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… and DNA Day on April 25. As both Earth and DNA are close to our JGI hearts, we’re highlighting genomic science research that feels especially relevant to living on … graduate student working with  Susannah Tringe , JGI’s User Programs deputy and head of the Microbial Systems group …

Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at Lawrence Berkeley National … with an email in 2018.  Tanja Woyke , who leads the  Microbial Program at the JGI, received a message from Andrea … and they agreed, providing three articles for the journal with Du Toit as their editor. The partnership has …

… can work toward advancing sugarcane biotechnology. The Science Considered the world’s most harvested crop by … cultivar R570 has been generated and  reported in the journal  Nature . The work led by researchers at Australia’s … the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology and the Arizona Genomics Institute. The work was partly enabled by the JGI’s …

… and fungi that can help or harm plant host health. The Science Researchers compared the genomes of fungi that … determine if these fungi act as friends or foes. The Impact Microbial communities comprised of fungi and bacteria can … roots: friends, enemies or frenemies? … Datasets … From our partners … Behind the Paper …

… signing official must have the legal authority to commit your institution or organization to the terms and conditions … or Legal Representative. Please check with your unit director or supervisor for the appropriate contact … appointment, a version of the User Agreement between HHMI, your Host Institution and LBNL is required. NOTE:  If a PI …

… computation helps fill in what cultivation can’t. The Science At first, viruses are merely toolkits. To do … opens the possibility of using phages to engineer microbial communities. One day, these phages could boost … nutrient cycling, or carbon sequestration. Summary Existing programs use a variety of approaches to match a virus with a …

Microbial communities living near hydrothermal deep-sea vents hold vast potential for bioenergy.   The Science Hydrothermal vents are ocean-floor openings in the … (IMG/M) portal. The study,  published in the  Microbiome journal, broadens our understanding of the unique …

… hook” single-cell genomic approach to bioprospecting. The Science One of the most vital pieces of equipment for fly … characteristics. When they tested the screen method on a microbial community from geothermal hot springs, they … enzyme activity assay. The work was  reported in  The ISME Journal . While the screen caught several microbes from known …

… to freely investigate the genes of more than 100 algae. The Science Interested in the genomes of algae? You now have one … They play key roles in global carbon cycling, are sources of natural products, and have potential as biofuel … tools created by JGI researchers, including the Integrated Microbial Genomes and Microbiomes (IMG/M) system for …

… allows microbes to adapt to changing environments. The Science The first step in the deadly dance between a virus and microbial cell is an embrace. For a virus with a “head-tail” … under contract no. DE-AC02-05CH11231. This research used resources of the National Energy Research Scientific Computing …

Twice a year, the DOE Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) program awards … mission areas across the 6 Office of Science research programs. Among the recipients of the latest SCGSR award is … are developing cutting edge technologies to answer our most pressing problems. I’m very much looking forward to …

… the development of the comparative analysis platforms for microbial genomes and metagenomes (IMG). He became the Metagenomics Program head in 2010 and has the combined Microbial … on Microbiome Research with an emphasis on Microbiome Data Science. His group is developing novel methods for enabling …