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… well ] The Science The recipe for growing algae as a source of sustainable biofuels seems fairly simple: place these … multiple institutions have sequenced and analyzed the genome of an alga that thrives in saltwater (halotolerant) … researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User …

… Genomes from uncultivated bacteria offers clues to ancestral bacteria’s energy sources. More … teams joined forces and data sets to describe bacterial genomes for related (“sibling”) lineages Margulisbacteria … The U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science User Facility …

…   Visualizing a novel, candidate viral genome found in the deep subsurface ecosystem. The Science Altiarchaea are carbon-fixing microbes and targets of multiple viruses in Earth’s deep subsurface. They are … of countering multiple attempts at virus infections. Their genomes include short DNA sequences that code for CRISPR …

… During the summer of 2021, 13 interns from UC Merced spent eight weeks working … hone science presentation skills, and participate in professional development enrichment activities. For some … Merced internship program was founded in 2014 with the goal of inspiring students to embark on a career in genomics and …

… archaea are estimated to produce 500 million tons of methane a year, which is over half the total global … Biohub, and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science user … and Verstraetearchaeota lineages. The archaeal genome was detected in samples collected by Stephen Quake’s …

… A workflow for capturing the genetic make-up of specific uncultivated microbes from complex environmental … and then efficiently retrieve and characterize their genomes. The Impact Despite great strides in generating genome sequences for members of the microbial world through …

… In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have revisited a … year, the JGI team reported the first closed and finished genome derived from an uncultured bacterial single cell – a … oil plume from Deepwater Horizon oil spill led to a draft genome of the first deep-sea, oil-eating bacterium from a …

… a microbial mat. The Science In microbial mats, communities of microorganisms live among viruses that infect them. But … lysogeny, they can insinuate themselves inside the host’s genome, living quietly and replicating with their host … researcher at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User …

… Nandita is involved in developing new methods to improve genome recovery from single cells and to build sequencing …

… The soybean is a crop that could boost biofuels and fertilize fields. So in 2010, the JGI helped publish the original genome sequence for the soybean, Glycine max. With a full genome sequence, researchers have been able to look into …

… JGI-led team significantly expands the global diversity of large and giant viruses. While the microbes in a single … archaea and eukaryotes, and they range in particle and genome size from small, to large and even giant. The genomes of giant viruses are on the order of 100 times the …

… in the Data Science and Informatics Department at the Joint Genome Institute. His team of engineers and scientists builds and operates the data and … science.  Dr. Sneddon is an accomplished leader in data, software, compute, and AI for large-scale genomics and lab …