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… Leveraging massive comparative genomics to decode millions of mystery genes and lay a future-ready foundation     Over the past billion years, fungi have spread quietly throughout our planet. From the … Microbiology of nearly 2,000 of these genomes reveals just how much we still have to discover about Earth's fungal …

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

… approved through the annual  Community Science Program (CSP) call of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint … of Rutgers University is interested in understanding how unicellular red algae (Cyanidiophyceae) have adapted … algal viruses.  The approved proposals started October 1, 2020 and the full list is  available here . They are …

… Michelle O’Malley and Tom Lankiewicz of UC Santa Barbara discuss the importance of studying anaerobic fungi, as well as a recent discovery that turns scientific … presumption on its head and opens up a new avenue to explore for efficient biofuel production. …

… we have revisited a number of notable achievements that showcase our collaborations and capabilities to enable great … can target single-stranded DNA. Such proteins have been adapted for therapeutic application development by Mammoth … Is Required for Some Type V CRISPR-Cas Systems Mol Cell. 2020 Aug 6;79(3):416-424.e5. doi: …

… Pictured from left: [Top] Bill J. Baker, Jeff Barrick, Ian Gilman, Louis Graf, … Ravikumar Patel, Guy Polturak, Marlis Reich, Taniya RoyChowdhury and Mar Schmidt; [bottom] Cody Spiegel, James Tan, … including the genomic dynamics of biofuel-producing fungi, the effects of biochar on rhizosphere microbiomes, …

… Chen, Matthew Cope-Arguello, Theophilus Olufemi Isimikalu, Todd H. Oakley, BJ Philmus and Aaron M. Roshotte; [Below] … Scott, Tiffany Taylor, Setsuko Wakao and Benjamin Woolston. ] Each year, the JGI accepts proposals for … genomic information into biological function. Through our  CSP Functional Genomics call , we look for projects that …

… researchers developed an algorithm that “taught” a computer how to classify 101 representative genomes of … enabled in part through  JGI’s  Community Science Program (CSP) , as several approved proposals have contributed toward … (green). (From Haridas S et al.  Studies in Mycology , 2020.) Using whole genome data from newly sequenced genomes, …

… dam removal to Antarctica’s photosynthetic mats — to reveal how these systems adapt and contribute to global biogeochemical cycles. … of the innovative research  being proposed by this year’s CSP investigators,” said Tanja Woyke, Deputy Director of …