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… Nanohaloarchaeota cultures reveal they are symbionts and not free-living organisms. The Science Researchers … to experimentally determine that Nanohaloarchaeota are symbionts, rather than free-living organisms as had been … trove” of unknown microbes that play critical roles in environmental processes (related to interactions of soil-sediment …

… The Science Haloarchaea flourish in hypersaline environments, and researchers are interested in learning how … microbes have learned to adapt from marine to hypersaline conditions by studying the microbial communities in Antarctic … Antarctic Science program (project 4031). The work conducted by the US Department of Energy Joint Genome …

… Using a novel computational approach, researchers confirm microbial diversity is wilder than ever. Imagine … researchers exploring a dark room with a flashlight, only able to clearly identify what falls within that single … of Science User Facility  located at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, is committed to advancing genomics in …

… from engineered yeasts still work in cell-free environments? (Spoiler: Yes.) Think of cells as tiny factories: … smoothly. As reported August 26, 2021, in Nature Communications , researchers led by Hal Alper at The University of … Michael Jewett of Northwestern University describe a two-pronged approach that starts with engineered yeast cells but …

… from engineered yeasts still work in cell-free environments? (Spoiler: Yes.) Yeast strains engineered for the biochemical conversion of glucose to value-added products are limited in … of Science User Facility  located at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, is committed to advancing genomics in …

… virtually with JGI mentors to investigate rigorous research projects, hone science presentation skills, and participate in professional development … Evolution of the Mitochondria Internship … Cross Species Integration of Single Cell Transcriptomes … Evaluation of Binning Tools for Microbial Eukaryotes in Metagenomes …

… The JGI’s Genomes OnLine Database celebrates 25 years as a vital resource for data contextualization The Science Since its launch 25 years ago, the  Genomes OnLine Database has matured from six projects on a spreadsheet into a flagship  genomic metadata … U.S. Department of Energy operated [DE-AC02-05CH11231]; National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center, which is …

… proposals have been accepted from 70 full submissions based on 92 letters of intent. Additionally, 40 percent of the … Susannah Tringe, JGI User Programs Deputy. “These new CSP projects accelerate our efforts to characterize … of Science User Facility  located at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, is committed to advancing genomics in …

… Congratulations to Jane Grimwood, who has been appointed the Loretta … after the JGI was established to work on the Human Genome Project in 1997. She was a group lead at Stanford Human … of Impact.     Notable large-scale multi-institutional JGI projects and resulting publications that Grimwood …

… year, the JGI accepts proposals for state-of-the-art functional genomics research from reseachers who translate genomic information into biological function. Through our CSP Functional Genomics call , we look for projects that will leverage the JGI’s DNA synthesis and …

… hermaphrodites, expressing both male and female gametes in one individual. But some, including shrub willow  Salix purpurea , employ the evolutionary strategy we are far more familiar with: … of shrub willow have been sequenced with sufficient resolution to analyze their structure. Scientists found both a gene …

… Research in the Woyke laboratory focuses on the utility of single-cell methods to access genetic material of uncultivated taxa of interest. One such effort is targeted at environmental cells that are from candidate phyla, major branches … widening since 2005. This gap is also reflected in the strongly biased representation of sequenced genomes in the …