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… Dr. Kyrpides joined the DOE Joint Genome Institute in 2004 to lead the Genome Biology Program … (IMG). He became the Metagenomics Program head in 2010 and has the combined Microbial Genomes and Metagenomes … the development of the genome analysis and Bioinformatics core at Integrated Genomics Inc. in Chicago, IL. He did his …

… The selection process for AAM Fellows is based on their records of scientific achievement and original contributions … genetic material of uncultivated microbes and link their genomes to the roles they play in the environment. One … proteins, and virus diversity in this group expanded 10-fold, offering the opportunity to refine the phylogenetic …

… Research uncovers the genetic foundations that helped plants … Program of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User … Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), scientists sequenced the genomes of four  Zygnematophyceae algae, which were isolated …

… to technical limitations and the sheer complexity of plant genomes. Now, with improvements to DNA Affinity Purification … bioenergy and bioengineering applications. “We worked with 10 species ranging from grasses to broccoli and trees like poplar, spanning about 150 million years of evolution,” said …

… technologies and computational methods in the past decade, researchers have uncovered genomes for just a small fraction of Earth’s microbial … cannot be cultivated under laboratory conditions, their genomes can’t be sequenced using traditional approaches. … The U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science User Facility …

… In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have revisited a number of notable … Beginning in the early 2000s , these environmental metagenomes began to offer a window into viral existence. Along … to boost understanding of environmental viruses. In 2016, Nikos Kyrpides at the JGI led a team that combed …

… An improved genome assembly to support targeted tree breeding for the bioeconomy.   The Science Researchers report a new reference genome for eucalyptus in the July edition of the journal G3 … Borevitz) conducted by the US Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute ( https://ror.org/04xm1d337 ), a DOE Office …

… JGI researchers lend expertise to develop tools and data hub for … order of magnitude. For years, scientists at the DOE Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science user facility … specific database of IMG/VR (Viral Resources.) Launched in 2016, IMG/VR is the largest publicly available collection of …

… Recent study shows eelgrass has been around about 2.5 … the southern California and Mexican coastlines. Roughly 100,000 years later, that Japanese eelgrass crossed the … form of another species, so the scientists had to use the genome itself.   Approximately 67 million years ago, the …

… 2022 marks the JGI’s 25th anniversary. Over the last year, we’ve been revisiting a number of notable achievements that showcase … kinds of supplies in the quest to break down plants.  In 2016, her team leveraged transcriptomics and other assays to …

… multiple institutions have sequenced and analyzed the genome of an alga that thrives in saltwater (halotolerant) … to produce enough algal biomass to yield the equivalent of 10-27 billion gasoline gallons if target yields could be … biomass as lipids and carbohydrates. At LANL, Tisza Bell in Shawn Starkenburg’s group conducted a series of experiments …

… Metagenome-assembled archaeal genomes provide new insights into an ancient metabolism. Methane is a greenhouse gas 20 times more potent than carbon dioxide. … by the other study co-authors, and reconstructed from these 10 metagenome-assembled genomes (MAGs) representing new …