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… Our research is focused on the discovery and characterization of novel bacterial, archaeal and eukaryotic microbes and viruses in environmental sequence data. We use multi-omics (metagenomics, metatranscriptomics, single … Exploring the fascinating world of giant viruses, which challenge our understanding of viral complexity …

… Using a novel computational approach, researchers confirm … genes from isolates, there isn’t much scientists can tell about its function or its origin. As a result, these genes … we’ve already defined.  “A huge percentage — around 30–50% of the protein families that we knew so far — still does …

… insights into an ancient metabolism. Methane is a greenhouse gas 20 times more potent than carbon dioxide. Billions … they mined the Integrated Microbial Genomes & Microbiomes (IMG/M) database maintained by the U.S. Department of Energy … oldest metabolisms, with the first traces possibly at ~3.5 Gy (billion years),” Borrel and Gribaldo said in an email. …

… Learn more about PhycoCosm, the largest interactive collection of … tools developed by the Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a US Department of Energy Office of Science user facility at Berkeley Lab. Presented by Igor Grigoriev, …

… established and emerging scientists from academia, industry, and government organizations for three days of scientific presentation, … center talk and a tech talk. Stop by the JGI booth to learn about our user programs and how we can help advance your …

… In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have revisited a number of … health. Three DOE national labs had people and resources focused on three human chromosomes: Lawrence Berkeley National … researchers were studying Chromosome 5, which contains about 6% of the human genome . They discovered genes linked …

… Six new members have been elected to the User Executive Committee (UEC) of the U.S. Department of … non-R1 institutions, now defined as those that don’t spend $50 million in annual research and don’t award at least 70 … JGI offers, as well as proposal review procedures and the organization of the JGI Annual Meeting. Any investigator who …

… Virophages are small viruses with double-stranded DNA genomes that co-infect … in JGI’s  Integrated Microbial Genomes & Microbiomes (IMG/M) data suite—which includes  IMG/VR (for Virus)—for the … the gene counts have similarly gone up from 13-25 to 12-39. “Overall,” the team concluded, “we provide a …

… Pseudomonas putida to break down biomass and help bring about a more sustainable, biobased economy. They conduct research at the … Institute (JBEI) , a JGI partner and one of the four US Department of Energy Bioenergy Research Centers.  …

… analysis leads to identification of biosynthetic gene clusters for novel secondary metabolites for multiple … new GEBA-Actino genome sequences were combined with nearly 5,000 publicly available ones and 1,100 metagenome-assembled … information as well as of important descriptive metadata about each strain. “This has been a very fruitful …

… (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at Lawrence Berkeley National … .  The latest article, published January 27, is about engineering plants and their microbiomes for more … Sanger Institute.” Last year for the column, Woyke wrote about the research field’s move toward characterizing the …

… in the IGB. Vision  Lead genomic innovation for a sustainable bioeconomy. Mission  As a U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science user facility, we provide advanced genomic capabilities, … realize our new vision to, “ Lead genomic innovation for a sustainable bioeconomy ” — as articulated in our new …