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New Investigator proposal was recently approved through the JGI Community Science Program, to use microbiome science to help make plants more resilient to drought. …

In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have revisited a number … Oh, the magical world of the cow stomach. Rumen – and its microbes – are really a powerhouse. Rumen microbes have the ability to break down hardy plant cell walls and therefore hold clues to how humans …

… needed to prepare and ship samples for sequencing by the JGI.  Additionally it includes instructions on accessing … have any questions, please contact your Project Manager or jgi[email protected] . … 1) Review JGI sample QC requirements and protocols Obtaining DNA and …

Metabolomics strengthens -omics technologies at the JGI by identifying the actual molecules present in an … variety of experimental samples, including organisms (e.g. microbes, fungi, plant), media in which they grow, as well as different types …

The JGI leverages its existing partnerships and develops others … with the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology for our Plant Program, and is further leveraging the services of the … Genomics Institute for DNA and RNA extractions to support plant and other efforts. The JGI works closely with DOE …

The Plant and Animal Genome XXVII Conference (PAG) takes place January 12-16, 2019, in San … Calif. Representatives from the DOE Joint Genome Institute (JGI) and the  DOE Systems Biology Knowledgebase (KBase) will …

The Antarctic lakes are a “treasure trove” of unknown microbes that play critical roles in environmental processes (related to interactions of soil-sediment environments, water and … membrane lipids, suggesting they rely on  Hrr. lacusprofundii for them. One of the most distinctive features of the …

Database provides details on river microbes in 90% of US continental watersheds. The Science In … snow drain into such bodies of water before heading out to bays and oceans. While river microbes are critical to … under a subcontract from the River Corridor Science Focus Area (RC-SFA) at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory …

… evolutionary history. Retaining ancestral features of both plant and animal cells, it shares nearly 7,000 genes with … JGI published a partial sequence of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii in 2003; then in 2007 the full genome was sequenced and … also a faculty scientist in the Berkeley Lab Biosciences Area. Merchant’s fascination with Chlamy began in her early …

… of years, underground fungi have lived in symbiosis with plant roots. Plants provide photosynthesized carbon, while … researchers have been able to study both sides of this interaction up close, using RNA sequencing to understand … them to understand gene expression within circular capture areas roughly 55-microns in diameter — about the width of a …

… who has been an active user of the JGI at any time in the past two fiscal years is eligible for election to the UEC. … of Massachusetts-Amherst, who represent the scientific areas of plant genomics, DNA synthesis and metabolomics, …

DNA Day on April 25. As both Earth and DNA are close to our JGI hearts, we’re highlighting genomic science research that … Merced graduate student working with  Susannah Tringe , JGI’s User Programs deputy and head of the Microbial Systems … work on which she is expanding with her study of microbes in California’s manmade water transport canals. …