants, algae and cyanobacteria create the air we breathe and the fuel for food webs as they turn carbon dioxide and water into … was the spark that started it all,” Blaby-Haas said. A more apt name for a Jane Doe After screening hundreds of …

… For the Joint Genome Institute, the end of 2018 was marked … newest 5-Year Strategic Plan: Beyond Basepairs — A Vision for Integrative and Collaborative Genome Science , the … directions,” said Mouncey. “In this way, we can be more responsive to cross-cutting opportunities, align goals …

… has a long-term partnership with the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology for our Plant Program, and is further leveraging the services of the … access to datasets, workflows, and tools to seamlessly expand data functionality. Close partnerships with other user …