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… however they do so under strong constraints exerted by viruses. Research in the viral genomics group aims at improving our collective … of ecological and evolutionary parameters driving virus:host dynamics in environmental microbial communities. This … ( Who is active when/where, and how? ). The JGI Viral Genomics group attempts to address this question in …

… archaea, and micro-eukaryoes, along with their associated viruses and mobile genetic elements. Beyond exploring and characterizing microbial diversity, work in the Metagenome Program uses … ecosystems.  By studying microbial communities and their interactions, the Program aims to unlock the fundamental …

… that the data produced by the facility result in scientific publications. JGI users and collaborators have the right to produce manuscripts for publication and the responsibility for leading the efforts … is done in a timely fashion. The publications resulting from such efforts should specify the collaborative nature of …

… program for faculty to “claim” the JGI’s unpublished microbial genomes, with the expectation that faculty will work with undergraduates in the analysis and publication of the claimed genome sequences. This … talent for biosciences.  Adopt-a-Genome has: ~20 faculty from institutions across the country Efforts in ongoing …

… of novel bacterial, archaeal and eukaryotic microbes and viruses in environmental sequence data. We use multi-omics … Exploring the fascinating world of giant viruses, which challenge our understanding of viral complexity and evolution Our research focuses on …

… The JGI’s Microbial Program focuses on using cutting-edge sequencing, … of terrestrial biogeochemical cycling and inter-organismal interactions. These insights are crucial for addressing key … provides high-quality, large-scale genomic data to advance microbial research that drives sustainable solutions in …

… genomic information from uncultivated microbes and viruses. We develop computational approaches to sift through … genomes. Our aim is to more fully capture microbial and viral diversity, leading to a better understanding of … ecosystem function.  The Environmental Genomics group also hosts the Viral Genomics group . Research Team    …

… including fungal and bacterial symbionts, detrimental microbial pathogens, and associated viruses that all contribute to a dynamic ecosystem. We are … how plants self-organize, influence, and are influenced by microbial partners. We use a variety of genomics-powered …

… (Science 2014), unearthing hundreds of thousands of new viral genomes and their predicted hosts (Nature 2016, … host-virus interactions, the exploration of the functional dark matter as well as the development of novel methods to enable … the quality and completeness of metagenome-assembled viral genomes. Nature Biotechnol . 39(5):578-585. Nayfach S, …

… we get to present our conversation with Marnix Medema , from Wageningen University in the Netherlands. Marnix is … even know of your existence back then. So there was no hostilities. Dan Udwary: That is certain, yes. So welcome. I … that the expression of these gene clusters play in these interactions. But also things like trying to predict at …

… such effort is targeted at environmental cells that are from candidate phyla, major branches in the phylogenetic … in 1985, which highlights our skewed understanding of microbial metabolism towards a minority of cultivated … in the strongly biased representation of sequenced genomes in the public domain, the bulk of which belong to …