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… and around Earth outnumber the stars in the Milky Way, viruses outnumber the microbes by at least another order of … the regulation of global nutrient cycles. The JGI’s latest strategic plan (download a copy  here ) describes how … center for the HVP ," is related to developing an organizational hub for the program, to organize and manage …

… The Secondary Metabolism Collaboratory encourages user engagement. The Science In addition to the core set of … produced by groups of genes known as biosynthetic gene clusters (BGCs.) As reported in the recent Database issue of … and contig sources.  The Impact Secondary metabolites are useful in a variety of fields including biotechnology, …

… viridis), a small model grass with a short lifecycle that uses a carbon fixation process known as the C4 pathway, … C4 crops, as are the candidate biofuel feedstocks Miscanthus and switchgrass.  Innumerable road trips and hundreds of … (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at Lawrence Berkeley National …

… the total global methane production. They are thought to use billions of tons of the carbon dioxide trapped in … they partnered once more with JGI Microbial Program head Tanja Woyke and her Single Cells team member Frederik Schulz to … of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at Lawrence Berkeley National …

… One of the JGI’s key assets is our user community, comprising a broad range of researchers and trainees who use JGI resources and expertise. These collaborations have yielded numerous, high-quality outputs, such as data, publications and …

… partnerships to offer new capabilities and resources to users through a BER data ecosystem.  A data ecosystem is a connected resource where data from different organizations is discoverable and accessible. Linking the … and help unravel these complexities  This ecosystem serves users better in the following ways: Data integration is …

… expands the global diversity of large and giant viruses. While the microbes in a single drop of water could … they are found everywhere, comparatively little is known about viruses, much less those considered large and giant. … features and putative hosts,” noted study senior author  Tanja Woyke , who heads JGI’s  Microbial Program . The team …

… the development of novel computational tools to identify virus sequences, the design of new experimental approaches to link viruses to their host(s), collaboration with JGI users for analyzing viral datasets, and the organization of community-building efforts in the field of …