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… from simple yeasts to large vertebrate genomes.  For the past 13 years, Mr. Schmutz has directed the JGI Plant Program, focusing on the organization of community driven science for JGI Plant Flagship Genomes and DOE relevant cellulosic …

… of years, underground fungi have lived in symbiosis with plant roots. Plants provide photosynthesized carbon, while fungi deliver … grasses, like sorghum and switchgrass. We’re optimizing systems now, so that we can get those working,” Cole said.  …

Research uncovers the genetic foundations that helped plants conquer land over 600 million years ago. The Science By studying the genes of land plants’ closest algal relative,  Zygnematophyceae , scientists have enhanced our understanding of how early plants transitioned from water to land. Key gene groups …

Hardworking Team Todd Anderson , Director of the Biological Systems Science Division at DOE Office of Biological and … Todd Anderson currently works to support understanding of plants, microbes and environmental communities that have … manager in 2006 when the JGI transitioned from human to microbial genetics. Drell held the role until he retired in …

… help solve energy and environmental challenges.   Usually, plants have the upper hand against any kind of biomass … years evolving tactics against potential threats. “Because plants can’t run away, they’ve evolved these really tough … said as she opened her talk at the  2022 JGI Annual Meeting . In an herbivore’s poop sample, there’s a whole …

… metabolites for multiple applications The planet’s microbial diversity is immense, yet much of it remains … roles in both the carbon and nitrogen cycles, break down plant mass (think biofuels ), enhance plant health, cause … sequencing and computational analysis that enable systems-based scientific approaches to these challenges.  …

What if we understood plants and how they adapt to their ever-changing … But most available genomes are from narrow swaths of the plant tree of life. One project aims to change that. …

… the shared genetic toolkit of ancestral and present-day plants The Science In a recent  Nature Genetics paper , … the full composition of genes, or pangenome, of the model plant  Marchantia polymorpha. Commonly known as liverwort, … thus allowing them to spread across most of the plant’s ecosystems. The Impact For decades, the liverwort  M. …

… we’ll hear from Karolina Heyduk, an evolutionary plant biologist at the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa. I … close those stomata to prevent water loss, but that also prevents CO2 from coming into the leaf and it basically … sequencing and computational analysis that enable systems-based scientific approaches to these challenges.  …