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The Micro-Scale Applications group explores the genetic makeup of natural microbial communities using a variety of cutting-edge approaches.  Our group also … access to cutting-edge cell sorting, DNA amplification, and sequence analysis to recover the genomes of uncultivated …

Biology is currently experiencing a revolution brought on by rapid developments in … include exploration of the global diversity of alternative genetic codes (Science 2014), unearthing hundreds of … al. (2017) Protein structure determination using metagenome sequence data. Science   355(6322):294-298 Paez-Espino D. et …

… project to form new connections between fungal guilds, genes and function. If a tree falls in the forest — whether … at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) sequenced 1 trillion bases — a terabase — of soil RNA for … Remarkable Similarity Despite Vast Diversity For this study, researchers collected soil samples from four sites: …

… with JGI scientists on an ambitious project: to bring in robots to help process experiments that measure microbial activity in soil. Now, the researchers and robots have made these …

… and a unique chronic infection cycle. “We’re not sure why we systematically manage to miss them; maybe it’s due to … first worked on a reference dataset that included genome sequences known to be affiliated with the Inoviridae. “What … and his colleagues found that the inoviruses were being targeted by their hosts’ own CRISPR-Cas systems, termed …

… impressive environmental and energy advantages explain why soybean is a flagship genome of the JGI’s Plant Program. … first legume species with a published complete draft genome sequence. At the time, the vital global source of both … of Missouri said he and his colleagues had identified 1,110 genes involved in lipid metabolism.  “There’s still a lot of …

… hundreds of microalgae are able to partner to form lichens. Studying the symbiosis by investigating a lichen’s genomes … and the microalga,  Asterochloris glomerata . To see how gene expression changes when living together versus apart, … nitrocellulose filters in Petri dishes. The scientists also sequenced the fungus and photobiont’s genomes and compared …