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… collaborative user projects, the JGI’s Plant Program delves into the natural world’s potential to address global challenges by exploring plants’ role in capturing carbon, detoxifying … to current problems facing humanity. A major focus are biofuel feedstock species and plant-microbe interactions, …

… The purpose of this policy is to establish communication norms around … that the data produced by the facility result in scientific publications. JGI users and collaborators have the right to … assembly, analysis, annotation, verification, creation of genome browsers, etc. The users, collaborators, and JGI …

… Research in the Eloe-Fadrosh group focuses on using genome-resolved metagenomic approaches to identify and … develop computational approaches to sift through thousands of metagenomes for signatures of viruses and novel microbial … on the assembly of metagenomic sequence data into microbial genomes, which is of fundamental value to improving our …

… “Adopt a Genome” is an informal program for faculty to “claim” the … faculty will work with undergraduates in the analysis and publication of the claimed genome sequences. This opportunity, provided … and skills necessary to extract meaningful biological insights from sequence data, employing IMG data and tools …

… The Metagenome Program uses advanced sequencing technologies to … that govern ecosystem processes. This research provides insights into microbial diversity and metabolic potential, with … The Metagenome Program focuses on the high-throughput sequencing of … and virus-microbe interactions, over ecological and evolutionary time scales.The Metagenome Program combines …

… JGI Mission As a U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science user facility, we provide advanced genomic … that convert biological information into actionable insights and solutions. Genome-enabled biology provides solutions to strengthen … systems.  Invasive plant species; and first-generation biofuel targets (i.e. corn, sugarcane, rapeseed/canola, palm …

… 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 inter-organismal interactions. These insights are crucial for addressing key environmental …

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

… research is focused on the discovery and characterization of novel bacterial, archaeal and eukaryotic microbes and … to identify new divergent lineages and expand the Tree of Life. We then investigate the coding potential to find … discovering and characterizing giant viruses, which possess genomes and particle sizes that rival those of cellular …

… UDWARY: You’re listening to the Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute’s Natural Prodcast– a podcast about natural … ActDES, which is a curated database of actinobacteria for evolutionary studies, and hopefully we can catch him again … BARONA-GOMEZ: I think that the very first thing that got us into this is that we should, in any case, use definitions …

… however they do so under strong constraints exerted by viruses. Research in the viral genomics group aims at improving our collective understanding of ecological and evolutionary parameters driving virus:host dynamics in … While an ever-increasing number of phage and virus genomes have been assembled and reported from metagenomes, …