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… An improved genome assembly to support targeted tree breeding for the bioeconomy.   The Science Researchers report a … genome for eucalyptus in the July edition of the journal G3 Genes | Genomes | Genetics , with significant advances … are 900 species of eucalyptus. The trees are fast-growing plantation crops that supply wood and fiber for various …

… has been head of the DNA Synthesis Science Program since 2015. The mission of this program is to harness the power of DNA synthesis, strain engineering, and biosystems design for … for non-model organisms, modulating microbe-microbe and plant-microbe interactions in various environments to …

… Igor Grigoriev from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User … attracted the attention of many mycologists with the two publications of the kingdom-wide, multi-gene phylogeny of fungi by James et al. and Sekimoto et al . …

… Accepted proposals emphasize JGI interests in algae and secondary metabolites. A total of 27 … and then use computational tools to analyze biosynthetic gene clusters and then develop them for a range of … to crowdsource antimicrobial discovery for the control of plant pathogens, partnering with 600 instructors worldwide …

… In the summer of 2015, Adam Session was a postdoc working at … how crops and model organisms may evolve.  Determining the genetic codes of plants is often challenging because in many plants …

… Fungi from herbivore poop make surprisingly complex compounds — an energetically expensive feat … compounds may also be involved in how the fungi metabolize plant biomass, which could inform how scientists can more … Swift — verified that the fungi expressed biosynthetic gene clusters, which are “building blocks” of natural …

… “Microbes underpin so much of what we see on earth in terms of nutrient cycles and biogeochemical cycles…. … -Mike Wilkins, Colorado State University GI users and microbiome researchers Mike Wilkins and his graduate student …