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… to more easily integrate the expertise and capabilities of multiple Department of Energy Office of Science National User Facilities into … and multidisciplinary nature of DOE mission science projects, this initiative aims to encourage innovative … as needed), and the work plan is written into a Statement of Work document. …

… schedule. This should be coming out on the first Thursday of the month, just like I promised. Now I just have to make … outreach program to get kids interested in microbiology and microbial chemistry. All good stuff, and I hope you enjoy … in is actually seeing whether we could go into the genomes and predict what the natural product might actually …

… Joint Genome Institute and has focused on applying state-of-the-art molecular methods to address wide-ranging … Scientist at Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, and Adjunct Professor at UC Berkeley. Dr. Pennacchio received his Ph.D in 1998 from the Department of Genetics at Stanford University where he uncovered the …

… Tracking evolution of symbiotic lifestyles across multiple fungal lineages. The Science By comparing 135 fungal sequenced genomes, researchers were able to carry out a broader … role in soil carbon storage. Summary There are three types of fungal saprotrophs in the forest. White rot can break …

… One of the JGI’s key assets is our user community, comprising a broad range of researchers and trainees who use JGI resources and … Our community of data-downloading users spans tens of thousands of researchers. The JGI is always seeking to …

… plant host health. The Science Researchers compared the genomes of fungi that colonize Arabidopsis thaliana roots with … determine if these fungi act as friends or foes. The Impact Microbial communities comprised of fungi and bacteria can … The sequencing project was funded by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of …

… Machine learning methods were applied on sequenced fungal genomes to classify gene families. The Science As a proof of concept, researchers developed an algorithm that … data generated in part through the 1000 Fungal Genomes Project, including 55 newly-sequenced species.  The Impact …

… UC Merced graduate student Sabah Ul-Hasan and alumnus of the JGI-UC Merced Genomics Internship Program, first sampled the area in summer 2016.  She described the microbial diversity patterns of Puerto Nuevo’s coastal waters and sediment with …

… A workflow for capturing the genetic make-up of specific uncultivated microbes from complex environmental … and then efficiently retrieve and characterize their genomes. The Impact Despite great strides in generating genome sequences for members of the microbial world through bulk community sequencing …

… The Impact The Antarctic lakes are a “treasure trove” of unknown microbes that play critical roles in … cycle. The JGI is sequencing large numbers of microbes and microbial communities that contribute to carbon cycling, and … consequences of microbe-microbe interactions. Using metagenomes recovered directly from environmental samples and …

… “Microbes underpin so much of what we see on earth in terms of nutrient cycles and biogeochemical cycles…. Viruses play … at Colorado State University have many questions about the microbial communities deep underground, and before the …

… Science Program (CSP), researchers are developing a number of resources to build up Sphagnum as a plant model system … (Spruce and Peatland Responses Under Changing Environments) project, assessing how northern peatland ecosystems respond … researchers are aiming to have two high quality reference genomes for peat-forming species that occupy different …