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High-throughput stable isotope probing helps ID novel interactions between bacteria and fungi … automated aspects of a commonly-used process for studying microbial communities, with results published in …

Earth and DNA are close to our JGI hearts, we’re highlighting genomic science research that feels especially relevant … Tringe , JGI’s User Programs deputy and head of the Microbial Systems group through the  DOE Office of Science … and metabolism, work on which she is expanding with her study of microbes in California’s manmade water transport …

Understanding how a fundamental mechanism of evolution allows microbes … The first step in the deadly dance between a virus and microbial cell is an embrace. For a virus with a “head-tail” … the dice. There’s some evidence to support the idea. Study coauthor Stephen Nayfach, a JGI bioinformatics …

Tracking evolution of symbiotic lifestyles across multiple fungal … and particularly how fungi that feed on decaying plant matter (saprotrophs) have transitioned to the symbiotic … (Berkeley Lab). All of the fungal genomes used in the study are available on the JGI fungal portal  MycoCosm . The …

Dr. Rokhsar joined the DOE Joint Genome Institute in 2000 as the founding Associate … after his research interests shifted from condensed matter physics to computational biology, genomics and …

A preview of how large-scale single cell genomics complements metagenomics studies. The … of bioinformatics tools for  extracting snippets of microbial genomes directly from environmental sequence data, … cannot be cultivated in the lab. What makes this particular study unique is the application of single cell genomics to a …

Hao Tan from the Sichuan Academy of Agricultural Sciences in China and involving Francis Martin from the Institut … mycelium to acquire carbon from lignocellulosic-abundant matters such as plant litter and to incorporate the … an artificial environment. It is particularly helpful for studying physiological and biochemical processes driving the …

Kaze, part of the 2018 cohort of the JGI-UC Merced Genomics Internship Program. Kaze is part of Mark Sistrom’s lab at … to an exceptional caliber of scientists.” For her project, “Microbial Community Structure and Methane Production in … and metabolism, work on which she will expand with her study of microbes in California’s manmade water transport …