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… of metagenomes for signatures of viruses and novel microbial lineages, and reconstruct metabolic properties … to a better understanding of microbial communities and ecosystem function.  The Environmental Genomics group also hosts the Viral Genomics group . … focuses on the assembly of metagenomic sequence data into microbial genomes, which is of fundamental value to …

… The JGI’s Microbial Program focuses on using cutting-edge sequencing, … provides high-quality, large-scale genomic data to advance microbial research that drives sustainable solutions in energy, agriculture and ecosystem management. … The Microbial Program focuses on using advanced sequencing …

… new capabilities and resources to users through a BER data ecosystem.  A data ecosystem is a connected resource where data from different … ensure platforms are future-ready for advancements enabled by artificial intelligence and other tools. By bringing … in enabling systems biology analyses, such as metabolic modeling, that go well beyond genome annotation and …

… Biology is currently experiencing a revolution brought on by rapid developments in genomics and other omics technologies.  The exponential … is creating new opportunities for breakthrough discoveries and catalyzing a major transition of biology … of new viral genomes and their predicted hosts (Nature 2016, Science 2017, Nature Microbiology 2018), discovery of …

… genetic elements. Beyond exploring and characterizing microbial diversity, work in the Metagenome Program uses … experimental approaches to assess microbial activity across ecosystems.  By studying microbial communities and their interactions, … Program focuses on the high-throughput sequencing of microbial communities to uncover the complex interactions …

… Microbes drive critical ecosystem functions and affect global nutrient cycling, … constraints exerted by viruses. Research in the viral genomics group aims at improving our collective … parameters driving virus:host dynamics in environmental microbial communities. This involves both experimental and …

… inter-organismal interactions, and predictive biology, modeling and biodesign — questions of relevance to DOE’s … merit, DOE mission relevance, proposed data usage by the applicant/community, and track record of the … and analysis will be provided for free to the PI by the Department of Energy’s funding of the JGI. There is …

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

… capabilities and products to our users. This includes scaling the technologies and enabling state-of-the-art … focus on expanding molecular capabilities and functional genomics, scaling capacity through end-to-end automation — and further … offers quantitative Stable Isotope Probing (SIP) Metagenomics to the broader scientific community. The pipeline …

… program for faculty to “claim” the JGI’s unpublished microbial genomes, with the expectation that faculty will … of the claimed genome sequences. This opportunity, provided by the Joint Genome Institute, builds upon thousands of microbial genomes that have been sequenced by the JGI though …

… target is based on 98% of the total available hours.   FY 2016 DOE Metrics 1,391 unique* JGI users in FY2016 … Q1 – Report on new computational developments for improving microbial, metagenomic, or plant genome assemblies. … metagenomic, or plant genomes. [Download PDF] End-of-year Goal – Develop one new computationally enabled approach …

… the natural world’s potential to address global challenges by exploring plants’ role in capturing carbon, detoxifying … sources and bolster agricultural resilience. The program’s discoveries support a plant based bioeconomy where plants … development of complex biomolecules — which can include antimicrobial and anti-pest compounds.  The program is working …