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… An article summarizing the field of viral metagenomics, authored … hydrothermal vents – and computationally identifying which sequences represent viruses that were present in the sample. … The U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science User Facility …
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… Since joining the DOE Joint Genome Institute in 2016, Dr. Otani has been studying secondary metabolism in microbes, particularly actinomycetes. His research activity … technologies and methodologies that facilitate discovery of new secondary metabolites. Prior to joining the JGI, he …
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… Summer 2025 marked the second year of Alabama A&M University students coming to the DOE Joint Genome Institute for research and training experience funded … Yi Zhai and John Vogel from the Plant Functional Genomics Group to study the effects of Brachypodium distachyon …
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… In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have revisited a … coherent pieces called contigs — into genes and even into genomes — from these environmental samples,” said Matthias … of rumen-digested switchgrass, researchers isolated and sequenced DNA from rumen microbes involved in the digestion …
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… Register for the meeting here. Here are some sessions of interest (all times in PST unless otherwise noted): … context for thousands of newly sampled microbial genomes from North American watersheds (Invited)” 4pm CST … 1000 Soils Project: core collection strategy and data types available” December 17 6:40am Convention Center Rm …
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… for User Science (FICUS) program, two Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science national user … Molecular Sciences Laboratory (EMSL) and the DOE Joint Genome Institute (JGI)—have selected 11 proposals for … She and her colleagues have generated a high-quality, phenotyped mutant library in Chlamy, as the alga is colloquially …
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… Understanding how a fundamental mechanism of evolution allows microbes to adapt to changing environments. The Science The … ago, a team discovered a group of viruses that had in their genomes a surprising tool: a “diversity generating … The work conducted by the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute is supported by the Office of Science of …
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… Novel study looks at microbiomes in aerial surfaces of plants and their roles in plant health and environmental … Scientists conducted a shotgun metagenomic survey on three types of conifers–limber pine, Douglas fir and Engelmann … in part by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User …
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… Nandita is involved in developing new methods to improve genome recovery from single cells and to build sequencing libraries from minimal DNA input without amplification. …
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… JGI and the Workforce Development & Education department of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) … were: Simon Roux and Matthew Kellom for the JGI Metagenome Program Ellen Dow and Elisha Wood-Charlson for the … Metabolomics Platform Blake Simmons for The BioManufactory Completed VFP applications are due on January 12, 2022. …
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… Analysis Group Lead in the Data Science and Informatics Department at the Joint Genome Institute. His team of engineers and scientists builds and operates the data and … Arkin, AP, et al. KBase: The United States Department of Energy Systems Biology Knowledgebase. Nature …
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… Danielle operates the single-cell genomics pipeline for JGI collaborators. This work combines custom flow cytometric analysis, cell sorting, genome amplification, PCR screening, and 16S sequencing. She … novel flow cytometry protocols for targeted recovery of specific microbes. …
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