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… 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 involved in stress … Settlement Biomedical Research Enhancement Funds as part of a startup grant of the University of Nebraska Lincoln, …

… Jan. 12 workshop: The Rapidly Expanding Genomics of Algae   With advances in genomics technologies, keen interest in the bioenergy and biotechnology potential of algae, and sampling of the length and breadth of algal … at the JGI and KBase toward integrative biology and hear from researchers who are applying genomic sequence …

… Panicum hallii genomes offer insights to drought tolerance. The Science Researchers … (Hall’s panicgrass), by generating two complete genomes from varieties that diverged over a million years ago. The … feedstock with a complex genome with multiple copies of its chromosomes. Switchgrass has deep roots that allow it …

… in developing new methods to improve genome recovery from single cells and to build sequencing libraries from minimal DNA input without amplification. …

… science and enable biotechnology discoveries. (Pictured from left to right: Peng Wang, Sravanthi Tejomurthula, Mi … to advance biotechnology. Mission  As a U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science user facility supported by the Biological …

… a close as this previously retired Naval Commander retires from Berkeley Lab. For the last 15 years, Ray Turner has … as a typical monthly JGI All-Hands Meeting, after a couple of perfunctory items, the agenda went off the rails – … for years to come.” A slideshow depicting 15-years of photo memories of Ray’s tenure, preserved in a hardcover book …

… Genomics call is to enable users to perform state-of-the-art functional genomics research and to help them … Biodesign and ‘omics capabilities to enhance understanding of gene and genome function, particularly those not readily … will be provided for free to the PI by the Department of Energy’s funding of the JGI. There is no cost to the user …

… JGI Data Portal , a pilot download experience accessible from JGI’s plant portal Phytozome . Although the Data Portal … from the other JGI Portals, as well. “For thousands of scientists around the world, the JGI Genome Portal is a critical resource — it provides access to all of JGI’s genomic databases and tools,” noted  Kjiersten …

… Science Program (CSP), researchers are developing a number of resources to build up Sphagnum as a plant model system … and researchers estimate that they hold about 25 percent of the world’s soil carbon. In high latitudes, sphagnum can also act as a protective layer insulating permafrost from the warming regional temperatures. For this reason, the …

… Over 40 percent of the cereal crop’s genes respond to drought stress. The … first paper that describes sorghum’s response to drought, from a large-scale field experiment to uncover the … Some different responses relate to functioning of the photosynthetic machinery, which requires water to function. …

… Notes from the Summer 2018 Biotech Partners Interns from Antioch … School. Though a partnership with Biotech Partners, a nonprofit that provides underserved youth in the Bay Area with personal, academic and professional development experiences that increase …