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… of proteins in order to conduct more efficient protein sequence alignments. He also aims to detect structural similarities in proteins that low sequence identity may belie. The technology he’s using is … Deep learning algorithms can vectorize faces… … so, why not proteins?         …

… yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae , allowing this species to grow better than its closest relative S. … then used a series of random insertions of a foreign DNA sequence to generate a huge pool of mutants, each containing … died and others grew well; the survivors had their DNA sequenced at the JGI as part of a 2014 Community Science …

… AMGs in soil viruses thought to break down chitin, the gene sequences were cloned by the JGI.  The JGI’s DNA synthesis … and annotation of all publicly available genomes in three domains of life.  Using the IMG suite, JGI retrieved … and AMGs. It could spawn future research into understanding why these AMGs exist in the first place, and what function …

… Every year, the JGI sequences around 35,000 samples — from plants, algae, …

… which microbes in the soil persist after a wildfire — and why they thrive — gives forest managers more avenues to … harbored fungal genomes, including a novel Leotiomycetes species and Coniochaeata lignaria , and both DNA and RNA … builds on the pyrophilous fungi the JGI has previously sequenced , and provides a powerful snapshot of what soils …

… genomic biodiversity. Using publicly available genome sequence data generated over the past three decades, their study assesses what fraction of the … “It’s a reminder of the urgency to cultivate new microbial species.” Targeted Explorations for Understanding the …

… Proposals aim to sequence and annotate genomes from Antarctica to Africa to … of France’s Institut de Biologie. His team proposed to sequence  Chaetoceros microalgae, or diatoms. Through the … provide more information on these ecologically relevant species. Another focus area was inter-organismal …

… access to cutting-edge cell sorting, DNA amplification, and sequence analysis to recover the genomes of uncultivated … now uses laser microdissection to selectively isolate and sequence microbial aggregates after first imaging with …