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… novel research projects from PIs who have not led any previously accepted proposals.  The New Investigator call , part of our  Community Science Program , allows us to work and share our tools with a widening circle of … November 2025 review. You can also find more information about the JGI’s  various proposal calls here. …

… exist back then,” said Hal Alper, a University of Texas at Austin professor, “but we really first heard about the JGI synthesis grant during a presentation that … Prospective users are always welcome to contact one of us about possible proposals if it’s different from what is on …

… (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at Lawrence Berkeley National … assesses what fraction of the microbial diversity we know about, and proposes a path forward to curate and cultivate … bacterial diversity. The team conservatively estimated that about 42% of the bacterial diversity has no genomic …

As warm-adapted microbes edge polewards, they’d oust resident tiny algae. The cold polar oceans give rise to … of marine food webs are microscopic photosynthesizing organisms called phytoplankton (from the Greek phyto for ‘plant’ … other words, some like it hot; some do not. “We can think about the ocean, naively, as a sort of homogeneous medium. …

… specific sequence of these four letters represents an organism’s genetic code, or genome, which underlies physical … (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at Lawrence Berkeley National … as tough as it has been 10 years ago,” he said. “We thought about reconstructing gene regulatory networks, understanding …

Microbial cells infected by viruses undergo metabolic reprogramming. The Science If it … ocean could fix less carbon when infected. Little is known about virus-infected microbial cells that are transformed … interactions. In  their study , which appeared in  The ISME Journal , they focused on how virus-infected microbes …

… (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science user facility, aims to explore applications in the life … – our data and compute challenges aren’t getting any smaller and we need to keep pace with changes in … to the Team Proposal tab to submit. For more information about the 2019 GPU Hackathons, go to:  …

… walls, while brown rot cannot break down the lignin but use cellulose. Finally, there are soil saprotrophs, which … in the study are available on the JGI fungal portal  MycoCosm . The work builds upon several papers and workshops, … in moving toward functional genomics studies to learn more about the inner workings of plant-host and …

… approach to expression, scientists can now opt for various shades of grey. The ability to fine-tune the level of … the realm of bioenergy optimization. Summary Life is all about balance. This study,  recently published in the  … expression and the observable characteristics in an organism. The experiment was led by Hal Alper, professor and …

Management Group, attended a conference in Florida to discuss a JGI pilot project involving soil sampling in the … the next generation of scientists. She shares her thoughts about the experience below. In the summer of 2018, Jonathan … because much is unknown about the diversity of organisms (taxonomy) and particularly those in processing …

… a potential biofuel feedstock.     The Science The fungus  Mortierella elongata enjoys a dual lifestyle; it can … were striking. Adding PM193 caused poplar cuttings to grow about 30 percent larger by dry weight than without PM193  . … of poplar genes associated with plant defense (e.g. jasmonic acid and salicylic acid). The team also observed that …

… analysis leads to identification of biosynthetic gene clusters for novel secondary metabolites for multiple … past decade, researchers have uncovered genomes for just a small fraction of Earth’s microbial diversity. Because most … she said. Listen to study co-author Dan Udwary talk about genome mining using the GEM catalog in  this episode …