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… Dr. Eloe-Fadrosh joined the JGI in 2014 to pursue her research interests in microbial ecology and metagenomics. Her current research focuses on leveraging thousands of metagenomic datasets from host-associated and … Emiley Eloe-Fadrosh is the Metagenome Science Program Head at the JGI. Click to …

… An article summarizing the field of viral metagenomics, … Stephen Nayfach and  Nikos Kyrpides , was  recently published in the journal  Annual Review of Biomedical Data … in non-pandemic times such viruses are well known to play major roles in a vast range of globe-straddling phenomena. …

… Summer 2025 marked the second year of Alabama A&M University students … Genomics Group to study the effects of  Brachypodium distachyon plant root exudates on the plant microbiome. This … Mikes : Hi. My name is Zyiah Mikes. I'm a rising senior majoring in Biology at Alabama A&M. And I'm a summer intern …

… For the first time in several years, the DOE Joint Genome Institute hosted several UC Merced students this past summer. This year’s cohort for the JGI-UC Merced … Emerald Nash and mentor Jonelle Basso, Experimental Study of Root Colonization by Resident Phages of a Plant Growth …

… Virophages are small viruses with double-stranded DNA genomes that … known virophage genomes share only four genes in common: major and minor capsid proteins (MCP and mCP, respectively), … including over 28,000 unique MCP sequences.  Further analysis led to the identification of 328 “high quality” (based on …

… Using the IMG/M data portal, researchers have identified a virus protein tied … The work was enabled in part by a community data portal of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome … samples cloned and synthesized by the JGI, scientists have begun the complex process of uncovering the hidden …

… Before 2006, Olpidium was one of the many obscure fungi of Chytridiomycota (the … of Science User Facility, found that the fungus Olpidium is a link in the evolution and transition of fungi from … attracted the attention of many mycologists with the two publications of the kingdom-wide, multi-gene phylogeny of …

… On February 8, 2024, the DOE Joint Genome Institute and the Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory hosted a … FY2024 EMSL-JGI FICUS collaborative proposal call . Letters of Intent for the joint call are due March 7, 2024. The … Michael SanClements would be the person to answer this. Treating in the field may be difficult but EMSL can look …

… The JGI is leveraging its current partnerships to offer new capabilities and resources to users through a BER data ecosystem.  A data ecosystem is a connected resource where data from different … Network (ESNet), the JGI has unique access to both expertise and infrastructure to facilitate these efforts. …

… Machine learning methods were applied on sequenced fungal … (saprobes), and many plant pathogens known to infect most major food crops and feedstocks for biomass and biofuel … of  Dothideomycetes fungi. The  work appeared in the June issue of  Studies in Mycology . This work was enabled in …

… A “bait and hook” single-cell genomic approach to … Science One of the most vital pieces of equipment for fly fishing is a boxful of lures. Designed with feathers or wires … to the planet’s biogeochemical cycles, but the vast majority remains uncultivated and unknown. The challenge …

… Tracing gene regulatory networks in the model fungus  … . The Science A team led by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley used a multi-omics approach to … crassa, and to identify and decide on the order in which this fungus breaks down plant cell wall materials including …