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… from The Ohio State University and the University of Michigan studying how virus infections cause significant … metabolic changes they’ve undergone. The Impact The number of microbes in, on, and around the planet is an astronomical … was done by the JGI, and proteomics and metabolomics analysis and microscopy at EMSL. The team infected the …

… The Science Within the archaeal domain, there is a group of tiny hitchhikers. These organisms are abundant and yet … mini genomes to match. As a result, they cannot process all of the chemicals they need to survive. To fill in their … use CRISPR-Cas systems to recognize and remove invaders’ DNA from their own genomes. One of these systems, the …

… Tanja Woyke , who has been elected to the American Academy of Microbiology (AAM) ! She is among the 68 new Fellows in … Scientific Achievement , and was among the Lab’s 2015 Women @ the Lab honorees. Woyke’s research focuses on … and giant viruses belonging to the nucleocytoplasmic large DNA viruses (NCLDV) supergroup. As a result, the giant virus …

… three new members earlier this month – Sneha Couvilion of Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Chris Schadt of Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Elizabeth “Lizzy” … in metagenomics and novel applications for long-read DNA sequencing. As a UEC member, Wilbanks will advocate for …

… Metabolism   Although there are still a large number of secondary metabolites yet to be discovered and their … expressing a given BGC in various hosts, availability of sequenced genomes, and computing resources needed to predict BGCs from available genome sequences. The DOE Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE …

… Understanding how a fundamental mechanism of evolution allows microbes to adapt to changing … cell’s membrane. Two decades ago, a team discovered a group of viruses that had in their genomes a surprising tool: a … Moreover, the discovery of more than 30,000 DGRs in this analysis, a 20-fold increase over what was previously known, …

… is not exclusively for Euryarchaeota. Atmospheric levels of methane, a potent greenhouse gas, regulate Earth’s … play a critical role in the global carbon cycle, and are of significant interest for their potential contributions to … as an energy source.  Until recently, our understanding of these methanogenic microorganisms was narrowed to a type …

… Genomes from uncultivated bacteria offers clues to ancestral bacteria’s energy sources. More … own food and generate oxygen as a byproduct. The abundance of oxygen shaped the evolution of life on Earth, and led to the development of … integrated high-throughput sequencing and computational analysis that enable systems-based scientific approaches to …

… JGI is in the process of shifting its operations from Walnut Creek to the heart of the Berkeley Lab campus. By Friday, October 18, the … Turner. How extensive? Consider that the process of moving 250 people and their equipment from 4 single-story buildings … integrated high-throughput sequencing and computational analysis that enable systems-based scientific approaches to …

… Twice a year, the DOE Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) program awards … of the latest call , a total of 70 graduate students from 52 universities were selected to carry out part of their … integrated high-throughput sequencing and computational analysis that enable systems-based scientific approaches to …

… The human-centered, agile collaboration between the JGI and the … from the other JGI Portals, as well. “For thousands of scientists around the world, the JGI Genome Portal is a critical resource — it provides access to all of JGI’s genomic databases and tools,” noted  Kjiersten …

… restoring and maintaining healthy soils – are at the heart of sustaining food and bioenergy security for a steadily … soil enrichment, is partnering with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at Lawrence Berkeley …