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… we understood plants and how they adapt to their ever-changing environments better? We could unlock new innovations to … of the plant tree of life. One project aims to change that. …

Dr. Cole is interested in studying how plants interact with their environment. Prior to … Dr. Cole’s research focus has been on understanding how microbes can colonize plant roots, focusing on genetic …

… researcher who uses metagenomics to study giant viruses in cold marine environments and is interested in analyzing genes that can impact the metabolism of their hosts. …

Microbial cells infected by viruses undergo metabolic reprogramming. The … must be a duck. But if the duck gets infected by a virus so that it no longer looks or quacks like one, is it still a … infections cause significant metabolic changes in marine microbes, the answer is no. They refer to the infected …

In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have revisited a number of notable achievements that showcase our collaborations and capabilities to enable … of course, the cells of other organisms. As they infect microbes like bacteria, algae and protists, all kinds of …

… diversity hotspots Over the past few decades, advancements in sequencing technologies have led to an abundance of … within the JGI’s Microbiome Data Science group. “Turns out that despite all the genomes we've sequenced, we've only … art of hands-on microbiology and experimental validation.  Microbes run the world, playing key roles in regulating …

DNA Synthesis Science group held a  JGI Engagement: Accessing Functional Genomics Capabilities Webinar inviting … heard about the JGI synthesis grant during a presentation that [DNA Synthesis Science Head] Yasuo [Yoshikuni] gave … been absolutely instrumental in a lot of the work that we are doing now.” Zerbe’s proposal involving six labs …

… change with the seasons. The Science Light-harvesting bacteria (phototrophs) in Antarctica’s Ace Lake defy the … a reliance on photosynthesis to maintain nutrient cycling that evolved separately from other similar systems, and … The Impact From the polar regions to the deep ocean, cold environments occupy more space on Earth than any other …

… s ditched their flagella and other traits when migrating back to the ocean. The Science Scientists have … bacteria from the phylum C hloroflexota . Research shows that flagella were lost in other forms of  Chloroflexota that adapted to marine environments hundreds of millions of years ago.  The Impact …

… and leader of the Microscale Applications group. Before joining the JGI in 2010, he made the first ever measurements … genetic material, thus bypassing the need to culture these microbes in the lab. After joining the JGI, he formed the … group to operate a similar single-cell genomics pipeline that provides JGI users access to the genomes of uncultured …

… the global diversity of large and giant viruses. While the microbes in a single drop of water could outnumber a small city’s … Lab) uncovered a broad diversity of large and giant viruses that belong to the nucleocytoplasmic large DNA viruses …