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… notable research and scientific collaborations in 2018. The cover is an image of Mono Lake, a saline soda lake … Yosemite National Park, taken by JGI’s own Jon Bertsch. Microbes isolated from Mono Lake were sequenced by the JGI …

… easily in the lab. To access the genomes of uncultured  microbes , scientists usually employ two different methods; shotgun metagenomic sequencing and single-cell sequencing. For years, … like plasmids, the picture is far from complete.  In 2021 , scientists at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital …

… dominated Copper River Delta. They’re looking at how the microbes in these high latitude wetlands, such as the Copper … colleagues are studying how chronic warming is altering how microbes interact with their environment, potentially …

… “Microbes underpin so much of what we see on earth in terms … National Laboratory. Letters of Intent are due March 16, 2022 to freely access resources at multiple DOE user …

… predictive models on how climate change may impact marine microbes and by extension, the ocean’s capacity to act as a … such as hurricanes and droughts. Another one began in late 2013, when a large patch of warm ocean water about a third … saw populations shift. Smaller picoplankton and free-living microbes that can fix carbon dioxide replaced organic matter …

Scientists find bee gut microbes have a division of labor when it comes to … has identified the major metabolic roles of constituent microbes, publishing their findings in the  Proceedings of … including collecting and analyzing the honey bee gut metagenome, which was done with the help of the US Department …

… but they’re not always immediately apparent. Similarly, the microbes found in plant roots may have unknown roles. Some … of the key community participants and enabling future metagenomics studies.   … The sequencing project was funded by … Office of Science of the U.S. DOE under Contract No. DE-AC02-05CH11231 within the framework of CSP 1974 “1KFG: …

Internship Program, first sampled the area in summer 2016.  She described the microbial diversity patterns of … has a number of applications, including pain relief. The microbes in cone snails may be involved in venom activity, … more advanced in my understandings than I would be at this stage without the internship and mentorship that followed. I …

… symbiotic interactions are difficult to study in the lab. Metagenomics provides new views of these relationships.  … the microorganisms had a close relationship. Then, using metagenomes and metatranscriptomes generated by the U.S. … Frontiers Group, the National Science Foundation (MCB-1244557 to J.A.D.) and the Lawrence Berkeley National …