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Congratulations to US Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI) staff scientist Simon Roux , who was … analysis to better characterize how viruses infect soil microbes and influence how soil ecosystems function. He was …

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In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have … of course, the cells of other organisms. As they infect microbes like bacteria, algae and protists, all kinds of … and in your data, and they’re probably influencing the microbes there,” said Simon Roux , the Viral Genomics Group …

High-throughput stable isotope probing helps ID novel interactions between bacteria and fungi … it. The isotopes are incorporated into the DNA of specific microbes who consume the labeled food or water. Later, their … which microorganisms used the labeled substance and which microbes did not. This is normally an arduous wet lab …

Stable Isotope Probing (SIP) is a powerful technique for studying microbial communities. These experiments can show which microbes are handling specific nutrients, or what they're …

… highlights notable research and scientific collaborations in 2018. The cover is an image of Mono Lake, a saline soda lake east of California’s Yosemite National Park, taken by JGI’s own Jon Bertsch. Microbes isolated from Mono Lake were sequenced by the JGI …

Team develops a computational pipeline to sift and characterize RNA virus sequences.  A zoo … Computational Sieves to Filter Sequences There are more microbes on the planet than particles in a handful of dirt, and viruses vastly outnumber the microbes. Advances in sequencing technologies and …

JGI is in the process of shifting its operations from Walnut Creek to the heart of the … Lab campus. By Friday, October 18, the production sequencing labs in Building 100 were silent. Twenty years after the …

With a new methodology, scientists are now getting more complete genomic results from single cells. The Science Studying the  genomes of … easily in the lab. To access the genomes of uncultured  microbes , scientists usually employ two different methods; …

Monitoring Inter-Organism Interactions Within Ecosystems Latest … dominated Copper River Delta. They’re looking at how the microbes in these high latitude wetlands, such as the Copper … colleagues are studying how chronic warming is altering how microbes interact with their environment, potentially …