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… in regulating microbial cellulose production and biofilm formation, which affects a number of environments, including plants, soil, and the gut. To better understand the dynamics of this molecule, … researchers developed the first chemiluminescent biosensors for measuring cyclic di-GMP in bacteria through work enabled …

… JGI researchers lend expertise to develop tools and data hub for NIH program. While the microbes in, on and around Earth … their expertise in developing and managing public viral genomics resources such as analytical tools and data … to help uncover the phylogenetic diversity of the human gut microbiome. By bringing their expertise in viral …

… how these hosts and hitchhikers coexist is key for understanding their impact on wider ecosystems, but … interactions are difficult to study in the lab. Metagenomics provides new views of these relationships.  Recently , researchers used population genomics to find that while archaeal hitchhikers may often …

… infections. That’s why Mars, Inc., a maker of chocolate for more than 100 years and one of the world’s largest … more productive cacao plants and ensure there will be cocoa for chocolate tomorrow In 2010, a draft first genome of  … assembled by the plant team at the  HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology . An updated reference genome for  T. …

… By mining more than 14,000 publicly available metagenomic datasets in JGI’s  Integrated Microbial Genomes & Microbiomes (IMG/M) data suite—which includes  IMG/VR (for Virus)—for the virophage marker gene MCP, they were able … wastewater, and even animal and human (for the first time) gut and taxonomically classified into 27 distinct clades (17 …

… leads to identification of biosynthetic gene clusters for novel secondary metabolites for multiple applications. … and the  DOE Systems Biology Knowledgebase (KBase) . Metagenomics is the study of the microbial communities in the … with a host – with 23,000 MAGs. Modeling A New Path for Metagenomics Researchers Building upon these resources, KBase, a …

… perenniality. The Science A reference genome sequence and genomic toolkit for the perennial grass Miscanthus sinensis has been … The reference genome for M. sinensis, and the associated genomic tools, allows Miscanthus to both inform and benefit … by the Energy Biosciences Institute and the DOE Center for Advanced Bioenergy and Bioproducts Innovation, which is …

… diversity reveals seed dispersal in wild populations for the first time. For years, Elizabeth (Toby) Kellogg and other researchers at the Danforth Plant Science Center (Danforth Center) drove up and … Berkeley National Laboratory, is committed to advancing genomics in support of DOE missions related to clean energy …

… drought tolerance. The Science Researchers have developed a genomic model to study drought tolerance in perennial … U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) supports research programs for developing methods for converting plant biomass into … the culmination of nearly a decade of work to develop genomic resources for drought tolerance in perennial …

… Programs Deputy Axel Visel teamed with University of California (UC), Merced assistant professor Suzanne Sindi from … around the world. That said, we recognize that workforce in genomics, including JGI, is not representative of the … for a masters in nursing with an interest in the genomic basis of health, illness, disease risk, and treatment …

… of Texas (UT) at Austin, the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology (HudsonAlpha), and the U.S. Department of … previous study conducted by our research team surveying the genomic and phenotypic diversity across the natural range of … more broadly allow us to assess how ploidy variation alters genomic diversity, fitness, and adaptability. Using a …

… JGI! They are among those recognized by Clarivate Analytics for demonstrating “significant influence in their chosen … past year, through programs including the JGI-UC Merced Genomics Internship Program and the DOE Office of Science … he and his colleagues found that anaerobic fungi from herbivore poop might be a new source of novel compounds to …