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All staff members of the US Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI) commit to Lawrence Berkeley National Lab’s (Berkeley Lab’s) core values, which guide the … to establish with our stakeholders. The guiding principles for participating on JGI Advisory Committees are outlined in …

… the JGI sequences around 35,000 samples — from plants, algae, bacteria, archaea, fungi, viruses — to support scientists around the world. Most of those researchers send their samples in from afar, … with names — but not doors — and robots handle a bunch of benchwork. …

In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have … the ability to break down hardy plant cell walls and therefore hold clues to how humans could do the same on an industrial scale to produce biofuels . Since one of the challenges of developing …

… expands inovirus diversity. To answer the question, “Where’s Waldo?” readers need to look for a number of distinguishing features. Several characters may be … membrane without lysing the bacterial host. They can also influence their host’s growth and pathogenicity, in turn …

JGI-led team significantly expands the global diversity of large and giant viruses. While the microbes in a single drop of water could outnumber a small city’s population, the number of viruses in the same drop—the vast majority … lineages in the NCLDV group infect mainly protists and algae, and some of them have genomes in the megabase range. …

… a graduate student in Brett Baker’s lab at the University of Texas at Austin, will defend his dissertation. Some of his research was conducted at the JGI through … A chapter of Rambo’s research focuses on how viruses influence carbon cycling in coastal mangroves. His work …

Machine learning methods were applied on sequenced fungal genomes to classify gene families. The Science As a proof of concept, researchers developed an algorithm that … known to infect most major food crops and feedstocks for biomass and biofuel production. Learning about the …

… edible grain. But there are some sorghum varieties, grown on marginal land with little water, which were developed … specifically to turn their biomass into sustainable biofuel and bioproducts. John Mullet, a biologist at Texas …

Populations of Antarctic lake microbial communities change with the … occupy more space on Earth than any other ecosystem. Therefore, understanding the microbial activity that dominates … Preliminary observations regarding the contributions of algae and viruses to the ecosystem were noted, but require …

… … Dan Udwary: You’re listening to the Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute’s Natural Prodcast, a … about natural products and the science and scientists of secondary metabolism. Hey there, and welcome back to Natural … genome miners use, including antiSMASH, MIBiG, and newer efforts, like BiG-scape and BiG-SLiCE, and now the BiG-FAM …

Research yields a comprehensive tree and soil dataset for understanding the dynamic relationship between poplar trees and their microbial partners. … data set will help identify how different elements of the ecosystem interact and respond to changes in the …

… … DAN UDWARY: You’re listening to the Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute’s Natural Prodcast, a … about natural products and the science and scientists of secondary metabolism. Welcome back. This will be episode 12 of … welcome, Nadine. ALISON TAKEMURA: What is the big picture for you in your lab? NADINE ZIEMERT: Big picture, I want to …