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… one constant for the Joint Genome Institute. On July 1, 2020, that all changed. Ray’s vigilant stewardship as JGI’s … While the virtual mic shifted to Ray for his introduction to his successor, Nick Everson, there was a knock at the door of …

… approaches. By mining more than 14,000 publicly available metagenomic datasets in JGI’s  Integrated Microbial Genomes & … virophage marker gene MCP, they were able to identify 44,221 total virophage partial sequences, including over 28,000 …

… the  Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory (EMSL) , successful applicants can also access resources at NEON. This … available at Oak Ridge National Laboratory  Center for Structural Molecular Biology .  Watch this webinar hosted by … more about BioSANS. Letters of Intent are due March 17, 2021 for the FICUS proposal call. Q&A from the Webinar: …

… scientists usually employ two different methods; shotgun metagenomic sequencing and single-cell sequencing. For years, … Primary Template-Directed Amplification (PTA) yields a much higher completion, above 80% in most cases. The Impact … like plasmids, the picture is far from complete.  In 2021 , scientists at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital …

In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have revisited a number of … with few resources. Despite the low maintenance, it can produce an impressive amount of biomass which could then be … on identifying switchgrass genes related to biomass production, drought tolerance, and other traits that make it a …

… 2022 marks the JGI’s 25th anniversary. Over the last year, … that keep microbes — and the enzymes that would be produced by microorganisms — out,” said JGI user/collaborator … genomics and transcriptomics to discover another advantage these fungi wield: the capacity to form enzyme …

… of the microbial world through bulk community sequencing (metagenomics) and single-cell genomics, the vast majority of … To overcome this hurdle, a team led by Bernhard Fuchs and his postdoctoral researcher Anissa Grieb at the MPI … User Facility, is supported under Contract No. DE-AC02-05CH11231. This study was funded by the Max Planck Society. …

… between bacteria and fungi The Science Researchers have successfully automated aspects of a commonly-used process for … communities, with results published in the  November 2022 issue of Microbiome . High-throughput stable isotope probing (SIP) proved to vastly reduce labor and improve results. Applying this method to the …

… the IP & Science arm of Thomson Reuters, has released their 2019 list of Highly Cited Researchers , which includes 10 … Plant & Animal Science category Plant Program Library Construction Group Lead Jane Grimwood (at HudsonAlpha), … worked with a community of switchgrass researchers to conduct a large-scale field experiment to uncover the genetic …

… sequenced with sufficient resolution to analyze their structure. Scientists found both a gene likely important for … some songbird W chromosomes — suggest that they are advantageous enough to have evolved multiple times independently. … by the NSF Dimensions of Biodiversity Program (DEB-1542509 to S.D., DEB-1542486 to LBS, and DEB-1542599 to M.O.). …

… matter, and researchers estimate that they hold about 25 percent of the world’s soil carbon. In high latitudes, … reason, the U.S. Department of Energy is overseeing the SPRUCE (Spruce and Peatland Responses Under Changing … and the University of Vienna  reported recovering draft metagenome-assembled genomes for seven novel species of …

In April 2020, we mark both the 50th celebration of Earth Day on … to living on a changing planet. In this short audio production, we’ll hear from Ed Hall, an ecologist at Colorado … being affected by the metals? When metals are introduced, how do they adapt by changing what macromolecules are …