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… Congratulations to US Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI) staff scientist … Society for Microbiology (ASM). Roux leads the Viral Genomics group within the JGI Metagenome Program, and … Roux is also one of the lead organizers of the Viral EcoGenomics & Applications (VEGA) Symposium , which will take …

… the slightly murky waters in the tube look like a scoop of stormwater, complete with leaves, debris, and even … bacteria aren’t usually visible without the assistance of microscope. “It’s 5,000 times bigger than most bacteria. … the entire cell.” The JGI team then used single cell genomics to analyze five of the bacterial cells on the …

… and Biological Chemistry, Nottingham University, UK PhD in Genomics, University of Cambridge, UK Postdoctoral training Wellcome Trust Sanger … Price et al 2018. Mutant phenotypes for thousands of bacterial genes of unknown function. Nature 557:503-509. Blow et al 2016. …

… 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 … who led the research team and is the head of the Viral Genomics group at the JGI, thinks that if you’re a virus or …

… before. In 2006, the JGI produced 33 billion base pairs of sequence; by 2023, that number was almost 717 trillion. Last year, the JGI surpassed three Petabases of data sequenced — that’s three-quadrillion base pairs of … that pays dividends. Microbes are at the core of many environmental processes, and their genetic makeup forms the …