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… challenges, characterizing viruses is a key step. For decades, though, many viruses have been somewhat … Beginning in the early 2000s , these environmental metagenomes began to offer a window into viral existence. Along … & Microbiomes database to include a dedicated section for viruses, so researchers around the world would have …

… We count on livestock for food and fiber, but raising these animals also produces …

… Congratulations to US Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI) staff scientist Simon Roux , who was … of the Microbiome Data Prize by the American Society for Microbiology (ASM). Roux leads the Viral Genomics group … the development of the virus and plasmid workflows for the National Microbiome Data Collaborative.  This award …

… to make products such as proteins, and the mechanisms for maintenance to keep processes running smoothly. As … structure into a cell-free system. The work complements efforts to further develop sustainable alternative approaches … Program at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User …

… environments? (Spoiler: Yes.) Yeast strains engineered for the biochemical conversion of glucose to value-added … viability constraints. Cell extracts provide an alternative format for chemical synthesis in the absence of cell growth … Program at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User …

… Chloroplast mimic a platform to capture and utilize carbon in a synthetic fixation … A team led by researchers at the Max Planck Institute (MPI) for Terrestrial Microbiology and the University of Bordeaux … Program (CSP) of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User …

… Data from marine heatwave event may foreshadow climate change impact on marine microbial … it in the deep ocean. With genomic samples collected before, during and after The Blob, researchers developed a … were sequenced by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User …

… in regulating microbial cellulose production and biofilm formation, which affects a number of environments, including … researchers developed the first chemiluminescent biosensors for measuring cyclic di-GMP in bacteria through work enabled … at the University of California, Berkeley and the Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science User Facility, …

… Walnut Creek, after countless generations of sequencing platforms (up to 120 sequencing machines at maximum) maintained by a workforce that numbered more than 100 at its peak, all the … been  moved to Berkeley , two of the JGI’s sequencing platforms were turned back on. A third sequencing platform was …

… breadth of algal diversity, the numbers of sequenced algal genomes, and the quality of those genomes, is rising. The … hear from researchers who are applying genomic sequence information to BER funded activities of plant systems. We will describe how to apply for a project with the JGI Community Science Program and how …

… Friday, March 20: JGI-EMSL Workshop: "Toward 10,000 Fungal Genomes and Phenotypes" …

… food, medicine, and bioenergy crops. But most available genomes are from narrow swaths of the plant tree of life. …