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… with the seasons. The Science Light-harvesting bacteria (phototrophs) in Antarctica’s Ace Lake defy the norm when it comes to nutrient cycling in polar regions. While microbial … water and determined that the microbial communities look very different across each section. The biggest changes …

… Science Program. Fashioning DNA outside a cell is key to interrogating what genes do, how they work, and applying … collaborations.” A third story from the issue — Machine learning-based prediction of activity and substrate … substrates. By analyzing these relationships with machine learning, they predicted key features of the enzymes, …

… the 2022 Annual Meeting featured speakers who shared a look back at the JGI’s history, from its beginnings in the sequencing for the Human Genome Project out to the future of the institution. Their talks shed light on …

… on what the next five years of innovation could look like. In one article, Micro-Scale Applications head Rex … head Emiley Eloe-Fadrosh outline more targeted approaches to reconstruct individual microbes in an environmental … approach uses fluorescence-activated cell sorting (FACS) to sort cells into several small pools before sequencing to …

… Reviews Microbiology column last year — and there’s more to come in 2020. Researchers at the U.S. Department of … User Facility located at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, are sharing their expertise in environmental genomics … a spotlight on  ammonia oxidizing archaea and what we’re learning about their metabolism . And postdoctoral …

… Proposals aim to sequence and annotate genomes from Antarctica to Africa to global oceans. Through the Community Science … Bushley of the University of Minnesota is interested in learning more about the fungal endophytes of soybean and how … User Facility  located at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, is committed to advancing genomics in support of DOE …

… decades, advancements in sequencing technologies have led to an abundance of microbial genomes becoming available to the global research community.  Published January 17, … the number of cultured isolates. If you’re interested in learning more, fill out  this survey . …

… the genes of land plants’ closest algal relative,  Zygnematophyceae , scientists have enhanced our understanding of how early plants transitioned from water to land. Key gene groups involved in stress tolerance and … — ultimately allowing them to adapt to life on land. Learning that these genetic tools existed in close algal …

… Protein annotations provide insights into environmental tendencies The Science The  Metagenome Stability Diagram — a tool within the Integrated Microbial Genomes and Microbiomes … frequencies will be specific to the environment.  Machine learning was also a large part of the creation of the tool. …

… the Integrative Genomics Building (IGB) seen above is home to the DOE Joint Genome Institute (JGI). Researchers from … Science user facility at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), is to become the leading integrative genome science user …

… Metagenome-assembled archaeal genomes provide new insights into an ancient metabolism. Methane is a greenhouse gas 20 … atmosphere and regulating the global climate for life to flourish. For Guillaume Borrel and Simonetta Gribaldo of … datasets from a variety of environments, as well as tools for analysis. “There is evidence that methanogenesis …

… environments? (Spoiler: Yes.) Think of cells as tiny factories: within their walls they have both the machinery to make products such as proteins, and the mechanisms for maintenance to keep processes running smoothly. As reported August 26, … User Facility  located at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, is committed to advancing genomics in support of DOE …