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… develop computational approaches to sift through thousands of metagenomes for signatures of viruses and novel microbial … metabolic properties encoded within those genomes. Our aim is to more fully capture microbial and viral … communities and ecosystem function.  The Environmental Genomics group also hosts the Viral Genomics group . …

… Plants are complex organisms that harbor a fantastic diversity of cell types and associated organisms, including fungal and … are influenced by microbial partners. We use a variety of genomics-powered tools to study this complexity, including … fungi, viruses. Resident viruses can be found in a myriad of bacterial strains, whereby they can modulate host …

… The JGI’s Science Programs offer support to users and their research efforts.  JGI scientists lend their expertise to enhance the scientific … for and with users, and create computational tools and resources for them. Their concerted efforts help maximize the …

… a revolution brought on by rapid developments in genomics and other omics technologies.  The exponential growth of DNA sequencing data, coupled with recent computational … and catalyzing a major transition of biology into data science.  Research in the Kyrpides group focuses on …

… With collaborative user projects, the JGI’s Plant Program delves into the natural world’s … to current problems facing humanity. A major focus are biofuel feedstock species and plant-microbe interactions, advancing efforts to create renewable energy sources and bolster agricultural resilience. The program’s …

… constraints exerted by viruses. Research in the viral genomics group aims at improving our collective understanding of ecological and evolutionary parameters driving virus:host … genomes have been assembled and reported from metagenomes, our understanding of the impacts of these viruses on …

… Our research is focused on the discovery and characterization of novel bacterial, archaeal and eukaryotic microbes and … in environmental sequence data. We use multi-omics (metagenomics, metatranscriptomics, single cell genomics and … the fascinating world of giant viruses, which challenge our understanding of viral complexity and evolution Our …

… The Community Science Program (CSP) provides the scientific community at … sequencing, synthesis, and metabolomics at the JGI for projects of relevance to Department of Energy (DOE)  … of disciplines. Three calls fall under the umbrella of our CSP: The Large Scale call is for expansive projects that …

… expertise and infrastructure enable a broad community of scientists and engineers to leverage our data to develop new algorithms, models and tools in … from a single investment will be reused for further science.  Notice Effective July 27, 2026, the JGI will move …

… Research in the Woyke laboratory focuses on the utility of single-cell methods to access genetic material of … described by Stanley and Konopa in 1985, which highlights our skewed understanding of microbial metabolism towards a minority of cultivated … focused on the application of  function-driven single-cell genomics . Here, single cells are characterized and selected …

… The JGI’s Microbial Program focuses on using cutting-edge … analysis techniques to explore the vast and diverse world of microbes. Studying bacteria and archaea, including those associated with microeukaryotes, enhances our understanding of terrestrial biogeochemical cycling and …