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… Twice a year, the DOE Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) program … change and this is a remarkable opportunity to launch a pilot project and begin the work of understanding how … to an exceptional caliber of scientists.” For her project, “Microbial Community Structure and Methane Production in …

… hydroxyapatite, a high-value biomaterial with a wide range of industrial applications. The team was led by researchers … The collaboration between the JGI and the Foundry on this project highlights an  ongoing partnership that combines the … million annually.  The team is working on developing new microbial strains that can synthesize other bio-based …

… viruses outnumber the microbes by at least another order of magnitude. For years, scientists at the DOE Joint Genome … in developing and maintaining the JGI’s  Integrated Microbial Genomics and Microbiomes (IMG/M) system. The … by identifying contiguous viral sequences (“contigs”) from thousands of ecologically diverse metagenomics samples. The …

… fungal infections. That’s why Mars, Inc., a maker of chocolate for more than 100 years and one of the world’s largest buyers of cocoa, is collaborating … Mars, Inc.-led consortium through the Cacao Genome Database project. The genome sequence was assembled by the plant team …

… Survey of Setaria's natural diversity reveals seed dispersal in … crops because it leads to reduced harvest yields. Over thousands of years, farmers have selected for cereal plants … Program , sequences of several hundred green millet plant genomes were generated, though the final analyses focused on …

… JGI’s  PhycoCosm data portal , an interactive collection of sequenced algal genomes, omics data and comparative analysis tools. … the resources for free. 8.  Q: What makes a successful project? A: Combination of: DOE mission relevance Science … The U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science …

… After studying the mechanism of action of antifungal natural products and their derivatives during … primary interest and passion. Dr. Woyke stepped into the Microbial Genomics Program Lead position in 2009 and assumed … is the Microbial Science Program Head as well as our Deputy of User Programs. Click to learn more about the program's …

… Using a novel computational approach, researchers confirm microbial diversity is wilder than ever. Imagine researchers … online Oct. 11, 2023 in  Nature highlights the vast array of functional diversity of microbes through a novel approach … almost impossible.”  When the team was finished with this phase, they found that the protein family diversity within …

… In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have revisited a … and offered a way for researchers to study the planet’s microbial diversity, much of which remains unknown and … identify, and characterize more than 200 microbial genomes that were mapped to nearly 30 major previously …

… began oxygenating Earth over two billion years ago. A team of researchers set out to Yellowstone National Park to study how cyanobacteria are living, communally, in microbial mats. Along the way, they’ve encountered … new technologies, and made a few discoveries about the microbial mat denizens.  …

… team has comprehensively described host-virus dynamics in a microbial mat. The Science In microbial mats, communities of microorganisms live among viruses that infect them. But … virus had been infecting the cell. The team assembled 130 genomes from their sample — a small proportion of the …

… which specializes in genome improvement for plants. As part of that partnership, the JGI and HudsonAlpha researchers led … were you working with? Avinash: In the initial planning phase, there were about 10 groups that came together to … Avinash:   JGI puts huge efforts into generating reference genomes for new species allowing it to fill gaps in the …